Canelo vs. Khan: Khan ahead on one scorecard before getting KO’d

Amir Khan was actually ahead on one of the judge’s scorecards before he was brutally knocked out by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in the sixth round of their PPV bout.

Tonight’s boxing PPV attaction saw Amir Khan coming up in weight to take on one of the sport’s biggest draws, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. It was widely thought to be a battle between Khan’s speed and Canelo’s power, and that’s exactly how it played out.

The official judge’s scorecards show that one judge actually had Khan ahead after five rounds:

The official #CaneloKhan scorecard pic.twitter.com/NUYEDZQhcG

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Of course, the scorecards don’t really matter. Alvarez knocked Khan out cold with a thunderous shot in the sixth round. But it’s interesting to see that Khan started so well. I’m not sure what Glenn Trowbridge was watching though – there’s no way Alvarez won the first round.

It seemed pretty clear that Khan won the first and second, the third was a toss-up, and Alvarez turned things around in the fourth. He took the fourth and fifth with body work before the KO.

Now we’ll have to see if we get the much-anticipated Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin bout that was hyped so heavily after Canelo’s win.

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Amir Khan was actually ahead on one of the judge’s scorecards before he was brutally knocked out by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in the sixth round of their PPV bout.

Tonight’s boxing PPV attaction saw Amir Khan coming up in weight to take on one of the sport’s biggest draws, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. It was widely thought to be a battle between Khan’s speed and Canelo’s power, and that’s exactly how it played out.

The official judge’s scorecards show that one judge actually had Khan ahead after five rounds:

Of course, the scorecards don’t really matter. Alvarez knocked Khan out cold with a thunderous shot in the sixth round. But it’s interesting to see that Khan started so well. I’m not sure what Glenn Trowbridge was watching though – there’s no way Alvarez won the first round.

It seemed pretty clear that Khan won the first and second, the third was a toss-up, and Alvarez turned things around in the fourth. He took the fourth and fifth with body work before the KO.

Now we’ll have to see if we get the much-anticipated Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin bout that was hyped so heavily after Canelo’s win.

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