I guess you need to ask when was the last time a British fighter beat a elite fighter who was still in his pomp?

If he beats canelo (which he won't he's not floyd) he will be comfortably in the top 5 modern day British fighters

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Definitely top 10. I still can't get the Prescott defeat out of my subconscious when I think of Amir Khan. He was a lot younger then and it was something he definitely learned from, but I always see that fight as the one that really blots his copybook.

He's always been one of my favourite fighters to watch though, and the fact he's always chased the big fights is to his enormous credit.

Be a massive feat for sure....

I like Khan and remember him as a proud 17yo winning a silver medal at the olympics giving a great cuban a tough fight and avenging it later on. I don't get the dislike of Khan and think it is largely down to his background.
Of the last 15 years i'd put him alongside Hatton and below Calzaghe,top 5.

comment by bertrand small (U19359)
posted 14 hours, 18 minutes ago
I like Khan and remember him as a proud 17yo winning a silver medal at the olympics giving a great cuban a tough fight and avenging it later on. I don't get the dislike of Khan and think it is largely down to his background.
Of the last 15 years i'd put him alongside Hatton and below Calzaghe,top 5.
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nothing to do with his background.....

I don't mind him...bar talking in the third person and his lifting of the skirt chasing fights.

Depends how he follows it up, top 20 for sure.

Recent inactivity doesn't help his cause, but he's right up there in terms of ability.

It'd put him above Hatton & Calzaghe for me.

Second only to Lewis in the modern era.

Can't see it being something we need to consider after the fight but would have him around the 4-7 mark

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comment by The Guvnor IV -Iron sharpens iron--- 49-0 (U12889)
posted 22 hours, 17 minutes ago
Khan is close to the top 5. In terms of ability he is top 3. The only reason I'd put him below Hatton is because Hatton fought the two best fighters of his era Floyd and Pacquiao during there peak years.
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Yes he fought them, but he was completely outclassed in both. Doesn't hold him in any higher regard for me, Khan wanted those fights also.

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comment by The Guvnor IV -Iron sharpens iron--- 49-0 (U12889)
posted 5 hours, 55 minutes ago
Khan was chasing those fights during the latter stages of there careers. I highly doubt Khan would have chased Pacquiao back in his prime years.
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Maybe so. I doubt he would've done worse against either, Hatton couldn't lay a glove on them.

“I believe this fight between Canelo and I is getting more attention than a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight," said the Brit.

- Delusional isn't the word. Khan's in cuckoo-land. He's obsessed with Mayweather. But it won't ever happen!