Khan-Salita winner has 90 days to fight Maidana – News
September 12th, 2009
By William Mackay: This isn’t probably the kind of news that World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) was hoping to hear, but it looks like the title fight between Khan and his number #1 mandatory challenger Dmitry Salita has only 90 days before they have to get back in the ring and defend their WBA title against the interim WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (26-1, 25 KO’s)’s), according to Dan Rafael.
It’s unknown how Salita’s thoughts are on this, but I imagine that it could be a worrisome development for the 22-year-old Khan, who has had a history of being vulnerable against fighters like Maidana. Khan was knocked out in the 1st round by Breidis Prescott last year in September. Prescott hits hard, but he doesn’t hit as consistently hard as Maidana, who is able to land with huge power pretty much all night long.
Besides the Prescott fight, Khan has been knocked down in other bouts against fighters with average power. The thought of Khan facing a huge puncher like Maidana seems a little scary, because I can envision Maidana having to chase Khan around the ring all night to get in any shots.
Seriously, I don’t see this as a fight that Khan could pile on points like his last win, a 12 round unanimous decision over then WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik in July. Khan was able to move and jab in that fight and win rounds. Kotelnik was tailor made for Khan because Andriy has zero power and is a slow moving finesse fighter.
There was little danger with Kotelnik because he’s not the type of fighter that has power that can put a weak-chinned fighter like Khan in any kind of trouble. Sure, if Khan were to stand in one place for an entire fight, even someone as weak as Kotelnik could probably take him out.
However, Freddie Roach, Khan’s new trainer, has him moving a lot in order to protect his chin from opponents who hit hard. It looks as if Khan is going to be treating all of his opponents the same, in order words, moving a lot regardless of whether they’re a dangerous puncher not.
I think Khan would literally have to actually run from Maidana to prevent from being knocked out by him. In this case, I don’t think Khan could even afford to momentarily stop for a second because Maidana would likely take Khan’s head off if he does.
It would make for a hilarious fight to see Khan on the run, but I can’t see him winning. Khan would be forced to jab on the move all night long and when he does eventually tire, that’s it. The fight will be over. Maidana will catch Khan with something big a drop him like a sack of potatoes.
If Khan gets dropped by Maidana, it’s all over. There won’t be any surviving a knockdown by him, because as soon as Khan gets up, Maidana will tee off on Khan’s head as if it were a large golf ball and will drive it into the 5th row. This is why I can see the Salita-Khan fight being the last title defense for Khan. I’m guessing he vacates the title shortly after beating Salita.
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lee tweed, man, your on to something there
kotelnik doesnt have “zero power” he had enough to wear down and overcome rees
Maj. are you MAD, your the racist dude… leave people to be.. but, don’t play the race card! white people are not Devils (except Madonna, and maybe Marylyn Manson.. errrmaybe a few more) but not all!
# lee tweed Says:
September 13th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
khan is biger then ali and better he would ko ali in his prime that how good khan is
LOL keep taking the tablets m8 and the voices will go away.
This fight wont happen, khan to vacate after his next bout. Maj your the people who keep bringing the race card into these disscusions all the time. the devil in this world are the haters like you who beleive that just because someone has a different colour skin then everyone hates them. Your the problem here not the white men as u call it, if anything your the racist.
Khan will hold titles in 4 different wieghts – the only British fighter with the potential.. I am talking about size, reach etc..
this guy will com up with uh stf infection or sisi stuff like that
You guys are fprgetting he has to beat Dmitry Salita yet, before Marcos Maidana becomes a possibility. Salita isn’t the fastest or most powerful fighter ever, but I’m putting £10 on him KO’ing hype job Khan. Khan is the worst title holder in the world, running from prospects already!!!
id love khan to get beat i just dislike boxers who think they can miss out the domestic levels. i think with the likes of khan he should of went through the british ranks won the british tittle then european and then onto world level, the only problem is they dont want to take those risks.
i think its a disgrace that its all about the team you have behind you aswell if amir khan is such a big name then why didnt prescott move on to bigger and better things after destroying khan, its just so much of a business. i hope he either gets knocked out or actually vaccating his belt so that he loses loads of his fans and should therefore be a nobody
khan is biger then ali and better he would ko ali in his prime that how good khan is
You all slag Khan off and dont give him his credit, sure he has a ‘suspect’ chin but you all forget Cotto was ‘chinny’ and look where he has come now.. Im not saying Khan is or will be like him but i think he feeds off comments like you guys slate him with
Come on Khan!! Khan to beat Maidina on points aswell
it only takes one punch wich maidana will give him
I do think Kotlenik beat Maidana though it was very close. I think that the khan that got beat by prescott and the one that beat kotlenik are two different fighters, i really don’t think khan would try and trade with Maidana the way he did with prescott, which would probably not make for a tv friendly fight. I agree with some people that a fighter that takes no risks will always be considered a fighter with no heart, i do think boxing needs to get its house in order and start to make fights that fans want to see rather then just inflating records…that way the cream will soon rise to the top and debates like this will be settled in the only place that they matter…in the ring.
You guys seriously believe Kotlenik BEAT Maidana?! Maidana would be too dangerous for him. Maidana my have a suspect chin or not, Khan’s not a power puncher. It’ll be just like fighting Prescott all over again.
i hope khan has to fight maidana, am fed up of paying ppv ££ to watch him fight old shot ring legends or fighters who pose no danger wotsoever i.e. kotelink.
Khan will get knocked out by maidana.
If he vacates his title he will loose so many boxing fans. I myself will never ever pay to watch him again! Boxing legends like De La Hoya fight the best throughout their careers even if it meens taking the odd loss, but in return giving the fan exciting fights. If khan vacates he is nothing more than a bum!
also maidana beat kotelnik
this is hilariouse. its so true. the man they are calling the next pound for pound king amir khan is nothing special and will be exposed by maidana
with boxing the fighter who fights the smarter fight often wins, i would back khan to beat Maidana on points.the thing is with big punchers is there is always an over reliance on finding that one sweet shot that they go looking for it the entire fight, saying that i wasn’t too impressed (personal opinion) with maidana as a boxer in the ortiz fight but he would however have a punchers chance.
Boxing is more of a business now then it ever was…you hype fighters up, you get the public to buy into it and then you exploit their need for a fight, Ricky Hatton was a prime example, you build up a record and you make the big fight, i’m not saying its wrong or right but thats the way these things work, so i wouldn’t expect to see khan fight maidana any time soon.
90 days is not enough time against a good opposition at light welterweight
He is hyped because he won silver @ the olympics at 17!
I am growing tired of Khan, i actually preferred the older khan who got decked but came to fight!
Under Roach he is overly cautious.
Maidana is chinny but I see Maidana knocking khan out! that or Khan has to face the humiliation of vacating his title, basically admitting maidana would beat him! If he does that , I lose what little respect I had for him!
And he still has bradley, peterson, alexander ect ahead of him!
amir khan couldnt win a title at lightweight so he decided to pick on probably the worst light welter weight champion of all time.its a disgrace that he got a title shot,maidana might have a suspect chin but he still got back up against ortiz.how can land good punches if he will more than likely be on his bike all night running from maidana.
Koteinik out pointed him… Ortiz knocked him down a few times as well, so maybe, just maybe Khan has a chance. Either way I see Maidana is one to look out for in the future! top top top fighter!
Khan will skool Madidana mark my word he will out box him and ko him in the 8th. Dont forget Kotelnik has got a solid chin. no one has put him down not even Maidana.
Maidana can be out-boxed, Koteinik proved that.