By Dan Ambrose: IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez thinks it’s quite possible that the lighter, weaker Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) could pull off an upset in his fight against WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) on May 7.
Sanchez thinks that the heavier Canelo will likely be sluggish and slow from having put on a ton of weight after rehydrating from having made the 155lb catch-weight the day before their fight. Sanchez believes that as long as Khan doesn’t try and fight Canelo toe-to-toe, he’s got the hand speed and talent to potentially beat the Mexican fighter.
Sanchez thinks Khan is too talented for Canelo to be able to just run over like many boxing fans think. The only thing that Sanchez doesn’t know is if Khan will listen to his trainer Virgil Hunter, and stick to the game plan for the fight.