Roach wary of Khan fighting Maidana – News
January 7th, 2010
By Sean McDaniel: Trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t sound overjoyed with the prospect of his fighter World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) fighting interim WBA champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s), saying in an article at The Sun, “It’s a business and it’s about the right fights at the right time. There are some good fights out there for Amir.” That’s sounding like Roach is considering other options for Khan rather than a fight with Maidana.
However, it might be better for Khan to be called a ducker by some boxing fans rather than to risk getting his head knocked off by the powerful and tough Maidana. The Argentinean fighter is in the prime of his career, and is used to his fights being violent brawls. In contrast, Khan is only 23, and has rarely been in a competitive fight where he’s getting hit all that much.
Make no mistake, Maidana will be hitting Khan if they do fight, and hitting him a lot. It might not be such a big deal if Maidana was a light hitter like Andriy Kotelnik, Marco Antonio Barrera, Dmitry Salita and most of Khan’s other victims, but he’s not. Maidana hits harder than Breidis Prescott, and we already saw what happened to Khan when he went up against the hard hitting Prescott. Khan might be better off relinquishing his title and looking to fight a light hitter like Gavin Rees or Paul McCloskey. Those are opponents that Khan could dominate without too much risk.
Roach says “He [Khan] can outbox Maidana, but he’s tough, a good puncher, and you don’t want to exchange with him too much.” You can say that again. It’s hazardous to your health to exchange punches with Maidana at all, period. He was beaten by a controversial 12 round decision against German based Kotelnik, but he punished the Ukrainian badly in that fight, bloodying his face and swelling it up.
This was a fight in which Kotelnik fought defensively from start to finish, yet he still took an enormous amount of punishment from Maidana. I’m not sure that Khan could take that same kind of punishment without folding.
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you know why the haterz comments have dried up the fight has gone to pursue bids …..
I’m not saying Bradely is ducking I even said he is the man at 140 im trying to point out to people that Amir Khan is not ducking.. These people are only on here to slate Khan… My point is there is a right time for people to fight someone and that’s what Bradley done and that’s what Khan has been doing… The hatred for Khan by these people is dispicable…
King Khan, you have the right to be a Khan fan, but if you are to make a POINT about DUCKING, it is a VERY poor choice to SELECT TIM to DO it…POOR choice INDEED…
Okay so let me get this right he chose to fight a 38 year old Nate campbell instead of a 22 year old Devon Alexander… Hmm if Amir Khan had that option and chose The 38 year old people like you would say he only fights washed up past their prime boxers..
I’m not knocking Bradley the guy is number at 140 at the moment but I’m makin a point that Amir Khan is not hated due to his boxing skills… And ain’t it funny u sit in your armchair and criticise someone who has talent and you got f**k all… Don’t hate on people it’s pathetic
For all of you that are saying Amir Khan is a con and is avoiding fighters.. Let me remind you that Bradley got stripped of his title when he failed to face his mandatory challenger Devon Aelxander…
Does that make Bradely a coward? Does that mean Bradley cherry picks his fights? Get real people stop slating Khan for something but then shoving your heads in Bradley a**e when he has done what you lot accuse Amir of doing… Its just pathetic on your part and its obvious you dislike the guy not fro boxing reasons but for other reasons…PERIOD
maidana will spark khan.
If I were Roach I would be WARY also…Maidana hits like a mule KICKS…
hello haterz please calm down the fight is happening amir khan is not vacating the belt …freddie is not happy with match up thats all…the sun took him out of context …freddie is basically saying amir could have taken an easier fight for more money and even you punks and doubters know that but you will never say it
Khan is champion because he was harboured in outlets for his fight against Kotelnik. If you was to compare it to say, tyres rolling around in a crystal garden then you would have a point. Fact! Khan has gammoned enough potential in creeked paddles than most boxes achieve in gammoned outlets. Point being that khan is One of the best at light welter, and is not someone who made a disco to get in the division.
Jam you spot on about the opponant being a nightmare, but thats what comes with being a world title holder. Im struggling to believe why he was given a shot, I mean Khan moved up weight to fight for the world title yet hes wasn’t the best lightweight in the first place. There is alot of boxers in the lightwelters that would beat kotelnik, but why was khan given the chance?
to be honest i guy with 26 wins and 26 KOs – who the hell would wnat to out his fighter in the ring with him…. maidana is not a boxer he is a brawler with heavy hands and brings nothing to the table in terms of comercial….. to be absolutly honest the guys is a nightmare opponent!
Like many boxing fans, I just don’t understand why Khan is so rated. He got knocked out by an boxer not many people had heard of. Why was everyone so shocked? He wasn’t exactly a pound4pound king before the fight. He ‘technically won’ a fight with ‘blown up featherweight’ Barrera, which Khan celebrated after as if he had knocked a prime Barrera out! He now has a world title. Why do people think he can beat Hatton? Who did he beat to suggest he would knock out Hatton? Khan wont be able to dominate fights like his fans are used to seeing once the step up in class arrives, e.g. Kotelnik. Yes the Kotelnik fight suited his style, but the expectations that come with having a world title will make it difficult for Khan. Not every fighter will be tailor made for Khan like Kotelnik was and because he has a World title, it looks bad if he starts dodging or vacating so soon. People must remember though that’s it’s not Khan doing the dodging or vacating, it’s the management and money makers. The public don’t see it like that though.
Not that i think he will, Roaches words have been quite twisted and i believe Khan will defend his title against who ever the WBA throw at him. Or atleast try to.
Khan is still learning and growing, theres plenty of time to work on his style and chin protection.
But if this is the case and there is no rush then what the hells he doing taking on Kotelnik? If hes guna defend it against a soft puncher then back out of fighting a big puncher then he isnt really a world champion.
You cant nip in to win an easy world title then jump out and not face any real tests as a world champion.
If he vacates the belt for any reason then hes no better than the spineless Floyd Mayweather
Amere Con only fights aging boxing legends. He defeats them with his cheating headbutt tactics.
vinboy i laughed my arse off when i read your post good stuff lol. Although i think its a big ask for amir to get him finished in round 1 lol i think even the khan haters will have a little chuckle
I don’t believe that roach meant this, all he is trying to say is that he is that maidana is a very dangerous opponent and we all know that.And also this article is from the sun which is anti Khan. I believe that khan will fight maidana and ko him in the ninth round because of his superior work rate and speed. maidana starts to fade away after mid – way
You mans dont know squat. Khan got caught cold against prescott.. It could happen tovanyone comin out inexperienced against a puncha. But cmon the guys come along way and can scrap with the worlds best in pacquaio and rashad holloway for 8 tough rounds. Toe to toe.. So mans better respekt.. King khan will hail winner and duckin no one like u haterz r and will be preying for.. Go go Khan!!!
Khan’s big problem is that he has been given an easy ride in terms of his opponents up to this point, with the exception of Prescott. with the exception of Prescott he has not faced anyone at their proper weight. after Prescott they rushed his career so that they could get him a title. now he has one, he and his team find themselves in deep water. because his team have spoon fed him opponents his career i don’t think he is ready to be at the level that he is at. an olympic medallist should not have been spoon fed the way he has been.
he would get battered by Maidana, but it wouldn’t be his fault but that of his handlers treating him as a cash cow.
that’s why a lot of uk boxing fans are not huge admirers of Khan.
I was about to talk bad about Freddie Joke but I’m not its not his fault its boxing organization. They make all this different belts and different weight classes and it makes it easy for fighters to move up and down in weight to take a low risk fight. He is just protecting his fighter because he like while let me fight this guy instead of that guy because that guy is Tuf. In the old days they didn’t have all these wbo ibf wbc….. they didn’t all these different weight classes and catch weight u had to prove yourself and you had to fight the best. Boxing is getting weak man they need to change these rules or MMA gonna take over .
If all you idiots believe what is written in the Sun you need your heads examining. I recommend you read the Sunday Sport as there are more Facts in that.
Be a very tough fight for Khan this, Think it will be a disgrace if Khan is able to dodge Maidana. Khan will have to stay on the back foot picking little gaps then moving out again in this fight in order to win. He wont be able to trade with him as we sin in the Prescott fight that Khans chin isnt the best, But deep down i think Khan could win this fight by fighting smart and using is speed to is best ability.
Im british and want Khan to do well but he can’t face punchers and Roach knows this e.g. Prescott. If Khan is put in the ring with a puncher he’ll get KO’d simple.
Roach cherry picks opponents for his fighters aswell tho he’s done it with Pacquiao e.g. DLH at 147, Cotto instead of Mosley.
khan should have been fightin him last time but he pussed out off it
I think you might see Maidanas bombs bounce off Khans chin….he’s on the same roids as Pacman
khan his a professional boxer he should fight maidana,if he vacates his title khan should retire end of story.
belt up for grabs!! khan will get k.0′d by maidana maybe khan should take some steroids. for his jaw?? and get a testicle transplant.. he needs some balls to step up to maidana!