If Khan beats Canelo....will Khan fight GGG?

[Dr Rumack]

You read my older posts here.
Of course it was sergio's fault, but Cotto also played it "well" -- at least he fought and beat a legit MW in Geale... Canelo fought no MW to date.

Yeah at least he fought Geale. Canelo dragging Khan up is a joke. It baffles me that people who call themselves boxing fans are ok with him fighting anyone but Golovkin next.

[Deevel916]

Call khan what you want but a coward is not one of them. But in saying that he should not have to be pressured to fight GGG. He already is stretched to the limit and people were having heart attacks when it was announced that he would fight canelo at 154.

There would be no shame in my book for him to vacate the title if need be.

On fight night Canelo is actually heavier than GGG. With that said, GGG would probably murder Khan given their styles.

Khan has a better shot against Canelo.

[MDPopescu]

Yeah at least he fought Geale. Canelo dragging Khan up is a joke. It baffles me that people who call themselves boxing fans are ok with him fighting anyone but Golovkin next.

... they aren't boxing fans... they usually are part of some frustrated **********, who feel weak and don't like formal rules -- therefore they like those who bend rules, because they make them feel somehow stronger than they really are...

[Deevel916]

... they aren't boxing fans... they usually are part of some frustrated **********, who feel weak and don't like formal rules -- therefore they like those who bend rules, because they make them feel somehow stronger than they really are...

The funny part is, they love to point out how GGG hasn't fought anyone of note yet don't want their fighter (Canelo) to fight him.

[MDPopescu]

The funny part is, they love to point out how GGG hasn't fought anyone of note yet don't want their fighter (Canelo) to fight him.

GGG didn't fight anyone of notice yet, sure...
Because:

... he was Sturm's mandatory, but Sturm ducked...
... he was(n't) Martinez' mandatory, and Martinez ducked as well...
... he was Cotto's mandatory, but Cotto ducked...

These fights above only would have gave GGG a more than decent resume...

... and, yet, GGG is Canelo's mandatory, but Canelo is ducking...

[Scary]

If he did, he'd have the biggest balls of steel in boxing! No fear prizefighter, just how we want it.

[-Kev-]

I'm pretty sure there's a rematch clause for Canelo vs Khan, according to DLH. Not sure if it's immediate or if Khan can take another fight in between, or has to fight his mando, but DLH said there is one.

If Khan beats Canelo he would be at the top of the boxing world, not in P4P ranking but just in fame and who he can fight next. He can call anyone out after beating Canelo and we all know who that would be. If Mayweather would accept a challenge from Khan at 155, which would be 50-50 chance of him saying yes, I don't know how the WBC would react to that. Would they keep their word...they already said Canelo must face GGG next or stripped. I wonder if that applies to Khan too if he wins. Sulaiman specifically said "If Canel beats Khan...". Anyway that's a stretch regardless...no one would blame Khan for ducking GGG.

[-Kev-]

In a way this is all Sergio's fault for fighting Cotto. He deserved his payday, but he has left some mess behind.

Well you can blame a couple of events/people.

First of all you can blame the officials who handled Martinez vs Murray...from the ref not counting knock downs for Murray, to the judges giving the fight to Martinez in which the majority of fans had Murray winning in Argentina. That's one. That would have made Murray Ring/WBC 160 champ.

Secondly, you can also blame K2/GGG for agreeing to step aside, accepting that step aside fee, aiding in this "mess" you speak of by allowing Martinez to fight Cotto instead of either enforcing the WBC rules and have Martinez fight him or vacate. Then of course, the repeat offender struck again, taking step aside money once again..this time stepping aside for Cotto to fight Canelo, accepting a good $850k fee from Cotto (nice!).

[Dr Rumack]

Well you can blame a couple of events/people.

First of all you can blame the officials who handled Martinez vs Murray...from the ref not counting knock downs for Murray, to the judges giving the fight to Martinez in which the majority of fans had Murray winning in Argentina. That's one. That would have made Murray Ring/WBC 160 champ.

Secondly, you can also blame K2/GGG for agreeing to step aside, accepting that step aside fee, aiding in this "mess" you speak of by allowing Martinez to fight Cotto instead of either enforcing the WBC rules and have Martinez fight him or vacate. Then of course, the repeat offender struck again, taking step aside money once again..this time stepping aside for Cotto to fight Canelo, accepting a good $850k fee from Cotto (nice!).

Murray wouldn't have fought Golovkin either. The problem is fighters ducking the No.1 contender in the division. Once upon a time public pressure used be a powerful force in embarrassing so-called champions into facing their top challengers.

What ever happened to that? When did boxing's fans and its journalists become mouthpieces for promoters?

[Clegg]

Canelo rematch, Brook, and potentially Pac or Floyd would all be bigger fights and earn him more.