Canelo Alvarez Vs. Amir Khan (Flashback Boxing Analysis)

Amir Khan made his comeback to boxing last month by knocking out Phil Lo Greco in 40 seconds but Canelo Alvarez recently got suspended but a long time ago in May 2016, the two of them fought. It was a good fight with some good build-up. It’s speed vs power.

Round 1

Amir Khan showing off the quickness of his punches, arguably the quickest boxer at the time. He is getting some good shots in. Canelo hits Khan with a good left power punch.


My Thoughts: Enjoyable first round to the fight, Khan and Alvarez did good.


Round Winner: Amir Khan (10-9)

Round 2

Alvarez is getting shots into Khan all over the ring. Canelo starts going but Khan hits with some one two punches.


My Thoughts: Another solid round of boxing.


Round Winner: Amir Khan (20-18)


Round 3

Khan getting some speedy combos. Canelo is falling into the Amir Khan trap but hits a good body shots. Khan has been good at picking his punches at the right time. Khan gets hit with a good body shot from Canelo.


My Thoughts: A really close round but a boxer like Canelo Alvarez is able to lose the opening rounds and still win the fight.


Round Winner: Amir Khan (30-27)

Round 4

Alvarez getting a few body shots, Khan hits an upwards combo. Alvarez hits a great fight punch to the body. Khan got a one-two to the body.


My Thoughts: A much better round for Alvarez, his best yet.


Round Winner: Canelo Alvarez (39-37) (Khan is still in the lead by two points)


Round 5

Khan trying for more speedy combos and he does hit them but are they effective? Canelo is hitting some big shots. The body damage of Khan is clearly increasing. He is in trouble if the body shots go for longer. Khan tries to counter this by some head shots but it doesn’t match the power of Canelo.


My Thoughts: A good round, Canelo and Khan both did good here.


Round Winner: Canelo Alvarez (48-47) (Khan now in the lead by a single point)

Round 6

There’s fact punches from both fighters. Khan going for more punches, Canelo hits two head punches and you can’t tell Khan has a painful head at the moment. Bad time for Khan. Alvarez is weakening the chin. And it pays off as Canelo hits one big right hand and Khan goes down.


That was a great fight and if Khan didn’t get knocked out, Canelo would’ve won by decision so I think it was better this way. I’ve been Josh from All Things Combat, that was a flashback edition of the boxing analysis.