Khan's Real Speed Revealed Briefly @ HBO Promo Shoot: (VIDEO)

[SunSpace]

It's not guaranteed that Cotto hits harder than Khan overall. They have 2 common opponents Judah and Malignaggi. Although Cotto fought them earlier when they were arguably a little fresher.

Cotto TKO Judah round 11 / UD Malignaggi 12 rounds
Khan KO Judah round 5 / TKO Malignaggi round 11

Canelo isn't as fast as Khan.. You're probably thinking of the video clips that you've seen of him throwing a 3 punch combo fast, he does look very quick in those clips but anyone can look fast in a short clip. Even heavyweight Luis Ortiz looked as fast as Canelo when they showed a clip of him throwing a 3 punch combo tonight before the Thompson fight.

Roach used to bring Khan into Pacquiao's camp to help increase Pac's speed. He said that Khan is faster than Pacquiao. Canelo isn't slow, he can be fast, but he's just not on Khan's speed level overall - very few fighters are.

Little fresher? Cotto fought both of them in their prime. Judah gave Mayweather a competitive fight only the previous year, and Malignaggi was even undefeated. They were in nowhere near the same condition when they fought Khan.

I still remember that people, even on the island, were saying Judah would beat Cotto. That ended up being a CLASSIC fight and one of the cornerstones of Cotto's career. And the undefeated version of Malignaggi was one heck of a fighter himself. Had it not been for the hellacious beating Cotto gave him (cuts, fractured orbital bone, and damaged jaw), I suspect Malignaggi could've gone on to have quite the career before his flaws would've gotten the better of him. And I know a quote I received myself from someone, whom I'm not naming, after that fight. And it was exactly this: "He will never be the same again."

My whole point is that it's cool to support Khan in this uphill battle he's going to face, but perspective and facts are very important. Equating Khan's victories over those fighters to Cotto's is like assuming that Mayweather's resume is loaded with "prime" fighters. Mayweather fought names, but EVERYONE knows WHEN he fought them. Everyone knows he cherry-picked, instead of fighting them in their prime. No amount of winning can erase that.

I had to clear it up because I see some people nowadays acting like Cotto needs another "signature win," diminishing the importance of the people he faced. Cotto did not beat Pinto, N'dou, Bailey, Corley, Malignaggi, Gomez, Mosley, Quintana, Torres, Judah, and so forth when they were past-prime. Quite possibly, Cotto has the best resume in terms of consistent, quality competition of this era. That's a whole different situation from an up-and-comer like Khan (back then) being intelligently hyped up by GoldenBoy, taking on faded names.

[b00g13man]

Little fresher? Cotto fought both of them in their prime. Judah gave Mayweather a competitive fight only the previous year, and Malignaggi was even undefeated. They were in nowhere near the same condition when they fought Khan.

Don't let facts get in the way of a good nuthugging session.

[emre belozoglu]

prime Judah is a bit of a myth he's never won the big fights right the way throughout his career If he had of gotten that win over Tyzu where he started well maybe he could have become a better fighter but he always had mental issues and was always a bit overrated skill wise, would 'prime Judah ' really have overturned any of his losses? No Probably not . there not really much difference in him until maybe the last few years

[emre belozoglu]

Frankie Bruno is right it's very easy to discredit someone resume You can do it to almost any fighter Khan has a decent number of good fighters on his resume end of story

[emre belozoglu]

Who gives Porter any credit for that fight period?

no one its brook he's talking about

[VG_Addict]

Khan has fast hands, but he does just about everything else poorly.

I hear about Khan's speed, but never about his actual technical skills. Why? Because speed is the only thing Khan has going for him.