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An apex predator, also known as an alpha predator, super predator, top predator or top-level predator, is a predator residing at the top of a food chain upon which no other creatures prey.
There are some who disagree that Khan essentially chased Mayweather into retirement but no one can genuinely deny that Floyd did avoid a fight with Khan. We don't need to retread old ground about how Khan won Floyd's official poll to be his next opponent only for Floyd to back out and fight the loser of the poll, someone Khan had already beaten: Maidana.
Recently, Pacquiao did a similar thing. It seems he avoided Khan to face Bradley for a 3rd time. Ironically, just a few years earlier, Bradley admitted on live radio that Khan was too risky a fight which he could lose, so he avoided him too. This means that Pacquiao just avoided Khan to fight someone who previously avoided Khan - and to fight him for the 3rd time! This is the scenario we are seeing unfold with Pac vs Bradley 3. Two fighters who avoided Khan to face each other.
And of course it's well known that Beristain pulled Marquez out of negotiations a few years ago because he thought Marquez had no chance and that he'd be "used as a stepping stone" for Khan.
That's 3 ATGs avoiding Khan -- - Mayweather, Pacquiao and Marquez. Plus Bradley to boot, a high rated fighter too.
At one point, all 4 fighters were probably somewhere in Top 5 P4P fighters of the day (Marquez and Bradley achieving the positions when they beat Pacquiao).
So, Khan has been avoided by some of the very best fighters of the generation, the top P4P boxers of our time.
If the perceived top of the food chain, the perceived alphas within the boxing world are avoiding one particular fighter, and they are avoiding him collectively, and avoiding him publicly for the world to see, there can really be no debate that there is an apex predator above them all.
There are some who disagree that Khan essentially chased Mayweather into retirement but no one can genuinely deny that Floyd did avoid a fight with Khan. We don't need to retread old ground about how Khan won Floyd's official poll to be his next opponent only for Floyd to back out and fight the loser of the poll, someone Khan had already beaten: Maidana.
Recently, Pacquiao did a similar thing. It seems he avoided Khan to face Bradley for a 3rd time. Ironically, just a few years earlier, Bradley admitted on live radio that Khan was too risky a fight which he could lose, so he avoided him too. This means that Pacquiao just avoided Khan to fight someone who previously avoided Khan - and to fight him for the 3rd time! This is the scenario we are seeing unfold with Pac vs Bradley 3. Two fighters who avoided Khan to face each other.
And of course it's well known that Beristain pulled Marquez out of negotiations a few years ago because he thought Marquez had no chance and that he'd be "used as a stepping stone" for Khan.
That's 3 ATGs avoiding Khan -- - Mayweather, Pacquiao and Marquez. Plus Bradley to boot, a high rated fighter too.
At one point, all 4 fighters were probably somewhere in Top 5 P4P fighters of the day (Marquez and Bradley achieving the positions when they beat Pacquiao).
So, Khan has been avoided by some of the very best fighters of the generation, the top P4P boxers of our time.
If the perceived top of the food chain, the perceived alphas within the boxing world are avoiding one particular fighter, and they are avoiding him collectively, and avoiding him publicly for the world to see, there can really be no debate that there is an apex predator above them all.
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