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If Khan was naturally close to Alvarez's weight, he'd still get done in just like Amir Khan got done in by Danny Garcia. Why do you continue to act as if that didn't happen?
Amir Khan, in his boxing, has a fatal flaw (which is arguably his greatest asset, tbf): he came into boxing with utterly brilliant handspeed, his trainers and his early trainers were so in awe of the handspeed that they forgot to teach him all of the other small tools needed to maximize his best asset.
Virgil has tried to correct a lot of that, but there's too much of the handspeed marveling already ingrained in the way Khan "feels" his boxing tools.
Amir Khan, once the instincts set in, "lingers" too long in setting up an attack and "lingers" too long in exiting an attack; rather than be content with landing a three-piece and resetting, Khan's instinct is to fire off a 5/6-punch combination and admire the speed.
The fight would play out no different; Khan will come out fast (working to listen to Virgil's gameplan but clearly seeing the difference in handspeed between himself and Alvarez), Alvarez will apply his pressure (hitting Khan to the body/off of his shoulers/wherever legal to land), the bodywork will slow Khan down and Alvarez will start to time Khan's attack pattern, and Khan will start to drown come the middle rounds (with Khan's extra girth likely extending his beating another 2-4 rounds, before he gets caught with some ****.
Amir Khan, in his boxing, has a fatal flaw (which is arguably his greatest asset, tbf): he came into boxing with utterly brilliant handspeed, his trainers and his early trainers were so in awe of the handspeed that they forgot to teach him all of the other small tools needed to maximize his best asset.
Virgil has tried to correct a lot of that, but there's too much of the handspeed marveling already ingrained in the way Khan "feels" his boxing tools.
Amir Khan, once the instincts set in, "lingers" too long in setting up an attack and "lingers" too long in exiting an attack; rather than be content with landing a three-piece and resetting, Khan's instinct is to fire off a 5/6-punch combination and admire the speed.
The fight would play out no different; Khan will come out fast (working to listen to Virgil's gameplan but clearly seeing the difference in handspeed between himself and Alvarez), Alvarez will apply his pressure (hitting Khan to the body/off of his shoulers/wherever legal to land), the bodywork will slow Khan down and Alvarez will start to time Khan's attack pattern, and Khan will start to drown come the middle rounds (with Khan's extra girth likely extending his beating another 2-4 rounds, before he gets caught with some ****.
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