(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Ryan Allan: Amir Khan returned to the ring this past Friday with a less than sparkling display in his unanimous points victory over the American, Chris Algieri at the Barclays centre, New York.
I tipped Khan to win on points in my submission last week but the manner of his victory has failed to inspire much credit or respect for the Bolton man.
Khan, who is still trying to earn a fight with Floyd Mayweather, had been ridiculed for his choice of opponent in Algieri and he did little in the fight to turn these sneers to cheers as he fought to a somewhat unconvincing decision win over the game New Yorker who looked pretty huge at the weight and fought an aggressive and educated fight despite his defeat.
The American deserves a lot of praise for performing above his expected level but as ever there is not much sign of praise for Algieri even if Khan did under-perform.Khan though will be disappointed with this performance on Friday: Here he was in a fight that he really needed to look good in, considering the lack of perceived threat in Algieri, but his speed and power were lacking, and once again there are more questions than answers for Amir who many feel is simply not doing enough to warrant the fight with Mayweather he so desperately craves.