Khan vs. Maidana: I see Amir getting knocked cold
January 16th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: If WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) doesn’t decide on vacating his World Boxing Association title rather than taking on WBA interim light welterweight title next, I see Khan getting knocked out cold by the hard hitting Maidana. That’s my prediction. Maidana hits so hard that he might be able to knock Khan out, even if he doesn’t connect cleanly with one of his shots. No one will say that Maidana is the most skilled fighter in the world, but he has brute strength and power that few other fighters in the light welterweight division can come close to.
I know Khan’s trainer Roach is considered to be a genius by many boxing fans, but I think he’s going to end up looking bad in this one if Maidana knocks Khan’s head off with one of his bombs. I don’t know how he can start over from a knockout from Maidana. That would be Khan’s second knockout loss in two years, and it would be a sign that he needs to make dramatic changes to his game.
I suspect that Khan will be doing everything he can to avoid getting clipped by one of Maidana’s big shots, if he takes the fight with the Argentinean. You can bet that Khan will have his track shoes on and be running for the hills against Maidana. But I think two things will likely happen: 1. Maidana will catch up to Khan sooner rather than later and knock him into next year with a huge shot that Khan won’t be able to recover from. 2. Khan might get brave if he finds some limited success against Maidana and try to punch with him and end up getting knocked flat. I think the 2nd scenario is more likely. Khan will be no doubt fighting in front of a huge home audience in England, which will give him confidence to try and slug a little with Maidana.
The fans will be screaming their heads off trying to get Khan motivated. This will work against Khan, because he’ll rush in madly and end up taking a home run shot from Maidana that will park Khan on the canvas. I doubt Khan will be able to get up from a knockdown from Maidana like he was after being dropped by Prescott. However, if Khan does, Maidana will knock him cold with the first punch he throws after the knockdown and will have a new WBA champion. If this was a fight with huge 16 ounce gloves on and head gear, Khan might be able to win the fight.
Khan will have to use his jab and long reach and run as much as possible to last even a few rounds. Maidana is a monster and the only way that Khan can last is by running and keeping his head out of harm’s way. Khan has to fight the most perfect fight to get through even four or five rounds. Forget about the whole 12 rounds. It’s not possible for him to go 12 rounds without taking a monstrous shot from Maidana and ending up on the canvas in my view.
Maidana is just too strong and he’ll find Khan’s glass jaw and put him down sooner or later. I don’t care how much sparring Khan does with Manny Pacquiao before the fight, it won’t matter. I actually doubt that Pacquiao will be sparring with Khan before this fight. I can see Khan sparring with Pacquiao to help him with his upcoming March 13th fight with Joshua Clottey, but I can’t see Pacquiao making a separate trip to the U.S. to get Khan ready for his fight with Maidana. I saw Pacquiao sparring with Khan already, and it looked like Pacquiao was taking it easy on Khan. He wasn’t laying into him full bore the way that Pacquiao does in his fights.
Maidana looks slow and clumsy at times, but he doesn’t need to be a great boxer. His power greats all the opportunities he needs. Maidana may not have boxing skills anywhere near Khan, but all it takes with him is one punch and he’ll have Khan counting stars on the canvas. This is the perfect opponent for Maidana. Khan, a fighter with questionable punch resistance, taking on arguably the hardest puncher in the light welterweight division.
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listen all you dreamers get a life and put it this way none of you would get in the ring with amir as he will spark you out. murray and all the rest uk boxers are only good in the uk. as far as maidana goes the guy does not posess any boxing skills. All he has is a lucky punch and ortiz gave him the hardest time in his career. amir speed footwork will give maidana a good few shiners. who knows might even give him a salita punch you all loved that did’nt you. yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh amirr khannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Amir Khan will definetly beat maidana on points but I dont think that amir khan will knock maidana out
khan is a twat in my eyes how can he come of a 54 second ko and b world champ in a couple of fights.fair enough he fought a good fight against kotelink and deserved the win but other than that fight hes fought nobody but bums.if he wants 2 hold the belt a bit longer hed be safer taking on malinaggi as hes only felled 4 or 5 with kos so little chance of coping khan he needs to take on decent fighters who can hit and be hit i think khan went 2 roach’s gym in the states cause the english fans can see hes go 2 were he is very easily i think andy murray would do khan giving the chance hope maidana gives khan the wake up call he needs to get his head out of his own arse
i see a few knockdowns in this fight but khans to much for this kid
LOL Khan Maidana fight is on. It’s confirmed. Khan will be making his debut in the US on the under-card for the Bernard-Jones PPV. What excuse do you liars and haters now have?
shutup all you poser boxer know it alls, guess what????? KHAN MAIDANA is on!!!! now what are you all gonna say?????
run wussy run
no surprise that khan avoids maidana and now set to fight the pillow puncher mallinaggi in may
khan is all bs and hype.
maidana beat kotelnik and has knocked out 26 of his 28 opponents. he has one punch power something khan can only dream of and a good chin. the only over hyped bum is amir khan and thats why he’s decided to dodge the fight and go with paulie instead. so much for khan schooling maidana, he didnt have the courage for it.
What an absolute farce of an article!! Maidana all of a sudden is being hyped as the ‘biggest hitter in the division’ and ‘inhumane power’ after what? His win against Ortiz? A win he wasnt expected to get! Maidana is the most over hyped boxer currently in any division! He has poor skills an beat Ortiz who himself lacked heart and was marketed as the new ‘golden boy’ after he has achieved nothing. (Khan also beat him as an amature). Khan will SCHOOL him all the way throughout and by the mid to later rounds Maidana would have absorbed waaay to much punishment
and will be stopped. Maidana didnt manage to stop Kotelnik, in fact got outboxed by him and didnt manage to knock Ortiz out, its only cause of Ortiz’s lack of heart that the fight finished! Khan to destroy Maidana inside 9 rounds!
I see everyone talking about khan’s weak chin but i think his chin has improved a lot as i think he is a natural 140. secondly khan himself has fair power behind his punch so what makes you guys think he wont knock maidana out before maidana gets a chance to knock him out. Just a thought
Khan winning 8 round
knockout
Khan when he fought kotelnik danced around him and blocked everything in the early rounds.. He beat him 2 the punch.. Yes he got hit in the later rounds but that didnt bother him… I see khan khan doing the same to maidana.. Maidana does lose power in the later rounds.. Khan would block and catch him with lighting combinations in the first 5 rounds.. Maidana would be behind on points get desperate and would be gettin caught much easier.. Khan winning 8 roundout
Whoever maidana hits clean would be sparked out… The mans a monster… Hes also got a weak chin.. When ortiz hit him they were soft kock downs no power in ortiz shots.. If he caught him clean i dont think he would of back up.. The fight with kotelnik .. You can tell more about maidana how easy he was to hit.. Kotelnik blocked most of hes power shots in the early rounds.. In the later rounds maidana didnt have much power in hes shots and kotelnik then traded shots with him and got tagged many times.
Kotelnik has already shown that Maidana can be outboxed and Ortiz showed he can be knocked down. Khan is a muck slicker boxer then Kotelnik, and is not the crude slugger that Ortiz is. Granted that Maidana is a real threat because of his power, but he has not been in against world class fighters and will probably be out-hustled by Khan.
its gonna be a boring fight, khan gonna school him, just hope we dont have a repeat of herol graham v julian jackson… good luck to amir
everyone seems to think that freddie roach has somehow changed khans punch resistance. his legs were too skinny, he was too bulky up top, off balance and weight drained. but the truth is he just doesnt have a very good chin.
maidana, who has the power to actually kill another human being, is the hardest hitter in his division. one punch, lights out and its over. ortiz has a very good chin, khan doesnt. and maidanas chin isnt bad, ortiz hits very hard.
so they’re actually going to stick them in a ring together and pray khan doesnt get hit. maidana is very clever and cunning and i dont care what anyone says about his boxing skills, he has good skills and adapts very well to his opponents style. khan will get clipped just like he did v barrera and kotelnik only khan will hit the canvas when he takes a shot from this explosive fighter. maidana is highly dangerouse.
run in i meant
scott ive argues and complained before so let me state a couple of views and then please reply..
1. if kahn has a suspect chin which i think he mite have isint it having better boxing sense being a defensive fighter???
2. if kahn wins with this style of fighting would you call it running?
3. if kahn comes out and wins brilliantly will you admit he’s fought well and eat your words? or still find some thing to pick??
boxers who have bad chins fight defensively which is no shame as your not gunna run if you know u cant take a shot
1 thing khan will never lack is speed, he is amazingly fast but has anyone els noticed his feet seem clumsy and abit unsure
you forgot andrew khan has been knocked out cold in a matter of seconds lol! maidana hasn’t……..p.s cant wont fight him, he hasn’t got the bottle.
wow….how anti-Khan is this “coulumnist”…you don’t even know boxing if you can’t see the following facts:
1. Khan has a height advantage
2. Khan has a reach advantage
3. Khan is a more skilled fighter
4. Khan has better defense
5. Maidana’s chin isn’t too great either
And this is the same guy who picked Salita over Khan
Go suck a left nut mr. scott
scott wana bet $200 dollars that maidanas gunna get schooled by kahn?
Sad scott, very sad article… you know very little about boxing dude.
Sure you do Scotty boy, sure you do!!
Although i agree with pretty much everything Gilroy said… there is however one thing he’s forgetting, Maidana’s chin. Maidana has a weak chin like Khan too (Maidana still gets up though after the knockdown…) & if Khan can unload fast enough he is more than capable of KOing him. Gilfern thinks Khan can’t win because he wouldn’t be able to hold him off for 12 rounds, who said Khan would have to UD him??… Khan hits very hard himself you know Scott Gilman!
another brilliant article scott yet again a british fighter has no hope hey? Unfortunately i am still waiting for you to get a prediction right yet scott even the law of avereges is not on your side.
Ok the fight im going with amir kahn as long as he has inproved his footwork since the kotelnic fight obveously we didnt get to see that against salita a job well done amir in my eyes. I just thought amir looked a little shaky on the back foot (under pressure) against kotelnic . However i see amir stopping maidana late or taking a ud if he sticks to roachs game plan. We all no if maidana lands its good night vienna i just think amir has got the edge.
And i have no doubt amir will take this fight and prove he is a legitimate champ.
What is your thoughts people if this fight happens unbiased opinions please?
i don’t think khan will fight maidana, cause he hasn’t the balls! if he does, win or lose’ i will finally respect him.
A few months ago the “writer/comedian” of this article predicted “Salita by brutal 6th round knockout.”
Notradamus has got nothing on you mate! lol
i trhink scott is right in maidanas strength being super, khan is gona always have speed at his advantage which will surely outbox maidana at some ponit ..
its time to see if the world champ is fit to wear the belt , khan must fight this maidana to show the world and the uk , but how must he be feeling knowing the man that change his world and got him to the world title freddie roach is saying he wont win this fight and should walk away way leaving the belt behind
Can I assume you will give Khan credit if he wins, Scott?
Probably not
you would gilfoid