Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Vows To Regroup, Correct Mistakes From Canelo KO

[mbase1235]

That's ultimately the problem. Khan thinks he was winning comfortably and just got caught by a big punch. That's always how he seem to thinks. He refuses to understand that that was not how the fight actually went down.

Exactly! What you wrote is what I saw.

I don't understand this narrative that Khan and some are pushing. I did not have Khan winning that fight. I re-watched the fight several times, and Khan was missing most of those flashy punches that the HBO announcers were giving him credit for (many were complete misses, others just grazing shots with no power behind them). After round 1 Canelo was hurting Khan in almost every round, particularly to the body, and I never once saw Khan even coming close to hurting Canelo. So Khan was not even winning, let alone dominating. I had Alvarez sweeping rounds 3 through 6 for sure, and probably winning round 2 as well (which was close to Harold Lederman's score card).

And it was also not simply a one punch KO, although Canelo did literally knock the snot out of Khan (you can see this clearly on the second replay, the same shot you can see Amir's father - Shah Khan bury his head before Amir even hits the ground). Khan was getting hurt badly leading up to that punch. In that same round (rd 6 with 1:54 left) Amir was rocked badly by a three punch combination (right hook to the body, left hook to the head, followed by a left jab) about a minute before the KO, after which you could see Khan grimace. Canelo had been slowly breaking down Khan for about 4 rounds, getting closer with his big shots and connecting more (according to punchstats Canelo landed more punches than Khan and connected at a higher percentage, 38% to 29% total punches, with Canelo landing 51% of his power shots vs 36% for Khan). So IMO, I did not see Khan outboxing Canelo and this was not a competitive fight.

After the fight, ESPN reported that Canelo had the same kinds of problems with Khan as he had with Mayweather. I strongly disagree. When Alvarez fought Floyd he barely landed anything (46% to 22% total punches in Floyd's favor, with at 42% to 15% advantage in jabs and a 53% to 31% advantage in power shots). And at points in the fight Floyd was even walking Canelo down.

In his fight with Canelo, Khan was getting walked down and Canelo was cutting the ring off on him more and more. Also, Khan has no defense at all. He has this really bad habit of flailing his arms out and pulling his unprotected head back from punches (without really moving his head). Amir has never corrected this tendency, and when Canelo was catching him (or even the times when he barely missed him) Khan's head was completely unprotected. Khan is very stiff from the neck up, he has no fluid head movement. He moves his entire body to avoid punches. At one point, after round 5, HBO showed a replay after where Roy Jones was trying to say that Amir was not hurt by a Canelo left hook (Khan had his typical defenseless move where he flailed his arms out and got caught flush), but it was clear that Khan was wobbled by the punch, and his face also showed his pain as he grimaced after the shot.

[Box-Office]

Khan has over achieved for his glass chin, I'm sure he is the inspiration to David Price who has continued his career.


I think he should do a homecoming in Manchester in the fall vs a Skeete (British & Commonwealth Champion) or a Bundu (European Champion) which are good names to come back against coming off a KO loss and get some rounds.

[DblLFThooK]

Hard to teach old dog new tricks. Cant fix a chin. His ring intellegence is an opportunity. Canelo set up the hook all night; khan did not notice. Same finishing combo against kirland. Also khan likes to catch punches with his gloves. **** luck breaking that habit.

[Teetotaler]

He was winning comfortably. Making ginger look ****** throwing those wideass hooks.

[thack]

I was behind Khan in all his knock out losses but can not be anymore.He has said the same thing after each loss.
I really stopped after the Garcia loss but hoped he would do Something against Canelo as he promised he felt good at the weight and was going to do better than Floyd...that is a complete joke and as I've said to listen to Amir Khan and to take him seriously is most definitely a ****** way to be.
For Khan it really must be back to the basics .

[Gary Coleman]

Khan was NOT winning comfortably. Canelo had him pegged after round 2.

[THC]

Khan was NOT winning comfortably. Canelo had him pegged after round 2.

I thought it would take 3 rounds but it only took 2. This is what it was.

[Drunk Punch]

Classic Amir Khan. Still working on that one elusive 'mistake' that caused him to be brutally KO'd. Again.

I guess he'll change coaches now.

[Aztekkas]

At this point in the game you are what you are. It would take an extremely rare talent to change their approach to the game at this stage in their career and sadly Khan doesn't seem to fit the bill. He has speed, flash and heart but his in ring iq is lacking and that is fundamental to improving. Knowing what you did wrong is one thing, actually correcting the mistake and adjusting to fix the problem is a different situation all together.

[SeekDaGreat]

There's isn't much better he could have done, it's boxing and you're going to get hit. Mayweather got hit. The issue was fighting someone way too big for him. And he got blasted on his Achilles heal, his chin. Add up L that and you got a KO.

He won 2 of the first five rounds with a top fighter. He just needs to stop chasing huge paydays and fight guys in his own division.