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Fighting the way that Herrera fought, tbf, goes against every instinct and habit that he's picked up likely since when he was ramping up for the Olympics.
Amir Khan's instinct is to fight; if he's not going to be able to KO you, he's going to use his handspeed/volume to overwhelm you, walking you into some **** or compelling the ref to stop the fight. catch-and-shoot fighters, at the elite level, savage Khan's instinctive style, almost as a rule.
Danny Garcia, comfortably at 147 and with at least 4 years of top-level experience since then, would savage Amir Khan, likely stopping him by the 8th/9th round, largely because the pattern doesn't change; Khan starts out boxing beautiful for the first two rounds, by the tail-end of round 2/round 3 adjustments are made (putting the opponent outside/inside of the range that Khan likes to fire off at), Khan sits in the pocket for longer than he should (looking to fire off his quick combinations), the timing is basically figured out by Rd 3/4, and the fan is then left waiting for Khan to make that fatal mistake.
Mauricio Herrera fights how Mauricio Herrera is supposed to fight; not the best athlete in the world, a short but decent amateur career, and a guy (after leaving the sport for almost 5 years) who came back late to make a go of it with what he did have (grit, a decent boxing brain, and a solid jab that he could do a lot with).
Amir Khan's instinct is to fight; if he's not going to be able to KO you, he's going to use his handspeed/volume to overwhelm you, walking you into some **** or compelling the ref to stop the fight. catch-and-shoot fighters, at the elite level, savage Khan's instinctive style, almost as a rule.
Danny Garcia, comfortably at 147 and with at least 4 years of top-level experience since then, would savage Amir Khan, likely stopping him by the 8th/9th round, largely because the pattern doesn't change; Khan starts out boxing beautiful for the first two rounds, by the tail-end of round 2/round 3 adjustments are made (putting the opponent outside/inside of the range that Khan likes to fire off at), Khan sits in the pocket for longer than he should (looking to fire off his quick combinations), the timing is basically figured out by Rd 3/4, and the fan is then left waiting for Khan to make that fatal mistake.
Mauricio Herrera fights how Mauricio Herrera is supposed to fight; not the best athlete in the world, a short but decent amateur career, and a guy (after leaving the sport for almost 5 years) who came back late to make a go of it with what he did have (grit, a decent boxing brain, and a solid jab that he could do a lot with).
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