Wow. There will be a rematch for this. Khan was winning by a wide margin and got caught with one. Right on the chin. Canelo knows this. That's why there was no celebration. Moving up in weight classes is dangerous.
Body shots zapped Khan's feet and hands, man. Great adjustment by Canelo to just destroy him with the right to the body... Fainted to the head and chose the body so many times with his right, and then he did the opposite on that list punch and it was devastating.
Very good fight by Canelo. Adjusted and stuck to hitting the body to slow him down. He has devastating power, no doubt
Wide margin? Wut. Canelo studied and adjusted. There was no celebration because his impulse was to check if Khan was ok. That was disgustingly brutal.
Never been a big Khan fan, but dude gained my respect tonight. Tough ass dude, lot of balls to fight Canelo like he did.
Don't give a fuck, I like and respect the hell out of Khan. He's 100% right, he had the balls to fight Canelo and gave it his all.
The people in this thread that follow the sport and know what they are talking about. Lederman on HBO as well.
The only decent stream I could get on my mac was the British feed. And I turned it off after Khan woke up. Was GGG in the ring trying to set up a fight? Or am I just hoping?
Virgil knows.... the Mexican boxer getting knocked the fuck out by the big bad wolf is good for boxing... more money for EVERYBODY.
Good on them- 100% right, boxing needs to see the best fighters fight each other. No excuses, no bull shit.
Gennady Golovkin @GGGBoxing 1m1 minute ago Big respect to all fighters tonight. I am ready, @Canelo. #CaneloKhan
Kahn fought fine all things considered. He should be happy with his performance besides getting KO'd in such a bad way.
I had it 4-1 Kahn. The only positive during the first four rounds for Canelo was that he was moving forward/showing ring generalship. I'm not a fan of giving up points for pittypat punches either. Canelo just wasn't getting to him that much.
Even if you had it 4-1 Kahn, the fight was very clearly moving in Canelo's favor. It would have been 6-4 Canelo on your card by the 10th.
no doubt about it. Canelo did a beautiful job. Kahn is fast as shit, but unless he did something spectacularly stupid, he was going to win the early rounds.
Thing I don't understand is Amir being so completely vulnerable to the right hand to the body... I guess the strategy was to protect the head from the right hand AND the body from the left hook, but ultimately it opened up the hammer shot to the head. Guess they had to pick their poison. Look at Khan's body on the left when he's on the canvas. Looks like raw meat