Disclaimer: I am not for Amir Khan vs. Chris Algieri. So let me give you the bad news first: this is a terrible matchup. Here’s the good news: it’s so terrible that it will be fun to watch.
To be honest, the greatest thing about this fight is that there will be a women’s boxing match featured on the undercard between Brooklyn native Heather “the Heat” Hardy and Noemi “La Rebelde” Bosques.
I’m going to give Khan-Algieri a chance, to be fair, even though this fight does nothing to help Khan’s pipe dream of fighting Mayweather (I repeat, Khan, this doesn’t not help your chances); even though I still don’t understand how Algieri went from Friday Night Fights to a pay-per-view fight with Pacquiao, losing that fight, to now fighting Khan in roughly a year.
It’s pretty obvious that the boxing powers that be are trying to hype Algieri up to be a “name” in boxing that he isn’t. They tried to make us believe he could beat Pacquiao (ha!), and it didn’t work. Now we’re supposed to be on the edge of our seats for “Avocado” Algieri’s epic battle with “King” Khan.
The prediction for this fight might be fairly obvious but I’m still going to let the suspense kill you. Let’s take a look at Khan and Algieri’s profiles to see who they are and what we can expect to see this Friday.
