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LAS VEGAS – There's no reason to be cynical, even though it would be easy to do so when examining Saturday's middleweight title bout at T-Mobile Arena between WBC champion Canelo Alvarez and challenger Amir Khan. Promoter Oscar De La Hoya has tried, almost desperately at times, to frame the bout as a battle pitting Khan's speed against Alvarez's power. Unquestionably, Khan's hand speed is his biggest advantage in a fight in which he's completely overmatched in terms of size.