Khan may beat Hatton to a fight with Juan Manuel Marquez
January 24th, 2010
By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan could beat former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton to a fight against Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez in a fight in April or May. Hatton, 31, is reportedly interested in fighting Marquez for his comeback bout in his next fight, but Khan, 23, is also interested in facing the 36-year-old Marquez for his debut fight in the United States.
Otherwise, they will have little to go by other than what the analysts are saying about him. If Khan chooses to steer around taking on the knockout artist Maidana, you can bet that the HBO analysts will discuss that on the air and lets fans know about it. Roach would like to have Maidana put on the undercard of Khan’s next fight instead of against Khan.
Roach sees that as a way of building up the fight. Personally, I think it’s a poor idea unless Maidana is matched up against someone tough. If you put him in with a nobody, which will probably happen, then he’ll just mow the poor shmuck down in a round or two and boxing fans won’t care one bit. The only way that fan interest will increase with seeing Maidana is if he’s matched tough against someone in the class of Victor Ortiz.
At the same time, Maidana doesn’t have the best of boxing skills and can be out-boxed. If Khan and Roach wait too long for this fight to happen, then Maidana could end up getting beaten again. He’s already lost a controversial 12 round decision to Andriy Kotelnik, and was knocked down three times in the first two rounds by Ortiz last year. I don’t know if Roach is serious about wanting to really build up a future Khan-Maidana fight or if that’s just a convenient excuse he’s making to avoid having Khan go up against Maidana and perhaps have his blocked knocked off by the heavy puncher. Whatever the case, it won’t look good if Khan sidesteps around Maidana to fight an older, smaller 36-year-old Marquez, who recently was totally dominated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September.
That seems like a cherry picking move much like Khan’s fight with an old 35-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera in 2009. In an article at the Daily Mail, Khan said “Freddie said before Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought Marquez, “If you ever fight Marquez, you will take him apart.” I don’t doubt that Khan wouldn’t win, because he is a lot taller, bigger, younger and faster than the aging Marquez.
After all, Marquez has fought primarily as a featherweight until he was 32-years-old and only then did he move up to the super featherweight division to chase Manny Pacquiao. Marquez has subsequently moved up again, this time to the lightweight division to continue unsuccessfully chase after Pacquiao.
It hasn’t worked. Pacquiao appears totally uninterested in fighting Marquez again. At the same time, Marquez doesn’t look effective at lightweight and seems too small to carry around the extra weight which slows him down. If Marquez were to have to fight Khan, he would have to go up in weight even more to the light welterweight division and would likely be too slow by having to carry that weight against Khan.
If Khan really wants to impress someone, he needs to go after Maidana or WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. At least he would be fighting someone from his own weight class and a fighter who is more or less near Khan’s own age level. Marquez is closer to 40 than 30, and he looks to be too old and small for Khan.
But I guess that’s the whole point in choosing him rather than dangerous punchers like Maidana, Kendall Holt, Bradley or Ricardo Torres. Khan would be in great danger of not only losing but in being knocked out badly in one or two rounds like he was against Breidis Prescott.
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Wazna you should try comedy or join the circus.Your boxing comments only go one road.F*****g donut
@ shakeeb
Thankyou for the break down shakeeb.
ha ha ha ha
Semtex, All is to be deisired my friend. Let me break it down in to basic outlets.
Amir Khan is boxer.
Im boxing fan.
Amir good boxer.
Me like Amir Khan
Khan should face and (I believe) will face Maidana then he can go after Bradley. That would, if he wins, shut all doubters up. I think Bradley would be a good option for Hatton as I think the hitman would win fairly easy. To be honest I don’t know why Malignaggi does not go after Bradley as I think he would easy win by 12 round decision.
How can Khan fans say he shouldn’t fight Maidana, that he’s already tecnically beaten him, how biased is that. Khan has a mandatory defence of a title he prob didnt deserve a shot at and should be making it, Maidana is interim champ and deserves a shot at the title.
Fighting Marquez will just make it look as if he’s picking old, slow, over their limit opponents. How bout he vacates the belt and fights Morales at welter, then Roberto Duran and Ali at light-welter.
Madaina v Khan will happen next, It has to basically due to WBA Ruling are Khan will face being stripped of his title which i know he wont allow. I Do think Khan can overcome Madaina by outboxing him with ease.
ducking maidana will not win fans over. american or british. no one wants to see khan fight anymore over the hill hazbeens. roach knows maidana will destroy khan which makes me wonder what they were thinking when they fast tracked him to a world title shot. he didnt deserve it in the first place and now he thinks he doesnt have to defend it against the mandatory.
Why dosent Amere con lol fight Kevin Mitchell who dominated Prescott!
Some people might think the money isnt there but it will expose kahn as a con!
Why is khan chasing older fighters who are passed their prime! He needs to fight boxers his own age, who are just as fast and hungry as him! The last time he fought some one his own age he was blown away within a min!
Fighting these older fighters arnt gonna do anything for his status!
@ shakeeb
you say you are a boxing fan clearly not you are an amir kahn fan ! Which is fine fair play.
I am a prince nazeem fan very entertaining fighter umbelieveble reflexes but look what barrera did to him! Thats why i refuse to jump on the khan wagon bit once twice shy!
No way has khan faced fighters what prince did and he has already loss to his name for amir to survive in boxing he will have to carefully pick his opponents
he has awesome speed and can throw buetiful combinations can amir
but hes chinny and has bad footwork and when he faces a top boxer/puncher its game over he will struggle with paulie even without the threat of being ktfo
Other than a fantastic pavement maker in boxing. Khan has the ability to comode the correct opponants in terms of gammoned outlets. Why on earth would one tread in a pile of poo poo on the corner of salop road on the way to the shops and then tread in the exact same poo poo on the way back from the shops. Makes no sense.
I dont care if Khan wants to earn his money by fighting people who draw bigger purse, let him. As a fighter, it wont wash with the TRUE boxing fans. Fact is no one will be fooled by the so called champion
Why would amir fight At 135? Hes making cakes at 140 now. If Marquez fancies being mayweathered a 2nd time he should face khan at 140. Khans Strongest weight. There’s no such thing as a weak champ. Khan beat the champion to become champion. He wasnt in line to fight for the other world titles. The ‘weakest’ champ beat maidana, yet you all bang on about Khan faceing a man who lost against kotelnik, Khan beat kotelnik. Why face maidana? The money isnt there, its a one sided disaster, that could end maidanas career.
If boxing is all you no Shakeeb then you will understand that there are many boxers not just amir kahn the person who you praise so much.
I no Amir is a hot prospect but for you to say there is no threats at 140 confirms you are totally biased towards amir.
Amir has deafeated kotelnic at 140 the weakest champ in the division and at times looked like his shoe laces where tied together whilst backtracking poor footwork but awesome speed he has.
Bottom line Until amir faces maidana,bradley,paulie etc how can you say nobody at 140 can threaten him.
Totally biased opinions shakeeb!!!!
Amir would not fight marquez at 135 because he would lose.He wouldnt fight hatton before the lose 2 pacman didnt mention fighting hatton he is cherry pickin.
amir vs maidana and just to show you how to be unbiased shakeeb amir would out box maidana no problem.
SEMTEX- Im an overall boxing fan, boxings all i know. Im glad you pointed out the fact that they wear bigger gloves and head gear in sparring sessions, because so does Pacman for that matter. Your point makes out khan has an advantage, how?, surely that would mean pacman has an advatage because he has head gear and khan has bigger gloves. When Khan faught the ‘School teachers, he BEAT them. YOu failed to mention that. Khan was weight drained in the Prescott bout, hense the move up to light welter weight.
Why not. Tachnically he has already beat Maidana and Ortiz. Why bother with those has beens? Marquez all the way to cement his legacy!!!
So Khan is ducking Maidana then?
Shakeeb you are obveously a very biased boxing fan my freind
1 kotelnic was the weakest champ
2 sparring with pac with massive gloves and headgear.
3 sparked out by presscott and put on his bum by school teachers.
You have jumped on the kahn bandwagon he will be exposed stateside thats why he is cherrypicking wanting marquez at 140 knowing full well marquez is not effective above 135 and at 135 marquez would beat kahn.
He is ducking maidana shakeeb !!!!!!!
There isn’t a recognised fighter in the light-welterweight division that would pose any type of threat to King Khan. His speed, boxing skills, and new improved punch resistance make Khan a freighting prospect. Since moving to the Wild Card garden, Khan has showed he’s all action. He can hold his own with the mighty Pacman in sparring for one. He has become world champion of the world by beating Kotelnik. Kotelnik beat Maidana, so why would Khan want to fight Maidana when he’s already beaten the man who beat Maidana? Silly people. The world is Khans oyster. He would beat any boxer so he might as well go for the highest pay package.
Are you kidding me!!! Marquez is no joke, he would destroy Maidana and give Khan a tougher fight
If i was marquez i would face the hitman more chance of winning and more money will be generated.
khan should take care of maidana first.
Khan vs Marquez could turn out interesting depending on how Marquez handles the extra weight he has to carry. I see quite a tactical fight ensuing.
Ya,Marquez is a bad MF,luv his fights,best boxer ever.
theres more money in the hatton fight isnt there? if marquez is looking for more money and a shorter opponent hatton is the better option.
khan should fight paulie M
khan is 5ft.10 he will fight tall, marquez is 5ft.6 counter puncher. amir will just jab to the 12rounds. his last fight with salita, who was 5ft.9 & that fisrt jab connected.
Since Marquez’s last fight was at 143, 140 is a good weight for him. I think Marquez is looking for the money fights… whether he wins or loses. This is a good fight for both Marquez and Khan. I will take much more than a good jab for Khan to pull it off.
how long will gbp keep on using marquez as the sacrificial lamb. with khans reach, marquez is going to be a punching bag allnight long. hatton vs marquez will be a better showdown.