Khan: Mayweather’s last few opponents picked the wrong gameplan

By Boxing News - 09/26/2011 - Comments

Image: Khan: Mayweather's last few opponents picked the wrong gameplanBy William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan thinks that Floyd Mayweather’s last few opponents have used the wrong approach to beating him. Khan says there is a way of beating Mayweather but he isn’t saying what that is right now. Khan is saving that nugget for when he faces Mayweather in the future, possibly as early as next year.

“There’s only one way of beating him [Mayweather], and his last few opponents all picked the same game plan, which was wrong, Khan said on his twitter. “Love me or hate me, I’m gonna get to the top whatever I have to do to get there.”

Mayweather’s last three opponents – Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley and Victor Ortiz – have all used different game plans, and they still ended up losing. They didn’t use the same game plan. Ortiz tried to slug and was beaten; Marquez tried to box and was soundly beaten, and Mosley tried to do both – box and slug – and was easily beaten.

There’s no mystery about what Khan will do in a fight against Mayweather. Khan will run and jab just like he did in his fight with Marcos Maidana. You can expect Khan to throw flurries every once in a while and do a long of grabbing of Mayweather’s head and/or neck to try and pull him out of position to where Khan can then tag him.

If the referee is doing his job and not asleep a the wheel, Khan will be penalized for the head and neck grabbing of Mayweather. But that’s pretty much how Khan will be fighting against Floyd. There is absolutely no mystery about what Khan will do, and he’s doomed for failure. If the referee doesn’t penalize Khan for grabbing Mayweather around the head or neck, look for Mayweather to retaliate with some shots when Khan is off guard. We could then see another quick knockout for Mayweather.



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