Maidana going after Khan; Alexander vs. Urango – News
December 31st, 2009
By William Mackay: World Boxing Association interim light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) is gunning for a fight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, according to news from Boxing Scene. Maidana, 26, was previously looking at a fight against WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander in March, in a fight that would have likely been shown on HBO. However, Maidana instead is looking to get a fight with Khan. The WBA, Rick Reeno says, ordered that the winner of Khan’s December 5th bout against Dmitriy Salita would have to face Maidana, the interim champion, next.
Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi was one of the names that has been mentioned as a possible opponent for Khan by Amir’s trainer Freddie Roach. Malignaggi has little power, and would likely be not much of a threat to dent Khan’s shaky chin. Malignaggi is also much better known than Maidana with casual boxing fans, and Khan would have the benefit of facing a known fighter.
If Maidana is forced on Khan as an opponent, it’s unclear what Amir will do in that case. There has been speculation that Khan will choose to vacate his WBA light welterweight title rather than choosing to defend it against the hard hitting Maidana if he has no other choice. Khan was knocked flat in the 1st round last year by Colombian knockout artist lightweight Breidis Prescott in September 2008.
Khan hasn’t fought a rematch with Prescott to attempt to avenge that defeat. Maidana looks even more powerful than Prescott, and is much more accurate with his punches compared to the Colombian. Maidana doesn’t throw big looping punches like Prescott, and doesn’t need to wind up to get a lot of power on his shots. Maidana is able to get tremendous power even when throwing short punches. However, he doesn’t move nearly as well as Khan, and doesn’t have great hand speed.
There’s a good chance that Khan would be able to out-box Maidana from the outside much like former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik was able to do with his controversial 12 round split decision win over Maidana in February. However, even in that fight, Kotelnik took a lot of punishment from Maidana, and had to depend on his chin in getting him through the fight.
Many people thought that Maidana won the fight, which took place in Germany. Khan wouldn’t be able to run from Maidana all night long. Sooner or later, Maidana would catch up to Khan and test his chin. This wouldn’t be one of Khan’s early knockout wins because Maidana has a decent chin.
As for Alexander, he may be fighting a unification bout against IBF light welterweight champion Juan Urango in March. Alexander isn’t happy that Maidana has backed away from a fight with him, saying “If Maidana is cared, bring on Urango. I want to unify the division anyway, so why not start with Urango.” You can’t blame Maidana, though, for wanting to fight the full WBA light welterweight champion Khan, because that’s where the money would be and the fan interest.
Urango, 29, is coming off of an 11th round knockout over Randall Bailey in August. Before that, Urango lost a lopsided 12 round decision to WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto. Urango would figure to have his hands full in a fight against the boxer-puncher Alexander. Although Urango is good at wearing down his opponents with his heavy pressure and hard shots, he’s not nearly as mobile at Alexander and will likely have problems against him.
Tags: Alexander-Urango, Khan vs. Maidana, Khan-Maidana ,Amir Khan, Devon Alexander, Juan Urango, Marcos Rene Maidana35 Responses to “Maidana going after Khan; Alexander vs. Urango – News”
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well i like khan but hasn’t anyone seen the article about khans traner freddie roach has even said khan should vacate his belt rather than mix it with this maidana? and people who think khan is no good he has represented this country and has a silver medal to prove he is a talented boxer i for 1 want to see this fight happen but like this mayweather pacquiao fight it looks like it won’t happen im a big boxing fan but i do wonder if UFC is out doing boxing now because theres just to many fights either not happening or there are other problems like the venue isn’t good enough.
I really hope Khan takes this fight on. Maidain has no skill what so ever and nothing but a good shot. It will be a very very easy night for khan, he ll outbox him all night and get him out of there in the later rounds no doubt
IF KHAN WORKS ON HIS POWER AGAIN N HIS DEFENCE I SE HIM OUTBOXING MAIDANA
KHANS BIGGER/HEIGHT FASTER N MORE SKILLED
“ok maidana hits hard but so do all the top light welterweights incuding khan” hahaha stephen have you ever seen any boxing fights. khan’s punching power is no where near maidana’s. maidana knocks people out khan if he get’s lucky he get’s a knock down..
Let’s face it, Khan is just a cash cow. sorry but i had to say it.
If it were not for his fan base his management team would have dumbed him a long time ago. They will keep picking easy opponents for him as long as he is making them money.
Speed and flurries is all khan has, no power, no chin and these so called standout techincal boxing skills are a myth.
Even the hopeless salita kept getting up, barrera said he couldnt feel khans shots, gomez said he has no power.
Its a fact! Khans doesnt hit as hard as it looks like he does, in fact his power is non existant. His supporters can say what they like, facts are he isnt that special and will absolutly lose again before too long sadly
Khans supporters say he is techincally gifted with superb boxing skills…now if this were really the case he wouldnt have needed to sack two trainers and throw stacks of money at the worlds best trainer in order to save his career. All he has is speed, and a clever management team.
And to stephen A- Khan has no power whatsoever, every single one of his opponants have said the exact same thing, and believe me, he cannot take world class bombs from top ranked current fighters
This writer hates Khan. Really Khan has a very good chance of beating Maidana! He could out box him, but theres still a chance of him been caught with a clean shot. Would be an exciting fight though.
Khan Lopsided UD or Maidana by KO
I think you all should watch more Boxing. Khan is slowly becoming a great fighter, his power, speed and now his defence he is scary. Maidana lost to Kotelnik and all any boxer would do against Maidana, is jab, move jab and hit, and keep repeating it for 12 rounds and its over for Maidana. i think to introduce Khan to the US he should fight someone like Coto or go for a title fight either Devon or Bradley. That would build for the other great fights in the future. You guys need to remember, this guy is not fully complete as a fighter and he slowly becoming unstoppable machine.. Manny’s mantel..
I agree, Khan is no Ortiz.
All that Khan has is hand speed and a bit of punching power. And fortunately for him, he appears to have a big fun base (for whatever reason).
They say Roach will help him become a better fighter (especially his defence). However, there is more to defence than just covering up. To me Amir lacks good boxing skills.
Assuming Roach has taken him down to the basics i.e. peek-a-boo, i ask you this question: WHAT WAS HE DOING IN THE AMATEURS?
I think this guy is being lied to.
hey am off the black list!
This fight should be happening and although Khan is a good boxer, is very fast and has the ability to outbox and maybe ko maidana i doubt he’ll be allowed in the ring with a big puncher. Because of that questionable chin he has been and will continue to be protected from fighters like this. If it continues he’ll be known as a runner forever. Time for a few tougher tests now Khan’s a world champion, has to show why he deserves that belt. I think he’ll be getting knocked out though
Yeah, it would be an intresting fight but like said in the article Khan will problably avoid it anyway he can.
Maybe Khan will be able to outbox him, but it’s a very big maybe.
If the fight happens I’ll put my money on Maidana everytime, it’s not easy to avoid a huge puncher for 12 rounds even if you are much quicker (ask Micheal Moorer), and I doubt Marcos will even need a clean shot to knock Khan out.
Khan is a good fighter, and you can become a superstar even if you have a shaky chin (Hearns, Benn, Lewis, W. Klitchko to name a few) but they all had tremendous punching power themselves (knock them out before they can knock you out) and Khan doesn’t have enough of that.
scoopz,
Khan is no Ortiz. If you are basing your assumptions on Ortiz vs Maidana, then you are missing something in the styles of the two fighters (i.e. Khan and Ortiz).
When someone is throwing punches at Khan he covers up and goes completely defensive. He doesn’t throw anything back until the other guy stops punching.
Ortiz managed to knock down Maidana because he threw his bombs while Maidana was still punching.
if victor ortiz managed to have maidana down a couple of times then lets face it khan has the power and speed to cause maidaina problems all night. i wud also say that aT LWW khan looks alot stronger and i think his chin is stronger great fight hope it happens and sets up a fight with tim bradley
my name is vitali and i would like to bum wlad
It’s only fair that Maidana as the interim champion gets his shot. However, i doubt if this fight will happen. if it were to happen i think Khan would lose.
The ghost of Breidis Prescott is hanging over Khans head, and because of this he would not rush in and take Maidana out in the early rounds. Unfortunately for Khan, i think this is the only way he can win the fight.
If it goes the distance obviously Khan will slow down and he will get caught by Maidana. Khan will get knocked out.
ortiz was beaten that’s why by a very powerful puncher. salita wasnt very good was he? remember gomez and limond have both had khan down, a tiny faded barrera was rocking him. khan doenst handle pressure fighters very well. he backs off and throws frantic combos that could get him into alot of trouble.
Khan will stop Madiana. He has zero defence and will be picked off and dismantled at distance without having chance to land his heavy shots.
@ angel , plus you speak highly about ortz as if he is better in some way in comparison to amir, more bollox, ortiz wimped out of that fight against maidana because, i quote ortiz saying after the fight,’ i want to be able to talk properly when im older’, what a wus
@ angel, and yes i knew what u meant by a punch that can knock out and im telling u mate amir now has the power to do just that, salita s legs were totaly gon after 2 punches man
@ angel, i dissagree, i think khan is more powerfull than ortiz and even ortiz managed to put maidana on the floor a few times in that battle
yes, he knocked salita down but im talking about one punch power that knocks ‘out’, not down. maidana isnt going to be bothered by anything khan throws at him, khan isnt nearly as powerful as victor ortiz.
@ angel and you say khan is incapable of knocking fighters out properly, get real , he only knocked his last opponent down properly 3 times IN 1 ROUND , KHANS POWER HAS WELL IMPROVED AND ITS THERE FOR ALL TO SEE
@ angel, khan has good all round technical skill and class that maidana can only dream off my friend
Khan will beat Maidana and the haters will come up with some other excuse….
lets just hope khan does fight someone that can bang and we can see if he is chinny protected fighter or a world class power puncher?
khan doesnt knock his opponents out properly, he smacks their heads from side to side till the ref steps in and aids him toward a technical knock out. maidana is a one punch knock out artist who has fought plenty of ‘fast’ flashy aggressive oponenets and he’s knocked them all out except kotlenik who hid behind his gloves for the entire fight. khan is doomed v maidana, he has power khan can only dream of.
and i forgot to mention khan superior hand speed, maidana wont know were the punches are comming from, for me khan wins this bout hands down
@ angel, thats bollox man, ok maidana hits hard but so do all the top light welterweights incuding khan. amir is also a better technical fighter than maidana and will wear him down then prob knock him out
khan will knock him out with freddie on his side
oh lord maidana will finish khans career forever. his knock out percentage is better than prescotts and he did beat kotelnik. khan will run all night but there will be nowhere to hide from this hard hitting warrior. this would be a real fight and end up with khan getting oxygen, i don’t think for that reason freddie will allow the over hyped and chinny khan anywhere near maidana
bring on maidana , khan will knock him out , just watch!
Any of these potential match-ups would be a great start and the sooner the better. Just do what Mosley does, fight anybody and everybody anytime. I can’t wait!
maidana vs khan would be a very interesting fight.