Life on Planet Khan

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Wednesday, June 24

Thin Air on Planet Khan?  Amir Khan is a terrific fighter -- exciting to watch, not only for his fast hands and mobility, but also because he's vulnerable. I like watching him.
  But I've gotta call bullshit when I listen to his relentless propaganda campaign to convince us that he deserves the Mayweather fight above all others ... and also that Kell Brook is some second-tier bum who hasn't fought anybody, and doesn't belong in the same ring with him.
  The worst anybody can say about Brook at this point of his career is that he has, for the most part, beaten all hell out of everybody they've pushed in front of him. The guy always seems to bring his 'A' game -- something Khan shouldn't attempt to claim with a straight face.
    Khan got stretched by Breidis Prescott, was obliterated by Danny Garcia, and fouled his way out of a possible victory over Lamont Peterson. Khan hasn't lost since 2012 -- he's on a six-fight winning streak against Carlos Molina, Julio Diaz, Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander and Chris Algieri. All are solid pros, but I don't see any shoo-in Hall of Famers on that list.
   Granted, Floyd hopefully is goofing on all of us when he talks about awarding the Sept. 12 gig to Andre Berto or Karim Mayfield -- Khan and everybody else has a perfect right to roll their eyes at that. But Khan is the only logical choice to fight Mayweather? That only makes sense on Planet Khan, a place without Golovkin, Thurman, Brook, Garcia, Pacquiao, Maidana, Bradley, Porter ...

Speaking of Porter ... "Showtime" Shawn reportedly is setting his sights on Marcos Maidana. Anybody want to see that one? Yep, me too.

Look out below ... Wil Esco from www.badlefthook.com reports that Gennady Golovkin is training to fight at 154 pounds. .  Any takers, junior middles?

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