Monday 29 August 2011

amir khan


Watching Amir Khan run around in a circle tonight while fighting Marcos Maidana as he was getting knocked around the ring was pathetic.

It was round 7 and he started to fade. At this point I didn’t know what the outcome was going to be, but I knew one thing for sure. Amir Khan is nowhere near Floyd Mayweather’s level. 

He had no gameplan and while he may have won some rounds, he does so very impressively. Mayweather has the ability to be the aggressor, or fight out of a defensive posture; either way his speed and boxing ability would make a sitting duck out of Khan.

Hopefully, Mr. Mayweather takes Freddie Roach up on his offer and fights Khan. He would beat him and then hopefully we could get the Manny Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown that we all want to see.

Khan may have beat Marcos Maidana by a decision, but he had to run away in the later rounds. That wont work with Mayweather.

Mayweather will be motivated to prove something in a fight with Khan. So motivated that he’ll punish him and knock him out early. Then, he could move on and do the same to Manny Pacquiao.

129 RESPONSES TO “AMIR KHAN IS OVERRATED: FREDDIE MUST HAVE SMOKED A ROACH TO THINK OTHERWISE”

  1. EJ says:
    I disagree that Mayweather can fight as an aggressor.. When was the last time you saw Floyd fighting aggresively?
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    • Manny P says:
      u didn’t watch the mosley beat down did u?
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      • EJ says:
        I did and you call that aggressive fighting?!?!? Sheesh…
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        • floydie says:
          I Agree with EJ. Mayweather agressive…yeah right!!!
          Also, this so-called boxing site— err…what’s d name again…ohhh “MY BOXING”…where these so-called HATE writers GANG UP on Amir Khan. Bunch of ENVIOUS boys…LOL! Envy away, Amir Khan is to stay!!! and DEVELOP…and GROW. While the boys at…errr…what’s d name again…ohhhh..shoot golly…”MY BOXING”…will HATE away…
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      • reply says:
        mayweather is overrated fighter! He is a bum.dats it!
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        • puto says:
          yahh..mayweather will fight khan because he is a light welterweight.mayweather dont like to fight a full blown welterweight like cotto,margarito,clottey.
          In short mayweather is OVERRATED too..
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        • JL says:
          Haha damn, are you Mayweathers payroll, if his fight with Mosely was Aggressive…what do you call Paulie Magicman..a killer? i’d switch to MMA if that the case. Floyd is a circus show!
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    • Yes Yo! says:
      Yeah, that’s right. I agree. Floyd’s a defensive fighter; a counter-puncher, with a safety-first hit-and-not-get-hit approach to boxing. Sure, Khan back-pedaled at certain stages of the fight; but what would we have him do? He got hurt and so he had to do that to survive. That was the right and smart thing to do, which is why Amir won. Floyd, on the other hand, would just fight defensively all night, afraid to engage, and content to win on points. Remember the Marquez fight? Floyd woudn’t even take a chance to engage an over-matched Marquez; Floyd was just content to coast to a unanimous points victory. That’s why Floyd is a boring fighter. You’d get more value for your money watching Amir fight.
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    • Evans says:
      Amir is very good and will be a great fighter, but he’ll never be an elite fighter…a special fighter in the likes of Mayweather and Pacquiao. In fact he’ll never ever reach the level of Pacquiao because he took 8 belts from 8 divisions. There’s really not much for Amir to go from here except perhaps light middle weight the most . Also, it may be hard to admit, but Amir will never be like Pacquiao because of his lack of the “it” factor — the warrior mentality, the “I own this ring” mind set that the pound for pound king have. To pretend he’s not hurt even if he is and yet go after his opponent when his opponent think he got him. Pacqiao is mentally strong and superior in that regard and most of the time that can not be taught…that is born in him. That is his upbringing.I can truly say though that Amir Khan is the best, perhaps no one better sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao. He brings the best in him. In fact he gets the better days in some of their sparring sessions. Pacquaio owes Amir in bringing back his speed in the camp because he is the fastest sparring partner available that can duplicate most of his opponents’ size. But sparring has limitations to preserve the fighters health and form for the upcoming fight not to mention the size of gloves and gears they use. They only way however Amir Khan can come close to Pacquaio’s success and fame in my opinion as a fan is to fight Mayweather and win,then challenge the Pacman in the ring in the next 2 years. That way Manny may slow down a little bit at this point and Amir may be developed.If Amir can make it interesting for the fight like he almost win, or win by a narrow margin, then he will start raking this millions and PPV. Until then, he will always stands behind the shadows of the Elites. But still congratulations Amir Khan! We are proud of you.
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    • johnson says:
      Mayweather is the most talented fighter…. he will not brawl for sure, or fight for fans, but he will beat you down point by points without getting hit or less.. thats why he’s called pretty boy because he’s rarely hit 2x in a row. he might not be exciting to watch but at the end of the night he gets the win and its proven. 40 times…. against pacquaio we dont know yet till they get into the ring, thats why it sells so much.. Khan ang pacquaio are not faster than floyd thats a fact!!!
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      • fernano says:
        That’s what you think! that floy cannot be hit 2x in a row. Can you count? if you can then count the combinations that pacquiao throws (5 to 8 combos) and this is the reason why floyd and his father are afraid to face pac. Floyd has many excuses like accussing pac of taking ped. By accussing pac, they are just akcnowledging that pac is really good and excellent fighter because they are be afraid that a “one dimensional” fighter who throws up to eight combos can make that pretty face into a mincemeat. Just for the sake of the argument, you said pac is taking ped even without basis, why? you think that by taking ped will make a one dimensional fighter into a superfighter? It is the skill, the fighting heart and dedication and not that BS stuff that makes pac great. Common sense man!
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  2. fab4 says:
    The sole fact that you are acknowledging Khan to fight Mayweather shows that you have been proven wrong. Just admit it. Don’t be a cry baby.
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  3. EJ says:
    Amir has the balls to fight, Floyd doesn’t. End of story.
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  4. carl says:
    spot on artical he ran for 4 rounds solid and it should of been stopped in rnd 9 or 10 was it running round the ring on wobbley legs and not throwing back seen fights stopped for less than that cortez is a joke boxing is corupt
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  5. jimmy says:
    Khan wouldnt need to be as watchful with floyd maidana had ridculous KO power thats why khan had to stay away – Khan could be the aggressor or easily go toe to toe with floyd.
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  6. Alex says:
    Floyd is a chicken and fights like one too. You sound like a Floyd nut hugger to me. Why is google linking to a sorry blogger like you?
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    • steve says:
      how is floyd is not chicken, the dude has cleaned the boxing scene, he has nothing to prove. and NO khan can not fight mayweather, he will get killed. Floyd is the smartest fighter in the planet, and he is a boxer not like manny. Like floyd said they is nothing cool about getting hit….. defensive or not, the man can box in the ring
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    • Dan says:
      The truth is Floyd has disability, his hands are fragile and hurts a lot. That is why he is using xylocane to reduced the pain. He pretends to be the best defensive fighter, shoulder roll, running in the ring and seldom engage with his opponent, he became aka the most defensive fighter due to the fear of breaking his hands. LOL
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  7. WillEvansIsStupid says:
    Comparing Mayweather to Maidana is as S2pid as this blogger. Maidana is an offensive fighter and Mayweather isn’t. Freddie knows Khan has the chance to beat Mayweather because Khan throws too many punches just like Pacquiao. Roach knows that Khans offense will be too much for Floyd. I, however, think it is too early to tell and at this time I don’t think he can beat Mayweather.
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    • johnson says:
      are you kidding me right? Khan against Mayweather? Khan may last 12 rounds but i tell you this none are his in the score cards….
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  8. mnnb says:
    lol Marcos got the best of Khan!!
    Money would school Khan and Pac at the same time LOL :)
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    • kyle says:
      then where is your pretty boy right now?hahaha you idiot…
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    • Howard says:
      I don’t think Floyd Mayweather Jr. will school Pacman, The reason why Floyd Jr doesn’t want to fight Pacman because he knows that Pacman is a very dangerous fighter. Pacman punches from different angle,strong stamina, hard puncher with speed and power, and the most dangerous is punches that you dont see coming with power and speed. Pacman will destroy Floyd Jr! Floyd Jr knows it, Floyd Sr knows it and they are scared. Pacman will whip Floyd Jr butt!
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    • angel_eyes says:
      Floyd is the best defensive fighter in the sports of boxing. Manny is the best offensive fighter. So you have fighters who have different styles. That is why it is an intriguing fight that everyone wants to see.
      Sometime in an interview, Floyd said he will never fight Manny because of Bob Arum. He said Arum have so much influence that the outcome of the fight will favor Manny. His line of thinking is pathetic. If he thinks Manny is “one dimensional” and he believes he is the better fighter, no amount of influence will decide the fight. Unless Manny throws a lot of combo punches and lands them on Mayweather’s face and body. If he will just decide to be defensive against an onslaught, you will not really score much. And the judges are not dumb to give him the victory.
      But if he is an excellent defensive fighter-counter puncher that he will give Manny the hard time that his aggressiveness will not be effective, then he wins. But to subject Manny to drug testing and maligning him of using PED without any proof to and not within the rules of boxing, then he is skirting Manny by manipulation. When finally Manny agreed drug testing on a 14 day cut-off (Mosley’s and Mayweather’s cut-off was 19 days), Mayweather shuts himself like a clam. Which is why, I don’t thinks we will never know who is the best fighter of the two because they might never fight.
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  9. el lopez says:
    I thought Khan lost the fight tonight. If it was not for the referee helping Golden boy promotion fighters, Khan would of lost the fight. The referee must be a friend of Oscar De La Hoya. Khan would of been KO if the referee did not help him. This is the worst referee in the sport. Let the fighters fight. Don’t get in the way when the guy is going to be TKFO. After watching this fight, Khan is no Manny Pacquiao, that’s for sure. He will be TKFO next year, just watch.
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    • Phil B says:
      @ el lopez, I agree Khan is no Manny Pacquiao but that is nothing for Khan to be ashamed of because Manny Pacquiao is one of the greatest of all time of any era. Khan has proven he is definitely world class. He dominated the first half against Maidana (gave Maidana a boxing lesson, beat him on speed and matched him for power), later on especially round 10 I agree Khan was in serious trouble but the referee was not physically holding him up so you are wrong. Khan was wobbled big time but stayed on his feet when those blows he took from Maidana would have floored most other fighters as soon as they landed. Khan stayed up, avoided being hit by keeping away as best as he could / holding whend needed to survive (no shame in that, do what you need to do within the rules to win) and he did survive thar 10th round so well done Khan and in the 11th and 12th he showed he has a lot of heart. Khan deserved the win – fair decision. Not the end for Maidana either though. He is still a warrioir, one man army. Khan should fight the winner of Bradley / Alexander next. Maidana should fight the loser of Bradley / Alexander next. Moving onto Khan I think he will beat either or of Bradley / Alexander. After that Khan move up to welterweight. A fight against Kell Brook would be great but before that Floyd Mayweather Jr. I honestly do not think Khan would win that one but there is only one way to find out and thats to get it on. The only problem is if Floyd Mayweather Jr does not want it but hopefully he does.
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  10. Michael129 says:
    I agree. Khan didn’t deserve to win- he might have won in points, and he may be holding the belt– but guess what, he’s also pissing urine, and probably has some injured ribs. If Khan was a true champ he would offer Maidana a rematch, but he’s not going to, just like he avoided Barrera.. Maidana won the last 4-5 rounds in a brutal fashion.
    Maidana is a slow fighter and managed to land solid blows on Khan, Floyd is just as fast as Khan, and Floyd has the best defense in boxing-
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    • Chuck says:
      Give credit where credit is due. People like you have it hard in life that you can’t see the glass as half full. If you believe that Khan beating Maidana in a brutal fashion would prove him as a true champion you are wrong. Khan surviving the beat down by Maidana is what proved him to be a true champion. That is what I wanted to see. He had to prove everyone wrong that he is not capable of fighting a warrior and with this fight he proved the detractors wrong. He may be pissing blood, but guess what, he won the fight! Stop sourgraping.
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    • Primo says:
      Khan proved he has it to be a champion…he survived a lucky punch by maidana just like Floyd surving against Mosely. But before that Maidana was getting a boxing lesson…got frustrated..and started fighting dirty!
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    • kalasyao says:
      what you called when mosley hit mayweather he wobbled also and yet you called him the great..
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  11. Bobby says:
    Are you kidding me? Mayweather the aggressor? Mayweather is an easier fight for both Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather will hit like crazy and then get knocked out. In one interview, they were saying Khan was deliberatly getting hit by Maidana in order to show that he does have a chin and can survive big shots. Stop being floyd nut hugger. You obviously don’t know boxing.
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  12. Bobby says:
    Obviously this writer is a KFC fanatic and got nothing good to say. Hey why don’t you look for your KFC idol hiding in his cave to get the f out and fight Manny.. loser!
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  13. Michael129 says:
    * pissing blood
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  14. Medyo says:
    who in the right mind would compare maidana to mayweather??? …i’m sorry but khan retreating is not pathetic, it is you who is pathetic for thinking than khan can just go offensively for 12 rounds with the biggest puncher in the division…he can go on the offensive for 12 rounds with mayweather but now with maidana…but who cares what you think about khan and mayweather…only pacquiao is worthy of that fight at this time.
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  15. Benny says:
    Maidana was robbed. Cortez is a joke. Maidana landed the more solid shots. When Cortez deducted a point for the elbow without a warning that hit him it was a joke. Then when Cortez pulled Maidana and pushed him to the corner it was a joke. The crowd was 75% Khan supporters, the judges ruled with the fans. Maidana controlled rounds 7 to 12 and deff controlled a few rounds before with much more solid shots. Maidana should have won by 1 point and was robbed. Amir Khan Promotions? What a joke, Amir Khan is the next Hatton. Will get beat by the P4P kings and end up doing coke in Britain.
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    • Chuck says:
      In summary this is what you said:
      1. The three official judges are flawed.
      2. ESPN.com’s analysis of the fight is bogus.
      3. LATimes.com was stupid was showing Khan as the winner on their card.
      4. Reuters, Associated Press, NYTimes, and SkySports are all dumb judges for picking Khan as the winner.
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  16. mnnbjoijo says:
    I’ve never seen a guy lose so bad and win a fight (only in Boxing).
    Khan got his butt Kicked – period. And trust me he knows IT lol he was running for his life… great job keeping your belt :)
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    • Primo says:
      Right…he got hit by a lucky punch…all of a sudden he lost the whole fight…just like they should have stopped the fight when mosely rocked floyed…see how silly you sound!
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  17. Bobby says:
    Stop whining and farting KFC fanatics. Where the heck is your idol, hiding under his mommas undies? Tell him to fight Manny and stop making excuses… losers!
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  18. el lopez says:
    Khan is trying to say he is 50/50 as good as Manny Pacquaio. What a joke by the performance tonight. And he wants to fight Mayweather? Yah, Mayweather would definitly fight you after watching this fight. Give me a break. He will get TKFO next year when he meets the other 140 lbs fighters. He should go bac to 135 and fight the light weights. He looked like an amature tonight. Look at his face. He lost the fight. Go back to England and fight Mathew Hatton. At least England has low competition that he might look good against.
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    • Chris says:
      Amir Khan has never said he is on level terms with Pacman. I personally think the performance was great, the khan corner called it spot on, win the most rounds, dont get ko’d & thats exactly what happened. Khan dominated this match from the start despite the inevitable round or 2 where he would be on the backfoot, albeit, he was on the run for almost an entire round, but this is what happens, Maidana cant be given the overall win after dominating 2 or 3 rounds in a 12 round fight.
      As for Khan V Mayweather, that fight is a very long way away, Khan is 23, hes still learning, hes not even close to being the end product, neither fighter would want this fight yet.
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    • steve says:
      mayweather will fight for money, just like what he did with ricky hatton…
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  19. Slim says:
    First off, Mayweather doesn’t have the power maidana has. Thats why khan stayed away, its not running its fighting smartly. Maidana only controlled the tenth round. Round 11 Khan wone and 12th was just going through the motions, he already had the fight won why risk getting knocked by a desperate nothing-to-lose maidana. First it was his chin, now he proven you wrong so whats next?
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  20. mnnbjoijo says:
    @ Benny: Cortez is a JOKE and so is Khan
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  21. Mike says:
    LOL this writer, plain and simple, didn’t get the nod he think he will get from the boxing fans. Are you kidding me, do you really think this article will make any sense to sane, sensible minds?
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  22. el lopez says:
    Cortez should be fired. I seen so many times that he screws up in a big fight. Why is this guy still a referee. Go find another job, because you are giving the sport a bad name. People already think you are getting pay under the table. You probably got a suit case of cash from Oscar De La Hoya for this fight. Cortez, go back to Mexico and be a referee there. That is where you belong. You let a Latino fighter get robbed.
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  23. your-ubba says:
    oh you lot are pathetic..soo damn pathetic…what happened to this glass chin that will be shattered
    overlooking the fact that maidana couldnt finish a really hurt amir khan? no
    but him being on the canvas in the first round
    DEVASTATING
    anyone with any boxing sense would tell you that khan “almost” lost the fight due to mistakes and beign suckered in
    maidana mr one dimension..and it didnt work….ref saved him?
    how many times did maidana make contact with khans chin FLUSH?
    nah couldnt do it…stop hating on khan and appreciate his heart and talent…
    and im not gonna even respond to the mayweather claims caus its even more pathetic…
    khan 24yrs old is better than pacman at 24yrs old
    LIVE WITH IT
    VIVA BRITAIN VIVA PAKISTAN!
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    • harpy says:
      im english n i say american far east n latino fighters r in a different class to british fighters n the pac fight was better
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      • boxmania says:
        At the age of 16 pacman has the great heart of a warrior not found in Khan and some other fighter. He is relentless in the ring and will swallow you up. He is definitely one fo a kind. Truly a pound for pound…..
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  24. arrowHead says:
    Khan won on points, Maidana deserve a rematch. I’d like to see a rematch, it was a good fight.
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  25. the best says:
    clearly you people do understand boxing at all and especially the writer of this article, half of it does not even make sense, it does not even have a proper structure.
    we have to realize something after getting beat by prescot in round suring a month he was fasting struggling to make weight. he come back 2 fights after becomes a world champ, dethrone a legend power puncher barrera, you can say barrera was past his prime but barrera never lost his power did he, amir felt barrera punches his guard did not go down, he felt maidana punches all night the hardest p4p puncher in boxing, did not go down once. took malignaggi punches who people say was a light puncher but still malignaggi wobbled the baby bull diaz!
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  26. thetruth says:
    khan got ROCKED in the 10th round……his chin got tested in every way/shape/form and he survived! you haters need to stfu……khan WON TODAY…….quit blaming the refs or saying maidana ended strongly…..a fight is fought over 12 rounds……funny how none of you mention khan knocking maidana down (the only knockdown of the fight)………KING KHAN owns 140 pound division……he just fought the hardest puncher of the division and survived 3-4 right hands and didnt even go DOWN
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  27. Del says:
    “Then, he could move on and do the same to Manny Pacquiao.” – Lol, shows what you know. Just another bitter fan who hates getting proved wrong. This talk of Amir’s chin shows you made your mind up about Khan years ago, back when he was just a kid. If Maidana cant knock Khan out, Mayweather sure as hell cant. In fact i’m pretty sure Maidana would beat the ducking Floyd. Who has Floyd even fought over his long career exactly? Has been’s and raw bums.
    Forever in Manny’s shadow.
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  28. the best says:
    amir’s power: first body shot to maidana drops maidana who has never been down by a body punch ever, KO undefeated 30-0 salita, stops malingaggi, he dropped hard durable david rodella is sparring and freddie knows amir has developed power, freddie feels pacquiao’s punches all the time and has trained 25 world champs from all weight classes he knows when someone has power.
    amir’s speed: everyone in the wild card gym says amir is faster than pacman, look tonight he was just as fast, obviously we u get hit by a bulldozer like maidana that speed will be slow and that pace will slow, but it did not.
    amir’s footwork and ring movement you saw.
    body strength: hands up the entire fight shows he was not as hurt in the body
    chin: amir took how many upper cuts and punches on the chin and showed he has chin!
    he beat a slick class boxer like malignaggi, a orthodox class boxer like kotelnik, a power house like maidana? what else do you want from a 24 year old? the kid a world champ let him be, easy to come here say some crap about him?
    what else do you want him to do?
    mayweather and pacquiao are the two greatest boxers possibly ever, you cannot blame the kid for wanting to fight them, if he did not that would be a concern condsidering he is a fighter, he should have the balls and he does thats why he took the fight with maidana
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  29. thetruth says:
    ive never seen a fighter get more hate…pacman lost several times when he was younger and many ppl say marquez beat him……..khan loses one fight and gets hated on forever……….all these haters were talking about maidana knocking him out, etc……khan ducking the best………what now!?….khan fought one of the best in his division and one of the best p4p punchers and got HIT with those punches and won….what more is there to prove?……breidis did not hit him as hard as he got hit in the 10th round…..plus he got uppercut all night in his chin and it still held up…
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    • Del says:
      Khan is without doubt one of the best P4P around now. He has rare skill, and it annoys the haters no end lol :P
      Fight of the year, and Khan came out on top!
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  30. the best says:
    amir’s power: first body shot to maidana drops maidana who has never been down by a body punch ever, KO undefeated 30-0 salita, stops malingaggi, he dropped hard durable david rodella is sparring and freddie knows amir has developed power, freddie feels pacquiao’s punches all the time and has trained 25 world champs from all weight classes he knows when someone has power.
    amir’s speed: everyone in the wild card gym says amir is faster than pacman, look tonight he was just as fast, obviously we u get hit by a bulldozer like maidana that speed will be slow and that pace will slow, but it did not.
    amir’s footwork and ring movement you saw.
    body strength: hands up the entire fight shows he was not as hurt in the body
    chin: amir took how many upper cuts and punches on the chin and showed he has chin!
    he beat a slick class boxer like malignaggi, a orthodox class boxer like kotelnik, a power house like maidana? what else do you want from a 24 year old? the kid a world champ let him be, easy to come here say some crap about him?
    what else do you want him to do?
    mayweather and pacquiao are the two greatest boxers possibly ever, you cannot blame the kid for wanting to fight them, if he did not that would be a concern condsidering he is a fighter, he should have the balls and he does thats why he took the fight with maidana
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  31. Boxcritic says:
    Mayweather would destroy khan. Khans defense is not great. Mayweather would pick his shots and school him all night.
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  32. the best says:
    mayweather has no movement like khan, mayweather does not use both hands like khan, khan is faster, khan punches hurt maidana what make syou think they won’t hurt mayweather? khan has better guard, plus khan will be more relaxed and chilled in that fight because mayweather will be in defense the entire time.
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    • mark says:
      Khan’s hurt Maidana? Was it not Maidana chasing Khan all night long?
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      • Bonez says:
        Did you not watch the first round? Maidana got a lucky punch in the 10th but couldnt finish him. What the eff are ya’ll smoking?!?
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    • Mortz says:
      This writer Evans should be laughing at you in the corner. Sannamagan, he got the longest comments I ever known from people who know and doesn’t know about boxing.
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  33. tangeka-u says:
    Marquez should not fight anymore. He should apply as boxing judge. LOL
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  34. Del says:
    Dont forget, whilst Mayweather gets older, he’s gonna get slower. About to turn 34, he’s an old man. Khan is getting faster, stronger and better. With experience, he’ll become a more intelligent fighter and winning machine.
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    • steve says:
      yeah but floyd has experience..and 34 is still young look at how old mosley is and he still has something left in the tank to stop antonio magarito…Age is nothing but number..
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  35. Boxcritic says:
    What makes you think khan would land combinations on Floyd, are you serious?? Khan has to fight the winner of Alexander vs. Bradley. Then he could possibly get a fight with Mayweather in September of next year. I think maywether should fight Martinez at 155 catchweight, that would be a better fight and more competetive.
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    • boris says:
      Completly agree, nice to see some an informed and intelligent analysis in a blog full of a lot of complete and utter rubbish!
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    • effe says:
      seriously, where is floyd? can’t blame you guys, just keep dreaming on those floyd future fights. floyd will school this guy, floyd will school that guy. well, where is he? imo floyd guys should refrain from talking until their guy shows up and fight in the ring. period
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  36. tangeka-u says:
    Mr. Evans, Sir, I disagree with you. Manny Pacquiao will send your Mayweather to his second retirement and will never come out of retirement again . . I think Mayweather knows more about the power and ability of Manny Pacquiao than you do . . reason why he’s scared like rabbit to fight pacman!
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  37. EJ says:
    I aint jumping on the Amir bandwagon yet… I’d say he get a fight against Andre Berto so they can both prove themselves!
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  38. Roro says:
    Damn most of you hate! If you know boxing the plan is not to get hit! Specially from the hard puncher like maidana. So you guys wanted Amir to just stand there and get hit? Plus amir was doing fine until maidana got a LUCKY right hand in , in middle rounds even if Amir still fight and survived. Maybe not as before, bt you don’t see a lot fighters pull off what he did. Amir displayed skills and good punching and foot work. While maidana showed horrible footwork and punching combination also. His punches weren’t crisp he had Amir iN bad trouble he didn’t pull nothing off and he has power FAIL. Amir landed accurate punches
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  39. hebron says:
    All haters talk about khan nd maidina leave floyd,floyd his the best the world knows it,problem his black that’s why u doubt him,m black nd I luv the dude.
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  40. Anthony says:
    Amir Khan is Amir Khan. But levelling him to Mayweather and Pacquiao is to Far. Khan are the same with those other boxers whicj you may say is not impressive. I dont hate Khan he a friend of my country man Pacquiao. But
    1. He is not a power puncher.
    2. He ran to much.
    3. Run away without any plan.
    4. Dont have the stamina.
    5. Weak chin as he say it improves.
    6. His style in not so impressive.
    This will affect his Marketability after this fight, he hasn’t prove anything yet. People want to watch a Manny Pacquiao fight because it’s explosive. Sorry Khan but you need to prove another fight, We are not impress.
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    • boris says:
      I think you forgeting the fact that Khan is 24 years old; at the same age pacman had yet to go on and fight in the classics with Marquez and also lose to Morales.
      To make comparisions of Khan and Pacman is unfair: Pacman is the pound for pound king, and deservedly so, but give Khan some credit he has proven alot of his doubters in regards to a “glass chin”, and most fighters would have crumbled when hit with some of those blows.
      As has been said by Boxcritic Khan should face the winner of Alexander v Bradley, and maybe set up a clash with Mayweather – as long as he bothers to actually come and fight a live fighter, rather than a fading great like Mosely.
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    • jjohn says:
      Absolutely right!!!! Too early to crown Amir. Has to prove more…..
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  41. harpy says:
    roach is good but he cant take khan topac n mayweather level fact!
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  42. Stan says:
    Great article Evans. Mayweather can fight aggressively and when he does its Mayhem. Watch the Gatti, Mitchell and latest Mosley beatdown. If you don’t call throwing 60 shots a round and landing near 90 percent accuracy, I dont know what the aggressive is!
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  43. mayn says:
    I know right how about you start by saying GREAT FIGHT, but you know k all about boxing and are just too butthurt that maidana got whipped so u hate on kahn, he proved he does have a chin and can take punishment from the biggest puncher in the division, u say he ran it was far from it. good night for boxing and the right man won.
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  44. bonerdirect says:
    Nah! I don’t think so!
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  45. Morganbucks says:
    Maidana Had to fight the Ref who broke them, when one hand was free and Maidana was punching him, Kahn never warned, Maidana had a point taken away for an elbow to the ref that was behind his back???WTF The ref also provided a nice pivot point for Kahn to run to. I give Maidan credit for the most composure I ever saw from a fighter. A super fight non the less and hats off to Kahn too, but the results would have been different with a ref that did not protect his ass.
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  46. jayson says:
    Is this writer for real or is he just one of those ones that websites have just to s**t stir to garner interest/comments/views? I’ve read his articles and can’t believe this writer can be as ignorant and write as much crap as he does so I am of the opinion that he is of the latter. Then again I could be wrong since there are so many mentally ill people out there.
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  47. Steve says:
    Will Evans??? Who the hell is that? I thought I’d find a real writer and a real article – instead I found a waste of space and time. Is Will actually a girl? Does anyone know if Floyd has a sister? Will might be Floyd’s sister – or girlfriend. Someone should check into it…
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  48. Khan Fan says:
    Americans are a joke… Khan is the BEST!! We British will own all of you!!
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    • Evans says:
      Amir is very good and will be a great fighter, but he’ll never be an elite fighter…a special fighter in the likes of Mayweather and Pacquiao. In fact he’ll never ever reach the level of Pacquiao because he took 8 belts from 8 divisions. There’s really not much for Amir to go from here except perhaps light middle weight the most . Also, it may be hard to admit, but Amir will never be like Pacquiao because of his lack of the “it” factor — the warrior mentality, the “I own this ring” mind set that the pound for pound king have. To pretend he’s not hurt even if he is and yet go after his opponent when his opponent think he got him. Pacqiao is mentally strong and superior in that regard and most of the time that can not be taught…that is born in him. That is his upbringing.
      I can truly say though that Amir Khan is the best, perhaps no one better sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao. He brings the best in him. In fact he gets the better days in some of their sparring sessions. Pacquaio owes Amir in bringing back his speed in the camp because he is the fastest sparring partner available that can duplicate most of his opponents’ size. But sparring has limitations to preserve the fighters health and form for the upcoming fight not to mention the size of gloves and gears they use. They only way however Amir Khan can come close to Pacquaio’s success and fame in my opinion as a fan is to fight Mayweather and win,then challenge the Pacman in the ring in the next 2 years. That way Manny may slow down a little bit at this point and Amir may be developed.
      If Amir can make it interesting for the fight like he almost win, or win by a narrow margin, then he will start raking this millions and PPV. Until then, he will always stands behind the shadows of the Elites. But still congratulations Amir Khan! We are proud of you.
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      • Khan Fan says:
        Look at it closely, if you are in a fight, and get hurt like most big names in the boxing, what would you do? Fight all offensive? Or would you backpeadal to regain energy?
        Simple answer mate… Common sense… You could see here that Amir has the intel of a great boxer.. He didnt box wildly hoping for a lucky punch… :)
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  49. ugok says:
    @Benny…the close UD decision was just right.No robbery here xcept in a pro Maidana fan.I was rooting for Maidana too but he got dropped early and was behind in the early rounds.He got back in the fight late but he never put Khan down.Judges scored the 10nth round a 10-8 round same as aKnock down although he wasn’t really got knock down.So where’s the robbery here?the judges called it correctly…the ref shouldn’t have deducted a point though that was only glitch but clearly Khan deserved to win despite on survival mode on the last few rounds.
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  50. Flomos says:
    Khan got his chin tested, so far this writer is fuking sh!t load with no boxing knowledges. But somehow he’s right, according to the crapweathers, “never fight a top fighter til he got Knocked out or expose.
    sissy flake Floyd is already retired, better sits in his cage fighting online than fight another shot old garbage.
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  51. home says:
    mayweather knocking khan..mayweather will win this one again in a very boring fight,after he beat khan he will say i want be with my family im not thin tinking about manny because i will wait for him slowdown a bit then ill sign the contract
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  52. ugok says:
    @Anthony…I beg to disagree when u said things about Khan.Pac is a power puncher that u admire soo much But did he dropped Margarito?Khan dropped Maidana therefore he has power But Maidana is incredibly tough to survive it.Khan had a sound plan…he flurried then move away,best plan to fight a hard puncher with over 90% KO rate.what would u suggest?He fights toe to toe which is a sure way of him getting Knock Out? Khan made mistake of staying in front of Maidana and not throwing just covering ala Manny Pacquiao that’s where he got rough up.Backpedalling per se is not a bad thing…WHAT WOULD U DO IF YOU GET HARD N GET WOOBLED?Its called tactical retreat and in boxing Its as natural as sunshine.
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  53. New Yorker says:
    Both KHAN and Mayweather are OVERRATED.
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  54. ugok says:
    @Michael 129…if there’s somebody pissing blood and rib injury it would be Maidana.lol.Even at the post fight presser he admitted to be still in pain from that brutal liver shot.In fairness Khan took a vicious shot in the jaw in fact most of his damage is that area as u can see in his face.Get ur facts straight before u post something….it cracks me up :o ))
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  55. Larry Lachica says:
    Nice try Mr. Evans…. give Amir Khan a break will yah….the kid is just 24 years old and he is showing us his guts and hey Amir Khan is not yet on his prime…
    You’re talking about Floyd Mayweather against Amir Khan and against Manny Pacquaio? Floyd is so motivated? yah you’re definitelty right….Floyd is so motivated in beating women, stealing, threatening his kids, running off his former colleagues…. I suggest do your best to bring Floyd Mayweather and motivate her…oppps i mean him to step up the plate and be a man and face Amir Khan….forget Pacquiao coz Manny Pacquiao will simply put Floyd to sleep without any effort….
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  56. taruh goh says:
    Give the kid (khan) a chance.
    He still has a lot of growing to do.
    In no time, he will be tough as a nail.
    He will learn from his mistakes.
    All he needs to do is improve on his follow up combos as part of his arsenals.
    Add more bulk to his lower body to improve his balance.
    Just like Pac, he was just a mediocre fighter early in his carreer.
    I guarantee you, with this fight, Roach and Ariza will make
    adjustments to his fighting style and his conditioning.
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  57. MBA says:
    Khan should have increased his offense more…he can beat Maidana to the punch but he was just too wary that Maidana can land his. When he is on offense, Maidana could not launch his. So it was more on the tactical error than anything else. But a win is a win. But it could have been easier but he chose to defend in the later rounds and paid his price. He is still way too far from being the next superstar.
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  58. hank says:
    this writer appears to be the one who had something to smoke. may weather to knock khan out and do the same to pacquiao, are you out of your mind. floyd avoided the biggest punchers in the ww division that pacquiao beat and he never got hurt, how do you suppose floyd can beat pacquiao. floyd doesn’t have a ww punching power he’s a lightweight.
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  59. guest says:
    to the writer, whoever you are! sure khan almost went down…remember that people said he has a glass jaw but surviving a punch from maidana who’s knockout stat is 93% is an accomplishment in itself…it also proves you really have to hit him flush on the chin to knock him out. pacquiao was knocked out 3x before…look at where he is now. so please don’t think that you know what khan will be 5 yrs. from now because you don’t know either and please don’t pretend that you’re another boxing expert!
    by the way, your idol mayweather is scared of losing his zero in his resume that’s why he won’t fight pacquiao and instead hide behind the random blood testing demand..which reminds me that result of pacquiao and margarito test from texas came out negative….
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  60. Primo says:
    Khan is right on schedule…after that test, the lessons are learned, now is just a matter of executing. Manny Paquiao went through the same test with JMM….the rest is history.
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  61. Botyok_nj_ozam says:
    Will Evans yo,..why pointing first to Khan? why cant you pinpoint or tell your Mayweather Jr to stop hiding and fight Pacman? why?
    you’re a bias here, man
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  62. you weak says:
    you’re face is overrated
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  63. Paksiw_Man says:
    Mayweather Jr. is what? You must be in la la land. Manny will smoke May Jr.’s butt and some more. There’s no way he can beat Manny. Go and write other things beside talking about how good May Jr. is and I don’t buy that. If May Jr. considered the best, he should’ve fought Manny longtime ago w/o questions ask.
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  64. commentator says:
    Khan vs Maidana is apparent between the first fight of Pacquiao vs Marquez. During first few round Amir is dominating in the last few rounds Maidana is over powering khan, during the late rounds after Marcos landed some powershots to Amir, Khan felt little dizzy and move slow he almost going to get knockdown and saves by the bell. This prove that Khan cannot withstand Floyd yet, he still has time for improvement at 24. Amir Khan must face Manuel Marquez next to test and improve his skills, he will learn lots of things in fighting Marquez, if he do prevail with Manuel then his ready facing Floyd.
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  65. Roger M says:
    This writer needs to get off of Floyd’s nuts already!! Amir would give Floyd problems coz he’s slick like him & Amir knows how to keep the distance. He’s still young & still improviing. A couple more fights & he’ll definitely ready to beat Floyd. If Floyd wants a piece of Manny, he’d hav to go through Amir first. If Floyd wil hav a hard time beating Amir, he should never step up to Manny coz Manny will wipe him out. If he beats Amir, then he has a chance to at least show his dancin skills agains Manny.
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  66. DeadScared says:
    Yeah, as good as he is Amir still has got a lot to learn and improve on. The kid has a dream. Everybody has the right to dream. And with Roach on his side it will just be a matter of time.
    Mayweather-Khan??? I doubt it. Floyd would never want to have anything to do with any fighter that smells “Roach” and that goes for both senior and Junior. Period.
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  67. deng says:
    Khan needs to improve his stamina to stay champion. His chin is not world class. Hope he works hard enough so that on the next fight he will not fade. mayweather beats khan if they fight today.
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  68. fredie says:
    khan is definitely not one of the elite fighter in this era, but he is one of the good fighters in boxing. khan may not be as good as fraudweather but atleast he has the balls to fight tough fighters and has a chance of beating him, unlike fraudweather cherry picking opponents. “NOBODY WILL BEAT FRAUDWEATHER, IF HE KEEPS ON FIGHTHING NOBODY”
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  69. amir says:
    may weather can beat amir khan,because amir has no punching power like manny pacquiao but pacman can beat mayweather because pacman has a great chin and punching power with tramendous speed.
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  70. SO, FLOYD MAYNEVER FIGHT PACQUIAO BECAUSE HIS DAD THINK SO!
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  71. pinoy101 says:
    The best feasible outcome is to make the fight happen Pacquiao vs Mayweather. we can’t just put our butts on the street and yell somebody will beat somebody which only our state of mind and presumption so yell after the real fight. STILL i im looking forward to PACQUIAO vs MAYWEATHER
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  72. stan says:
    mosley beatdown c/o mayweather? do you honestly believe that it was a beatdown by floyd? now look who’s being naive.
    i think PAC’s team, to establish the worthiness of SSM to be PAC’s next opponent, should require Shane to honestly give his piece re that fight with FMJ – that he let FMJ win and that it was more of business than personal gratification.
    so i ask you, beatdown of FMJ on SSM? sheesh!
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  73. kulasf says:
    I agree that mayweather will beat khan, but that doesn’t mean I agree mayweather is aggressive fighter. If Khan vs. Mayweather, this fight will be as boring as hell.
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  74. axl says:
    ey mr. ithink youre daydreaming you should wake up hahahahah gayweather beating the hell of the pacman hahaha your a fool if you think that is going to happen hahahaha after gayweather you can jump on the ring fight the pacman so you can taste was it like to be inthe ring with the pacman hahaha
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  75. ugok says:
    Fact one…PBF is in hybernation,no interest in fighting Pacman despite the biggest posible Money on the table.His Promoters even denied there was a second negotiation and Saying Ross Greenburg of HBO and Bob Arum were lying.Second …Boxing is fought in the Ring…author parrots Floyd declaration that he,s the Best and can easily beat Pacman…Why Not Fight the guy instead of just saying it ? For all people know It is Floyd. Ducking Pacman.Remember what Paul Williams said to Floyd…He’s growing a VAgina!!!
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  76. I Know Everything says:
    Floyd will whoop Khan’s butt, that’s for sure but he WILL NEVER FIGHT Manny,
    He will create excuses never heard before, even TMZ hot gossips will hear the new and creative excuses JUST TO AVOID Manny…. Jail time, Random blood are just examples… wait until next year …. for me, those excuses are PRICELESS!!!
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  77. vanwillis says:
    MR. evans you are not making any sense. I agree with you that khan will not beat mayweather. So why would you want to see that fight? Wouldn’t we be wasting our time if we already know the result of such fight? Tell your boy floyd, let’s get pacquiao-mayweather on! But guess what, floyd will be fighting khan next and pacquiao never, precisely because of the reasons you said.
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  78. Prince says:
    You sound bitter. No gameplan you said? You saw the game plan all night long and you did not notice it? Your an idiot. ofcourse the game plan was to box Maidana. And he followed every centimeter of it. Khan will be a moron had he stood toe to toe against a power puncher just to satisfy you idiot. Boxing is science of throwing punches and dodging in return. You saw the definition in Khan.
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  79. Lingdoh says:
    Some of the excuses for Floyd Mayweather to fight Manny Pacquiao:
    1) Hurt my ribs from sparring.
    2) Pacman doesn’t want to take random blood test.
    3) 70-30 purse split in my favor.
    4) 12 ounce gloves is my preference.
    5) I come at 155 lbs weight and Pacquiao comes in at 147 lbs during weighing time.
    6) People must declare me the greatest pound for pound of all time.
    7) People must declare that I’m better than Muhammad Ali.
    8) I’m like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
    9) Pacquiao should find another promoter and then I’ll sign the dotted line.
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  80. glen says:
    knock out the pacman? he’s not going to fight him cause he’s afraid that’s all!
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  81. great american says:
    mayweather is an overrated boxer. he’s just ordinary and nothing special. i would only say he’s great if he’s going to fight bigger men in light heavyweights like the midget pac. ray robinson was great and so as ali.. but mayweather? he sucks!
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