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Flashback: Canelo vs Khan 2016!

Flashback: Canelo vs Khan 2016!

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was on his 49th fight, the title on the line was the WBC world middleweight championship and he was against one of the fastest punchers in the division and in the world of boxing… Amir Khan, Khan was known for his fast hand speed and fast speed in general… however, he was known for having a glass chin. This fight was set to be on the 7th May 2016. The 12 round bouts were scheduled, however the whole 12 rounds weren’t needed.

The first round started and from the start, Khan was showing his speed and quickness and Canelo seemed like he couldn’t handle it at all, however as the fight went on, he adapted to the fight and knew what to do. The fight was in favour of Khan, with one judge scoring the winner as Canelo, however round 6 was the round where everything changed. 23 seconds left into the 6th round and Canelo hits Khan with a great right hook, Khan knocked down and shows signs of being out cold. As soon as the fight was finished, Canelo went straight to him to see if he was okay.

Amir Khan didn’t know what happened other than him losing the fight. This was an eye opener to a lot of people about Canelo and realised that he was the real deal. Canelo kept the WBC world middleweight championship and carried on fighting top tier fighters in the division as well as some in the other divisions!

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