Schaefer gives Amir Khan a good chance against Mayweather

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn’t ready to let the cat out of the bag as far as who Mayweather Jr’s next opponent will be on May 3rd, but he is willing to say that he thinks Amir Khan has a good chance of beating Mayweather due to his hand speed advantage over him.

Schaefer sees Khan as having faster hands, and he points to  Floy Mayweather’s fight against a young Zab Judah back in 2006 as case of Mayweather struggling with a fighter with quick hands and feet.  Floy Mayweather beat Judah by the scores 119-109, 116-112, 117-111. If this is the best that an opponent with fast hands could go against Floy Mayweather then I think Schaefer is going to be in for a big letdown if the Amir Khan-Mayweather fight takes place on May 3rd.

“Styles make fights and speed kills,” Schaefer said to Hustleboss. “ Khan is one of the most skilled fighters…I think it would be a fascinating match-up and if it would happen, I give Khan a hell of a chance…Floyd Mayweather is not exactly the biggest puncher.”

Schaefer is pouring it on kind of thick, isn’t he?

Julio Diaz wasn’t exactly the biggest puncher either at 147, and he had Amir Khan staggering all over the ring like a drunk on Friday night. If a guy like Diaz was able to put Khan on the canvas, then Floy Mayweather has enough power to put Khan down and keep him there.

Amir Khan barely escaped knockout losses in the Julio Diaz and Maidana fights. If those two fighters had the accuracy that Floy has, they would have each knocked Amir Khan out. I mean, I think Marcos Maidana would have still been able to KO  AmirKhan even without having great accuracy, but he had a referee that prevented him from working on the inside after he had Khan badly hurt in the 10th.

Amir Khan has long arms and quick hands, but he’s so wide open when he comes running forward throwing combinations. Floy would time him and nail him with a big left hook and that would be it. Amir Khan would be on his back and staring up at the lights wondering what hit him.

I think it doesn’t matter what boxing fans feel about the Khan-Floy fight. This is probably going to take place next whether fans like the match or not. I think Mayweather has his mind made up that he wants the Amir Khan fight. Believe me, if the fight wasn’t going to happen then you wouldn’t have Schaefer slathering Khan with compliments from head to toe. This is a shot across the bow. Schaefer is building Amir Khan up for the big announcement. Oh boy, I can just see how the doom and gloom will set in as soon as Schaefer makes the big announcement about this mismatch.