The WBA orders Khan vs. Maidana – News
January 2nd, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: The Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) vacate watch has started, as promoter Frank Warren has corroborated the news that Khan has been ordered by the World Boxing Organization to defend his title next against WBA interim light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s). This probably isn’t the kind of news that Khan was hoping to get, since Maidana is one of the biggest punchers in the light welterweight division with killer strength and true one-punch power.
There isn’t a puncher anything like him in the light welterweight or the lightweight division. Khan may regret moving up in weight last year, because it only increases the chances that much more that he’ll get knocked out by a puncher like Maidana. However, I think Khan won’t take the fight with Maidana, and will instead choose to vacate his WBA title instead. This will leave Khan with the option of going after safer opponents like Paulie Malignaggi or Zab Judah.
I hope I’m wrong about this, but this is what I expect for Khan to do. Maidana has way too much power, and would eventually connect with something big on Khan’s fragile chin. I think Freddie Roach, Khan’s trainer, has done a great job with molding Khan more into a defensive-minded fighter since Amir was last knocked out by Breidis Prescott in 2008. But even with Khan running for his life for 12 rounds, he’s going to facing heavy artillery from Maidana, and I can’t see his chin holding up under that kind of fire.
Maidana, 28, was beaten by Andriy Kotelnik by a controversial 12 round split decision last year. Kotelnik took a lot of punishment in that fight, and by the time it was over, his head was badly swelled up, his nose bleeding and both lips busted up. Mind you, this was how Kotelnik looked while fighting a purely defensive fight while covering up and fighting more of the fight from the outside.
I hate to imagine what might come of Khan if he has to face similar fire from Maidana. This is why I’m counting down the days before Khan vacates the title. I just don’t see Khan wanting to take on a big puncher like Maidana right about now. He hits too hard, and Khan is too young to be put in with a murderous puncher like him.
Khan will have the perfect excuse for vacating the WBA title, pointing to his ripe age of 23. It won’t look good for Khan to vacate his title, of course, but better that than facing the firing squad with Maidana’s heavy power shots all night long.
If Khan does fight Maidana, I doubt that Khan will be able to run enough to get beyond the 6th round. Maidana will catch up to him in every round and blast away at him with heavy shots. Eventually, I see Maidana knocking Khan’s block off and sending him down for the count.
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khan is facing a light puncher in maligmaggi or whatever his name. He is only a kid, he is no man and won’t fight maidana
Miadana is very beatable, yes he can bang but the guy also has a suspect chin but he is also very resilient.
Ortiz fucked up by getting angry and going toe to toe with maidana. If he just stayed cool and boxed him from the outside he would have couasted to a victory. Khan will only silence his critics by fighting maidana, and as long as he sticks to his game plan, he will beat maidana, if he tries to trade, he will end up getting knocked out, simple as that.
khan can not handle maidanas punching power once maidana hit him its all over khan has no skills believe me he will never raise 2 the top not even with roach
Listened to Khan interview on youtube. Khan wants the maidana fight. Roach wants the maidana fight. So Khan got my respect and hopefully the haters Khan take a hike. He only says he wont fight Bradley. But anyone Khan get some lol
M1, and King Khan,
Khan has been sussed out by the British public just like Audrey Harrison, it’s as simple as that.
We’ll never know what chance Ortiz had on the outside against Maidana, but you seem to imply that because Khan beat Ortiz in the amateurs then if Khan stays on the outside then he can beat Maidana. Is that what you are saying?
Wide telegraphed swings? – the first knock down of Ortiz was a straight right.
Bad footwork? – Khan’s footwork isn’t any better, he does a lot of bouncing up and down (a pointless waste of energy) and looks good circling his opponents but gets tangled up when pushed back.
Relatively Slow? – well we all saw from Kotelnik that you don’t have to be the fastest boxer in the world to catch Khan.
Yes Maidana was floored by Ortiz but each time he was knocked down he got up. That shows you how tough this guy is.
As far as Khan’s “improved” defence is concerned, you should know that almost all the punches that Kotelnik threw landed on Khan’s head.
And your “insight” sounds more like wishful thinking. Just admit it, Khan is untested and all you Khan fans are doped up on hype.
ummm kp ive looked everywhere for tht interview i cant seem to find it… could you please provide a link, becoz i have a hunch ur lying, but no denying the fact u n oli are racists, becoz of u people im ashamed to be white
oh and by the way since you say roach would jump at the chance to fight maidana, theres an interview on youtube in which roach says he would rather vacate than fight maidana since maidana has too much power
Theres your answer.
KingKhan/M1
Your infantile understanding of boxing is apparent.
Onto the points you raise:
*It is true that Maidana is a very limited boxer. His main asset is his punch power. However, that sole asset is far too much for Khan who has been dropped by non-punching domestic lightweights who merely clipped him.
* Maidana is reasonably effective at cutting the ring down. He is not great at it, but for someone like Khan who gets bhis feet tangled when the opponent goes ioffensive Maidan has sufficent expertise to land flush. When he does, its lights out.
* Ortiz has a far far better chin than Khan. There is no comparison, he took many shots from Maidana before he quit. Khan on the other hand was weobbled by a prescott jab.
* To suggest that Maidana has a chin like khan is a joke. Maidan went down to shots from Ortiz, who himself is a very heavy hitter, but Maidana was never completely gone, hurt yes, but his head was clear shortly thereafter. Unlike khan who got hit by Prescott, and looked like he was dancing drunk through treacle.
* You say how would Ortiz fare against Prescott? You are joking right. It is a no contest. I have watched the last four fights Prescott has had , and save for Khan, he has been useless, is not that heavy a hitter (KO record inflated by club level opposition). Just look at what a domestic level Mitchell (a superfeatherweight moving up in weight) did to him recently. And in his previous fight he looked useless as well. To sugest he would handle a LW hitter and skillful boxer like Ortiz is a joke. Read up about boxing before you spout your nonsense, unless of course you are espousing the blind optimism churned out by Khan and his goofy gap in teeth dad.
M1 completely spot on I could not agree with you more…perfectly stated..,
Khan certainly does have flaws, but anyone with any degree of boxing knowledge can see he’s improved a lot under Roach. Fine, Barrera, Kotelnic and Salita may not have been the best opposition he could have had since, but how many clean punches did they land on him between them – 5, 6? Not a lot. If nothing else it does suggest his defence is a lot lot tighter. He’s punching harder, looks much stronger at the higher weight. It isn’t just hype and anyone with a modicum of insight can see that despite the lack lustre opposition. The only point I do agree on is that it will be good to see him properly tested. Bradley’s the only fighter that would give him big problems. Alexander is almost as hyped as Ortiz was.
My guess is that Roach will jump at putting Khan in against Maidana. He’s tailor made for him – wide telegraphed swings, bad footwork and relatively slow. Khan will stop him inside 6 rounds – lets face it, his chin isn’t much better than Khans and he was floored by Ortiz. Why on earth anyone rates him purely because of his win over Ortiz is laughable – the only reason the Americans do is because they can’t stand the fact that their hot prospect got wiped out by someone average who can punch a little so they’re bigging him up. Curious how Ortiz doesn’t get the same abuse Khan does – they should put him in against Prescott see how he fairs.
A couple of points people seem to have overlooked to some extent.
Firstly, Khan’s comments regarding leaving the U.K. stem from the racial abuse he received when entering and leaving the ring during the prescott fight. Its perfectly reasonable for him to feel dejected when receiving treatment like that considering he’d won an olympic medal for his country. Its a shame he doesn’t realise it was a sad bigotted minority and that the majority of the British public are still right behind him.
Secondly, Maidana’s ability is being blown out of all proportion. He looked rubbish in the Ortiz fight and was fortunate that Ortiz decided to do the macho thing and stand toe to toe. If he hadn’t its doubtful his wide amatuerish swings would have hit their mark. Remember that Khan’s already beaten Ortiz, who clearly doesn’t have the heart for the game – I’ve never heard a fighter come out with such negative comments as he did after the fight. Who else has Maidana beaten of any note – no one. Yeah he can punch, but his footwork is crap and his defence sucks.
Oli your just an uneducated p***k you can’t even write a simple sentence correctly. How are you going to be an expert in boxing? Your prob an unemployed knob who gets his JSA every couple of weeks…. Boxing expert my left foot…
GRAHAM- Khan IS slow on his feet thats fact, i wish ppl would learn this handspeed will only get him so far, this new defense hes learned under roach is something he ought to have learned as a child, its hardly tecnical brilliance along the lines of winky wright or floyd mayweather, he has no power whatsover, and hes not fought anyone to show us how good he is.
KJAN is duluded, his FANS are deluded, but FRANK WARREN is NOT deluded, he knows his cash cow isnt sustainable
WAS- its plain as day ur a novice by the crap you write on here, i know wat im saying you dont simple as that.
And well said but honestly son id definatly knock you out spark out, i cant see you being much of a fighter yourself if you cant even TALK sensibly about fighting haha. nob
Shaz UK,
Khan can’t run. You are just another deluded Khan fun.
Every time Kotelnik came forward he was able to catch Khan. Khan does a lot of bouncing up and down but the guy is actually slow on his feet.
Please watch the video.
Graham- spot on.
GH- Not at all am i pesimistic, iv got great hope for the futures of Kell Brook, nathan cleverly, kevin mitchell, rendall monroe, and i tip froch to go way further in super 6 than ppl think.
WAS- So what is it that makes you you an expert then tosser? Coz all iv heard from you is daft opinions which have no basis. When i post its coz iv thot properly about it, and iv reached a logical conclusion. Khan is overrated end of story get over it you bell end
I agree with you liam, Khan would just be in constant elmshire under the occasional attack of maidaina gammon fists of fury!
Khan will not win this, too much slates involved and khans turmoil to take hits would lead to outlooks in gammon. Maidana has the power to ease past khan with great wagon hits.
I think Khan has improved and he will beat Maidana, all he has to do his hit and run hit run and 1 punch and KO Maidana. Dont forget he lost to Kotelnik, and Khan is becoming a real power house and is still developing. Watch this space..
WAS ur all in khans butt hole i mean dam talkin bout as licker every brittan knows that khan is sorry so he came to america looking to be liked no one wants a sorry over rated coward i bet you anything if you put khan with madina or even juan diaz he will get ko with his weak as chin and juan diaz is another overrated fighter but has a better chin than khan and not scary like khan
oli
Unfortunately i have come across your comments on a few occasions on this site ans there seems to be a recurring theme. The theme being, that you seem to want us to believe you have fought countless championship bouts therefore making you the resident ‘expert’. If you actually read what i wrote you moron, then you will see i concede the point that there are questions about Khan at this stage of his career. I also concede that there are many people who dislike him either because they think hes had it easy or think he cant box.
What on earth makes all you lot experts on boxing? Have you ever seen a pair of gloves? Everyone has and is entitled to an opinion. This argument can really only be made once Khans career is over, if he decides to go Malignaggi over maidana i wouldnt not blame him. How many of us would turn down more money at work?
And oli when it comes to ‘leathering me’, i would bet money that CHristopher reeves could knock you out!
P.s Dont get me wrong i m not cussing all you Khan haters some have valid points but Khan is for real and has massive potential.
One way or another it’s bye bye Khan, LOL.
what khan chooses to do will really say a lot about if he really believes in himself anymore or if he’s just a fraud. i am feeling a bit sorry for him with some of the comments. i usually leave horrible comments but people like freddie roach disgust me, he shouldnt be lying to khan telling him he’s the next best p4p king. freddie should be keeping khans feet on the ground, instead roach seems all caught up in the whole bandwagon thing himself.
anyway, i hope he has the courage to take the fight.
historian,
WaS is just another deluded Khan fun.
I will tell you what Khan has. The only things Khan has is good hand speed, a bit of punching power, and a big fun base. Nothing else.
Oh! plus a clever management team.
maidana is guna be a walk in the park for the lad, the haters will find excuses afterwards again. kids got talent im sure 2010 will be his year. Maidana, then maybe urango then ending 2010 with kicking bradleys arse!
time 7.15 pm january 3 2o10 amir kah
ok oli let me get this straight, u get hate all british fightrs coz none of them are world class? i agree with u on joe fraud calzaghe and even ricky hatton, hatton says its not a shame he lost to 2 best boxers yeh umm im sorry but i dont see ricky gettin past mosley, cotto, margarito, paul williams, khan and bradley at lww. Khan is the only one im backing out of the current one, john murray is a joke, reason y iam backing khan coz hes takin it seriously now and it shows, the khan agaist salita was a different khan pre prescott only a blind man cant see tht but still its too early to say… oli from readin ur posts i wudnt say ur a hater but i will say ur one pessimistic sob
In fact dont come back at all…you dont understand boxing and i just wanna leather you badly now. Pair of tossrags
To WAS and HISTORIAN- You ignorant pair of bell ends, I DO hate hatton as much as khan colour has nothing to do with and im mixed race myself if you must know you daft cow. Come back when u know about boxing the pair of you
KP- Top comments i agree 100%. Iv been saying all this for the past god knows how long. Shame these idiots dont have the understanding required to comprehend it.
Amir khan is the most overated fighter in the history of british and world boxing.
And to the pillock calling himself I HATE BRITISH FIGHTERS- Im from MANCHESTER you weapon, and i criticize british fighters its because the majority of them are not world class, only in the eyes of brain washed peons like yourself son
hey was … whats hmg community cohersion??
was … could agree with u more… you owned likes of oli, graham and kp haha bunch of wankstains
KP
You say that is your last comment of the night, all i can do is thank the lord that it is your final post. Lets hope its your final post in any boxing forum anywhere on the world wide web!
I has mistakenly believed that i was having a discussion with a real knowledgeable boxing fan on BOXING! A;though you have made some valid claims about his boxing and on boxing matters it is evident to anyone with 3 brain cells that your reasons to criticise Khan to the extent that you do has nothing to do with boxing more to do with your own pathetic attitudes.
I know there are people who dislike khan for boxing reasons alone or they feel he has had to too easy which of course is understandable. But for you to say Khan is as popular today because of HMG push of ‘community cohesion’ is utterly absurd! I ve never heard a worse argument in my life about anything! If you remember his silver medal win, the country was glued to the fight, they were all behind Khan captivated by the 17 year old. Is that where you date you conspiracy to? Thats pathetic.
Also, do you hate on Haye as much as you do Khan? Especially after his lackluster performance against Valuev? Even though Valuev is one of the worse heavyweight champions i have ever seen. Haye has had a blaze of publicity since that fight. He talked his way to get the tittle shot like he did against the klitchkos but backing down when he realised he didnt have a chance.
Khan got his silver medal in a blaze of publicity after the olympics something which Frank Warren was very good at capitalising on.
And on you go about Khans ability to speak! WHat on earth has that got to do with it? Cottos hardly Ali, Khan is level with Hatton with his ability to speak. Do you hate on Hatton as much as you do Khan?
My point is that putting the greats aside, there will always be criticisms of all boxers but Khan seems to get more of that than any other boxer i have come across.
KP you started making some valid points but now your embarrassing yourself. So do me and everyone else on here a favour and dont write about Khan until after his next few fights. You may be right he may get demolished by everyone but that still in no way justifies your hatred for him. Lets just compare his career Hatton, whats the difference? Both from similar under privileged backgrounds but Hatton wasnt fighting world class opponents at 22, however hes loved by the nation and Khan isnt. There is one reason for that and one reason alone Khan is brown and Hatton is white. Its an old argument but unfortunately in this case its true one.
KP
You said that it was your last post of the night and all i can i do is thank the lord that it is your last comment. I had mistakenly thought i was discussing the merits of Amir Khan as a boxer and his next fight with someone who knew the sport. I dont deny to be an expert nor do i deny you seem to be a true follower of the sport however you reasons to hate on Amir Khan have more to do with your own pathetic stereotypes and prejudices rather then his boxing skills (although as i have said before you have made some valid points)
Your claims about Khan only being popular because of the ‘community cohesion’ push is utterly absurd! Did HMG bribe all the ameturs and get him that silver medal, that where the hype started and thats what Frank Warren has done very well riding on the back off.
I ve been to a few Air Khan fights, and specifically in the barrera fight Khan is less then popular. Of course fighting a ring legend has something to do with it but had it been hatton, haye or froch would they have been booed?
hahahah kp, ur posts make me laugh, its people like you who are pessimistic in all ways of life, i feel sorry for your wife
How good (or bad) Kahn is still has to be found out. That being said, Maidana is not anyone’s idea of a proven world-class fighter. His one big win was against the badly over-hyped Ortiz. Before that he mostly fought C class opposition. And while we can certainly criticize Khan’s choice of opponents, Maidana’s choice of Gonzalez after the Ortiz fight does not exactly qualify as fighting the best, or even the second best.
WAS
you are missing the point – incidentally this is my last post tonight.
Khan was taken on by the media, driven by HMG imo. You see there was all this ”community cohesion” etc stuff being piped by HMG at the time and they needed a asian role model and along came Khan and all of a sudden he was and has since been all over the papers. In the same way, you can put anyone in the papers daily and he / she becomes marketable for all the right or wrong reasons. I mean if they suddenly agglomerated around sayu Mitchell day in day out he would be a household name and so be it. But khan attempts top say that this is all indicative of his boxing prowess which is BS. Its like Jordan saying she is the most attractive woman in britain – she probably gets more column inches but you could put any person of average looks in the same position day in day out and it becomes self fulfilling and they become something everyone gathers to see etc and claims they are coping with a lot and people want to hear about them etc. No, they just get force fed the same junk, thats all.
Its loike big brother, full of ordinary joes and freaks , yet soon some people are paying them huge money …but for what….because they are celebs? because they have talent? no, its just because you put the same stuff down peopes throats day in day out and it sticks…jade goody was a classic example.
anyway, when i hear people say khan is articulate I laugh. After all they years of media attention he has had he cannot string a line or two together and sounds like any chav from Bradford. Or that he is a great boxer etc….thats my poiint, he is not, he is the jade goody of the boxing world (no disrespect to those not here anymore), no talent, all hype but making dough and selling entertainment (whatever that is) but its not boxing
BTW SCourt, it would have been interesting to see a peak barrera, morales, and marquez v pac as he was at featherweight i.e before he developed the right hook etc
My view is all those 3, say in 2000, if they had met pacman as he was then would have beaten him. morales and Marquez you can argue did, so a year or two earlier i think at that weight pac was easily readable for a counter puncher like marquez was, and that barrwra became after naz tto an extent, and morales had the job and reach etc as he proved in the first fight.
But it is somewhat amazing how pac is hitting much much harder as he moves up weight. He is now becoming a one shot KO artist at LW and WW. Makes you wonder what he is eating lol
KP
Again you make some valid points, however Khan draws big crowds because he people want to watch him fight period. Fighters like Froch who somehow beat and over the hill Taylor are very average and know no one really wants to watch him fight, and his days as a champion are seriously numbered untill the first time he fights any one half decent, Kessler will be the man. For publicity he goes after Khan, a very pathetic attempt at trying to get the spotlight wouldnt you agree afterall i m sure Khan (with his limitied grasp of english) could make many points of just how ordinary Froach is.
Did Khan deserve PPV against Prescott? How does anyone deserve PPV? What do you use as your indicators? The only indicators you can use are, is the public (most being causaul boxing fans) willing to pay to watch a boxer fight? In Khans case yes they are. Therefore he does deserve PPV its simple!
Was it fair that Hagler was fighting tough fighters for $50 a fight for years and Ray Leonard got a cheque for $40 000 for his first fight? But people wanted to watch him fight! Again no way am i comparing Khan to these greats (before anyone starts) you were right when you said hes not worthy of holding their buckets! But why hate on Khan cause people want to watch him? I m sure alot of people watch him to see him get beat never the less they want to watch him.
Like it or not the 17 year old that went to the olympics and got silver for khan did it for him. It was that and that alone. The prescott fight added to the the need for people to watch Khan for their won reasons. Khan is in a privileged position as he has not had to ‘do it the hard way’ and i think its somewhat affected his desire to succeed cause he as had it too easy but i think working under Roach has changed that and he has that desire again. Majority of the ‘real’ boxing fans like you KP, will feel with justification that he doesnt deserve it but it nots the real fans who decide it the causal boxing fans who do.
Anyone including Khans dad claiming he is a ‘great’ fighter are seriously deluded!. However i say again, he has alot of potential and has had to cope with immense pressure that not many fighters have had to cope with because from his very first fight the attention has been on him, something the most adamant Khan haters cannot deny.
Stephen there is no maidana fight – unless wearren thinks he is going to be pushed out of khans promotions soon so put him in to knock him back a peg or two so he stays with him. Who knows, but i dont think khan will take the fight. He knows he has not got what it takes to beat Maidana
SCourt
Some interesting observations. Here are my thoughts on what you say:
* I do not buy the ‘avoiding black fighters’ thesis. It infers all the black fighters are the best, and that most certainly is not correct at the lower weights. If the charge is he avoids the best fighters irrespective of colour then thats a more plausible argument, though I dont accept that either.
* As for blacks at lower weights, the guys you mention are all lightweight and above. Pac started out at flyweight but campaigned mostly at bantam/ feather/ superfeather. At those weights there were not many decent black fighters I can think of, unless you go back to decades ago with taylor, azuma nelson etc.
* I already said in my previous post that at lightweight Pac did not face the best. Hence Casamayor, Campbell were sidetracked, but reality is that Pac would have demolsihed them. Casamayor was far too old when pac stepped up to lightweight and had no punch resistance and he was never a hitter himslef, more a amateurish style but slick boxer, and campbell himslef is far too old though can bang but pac would have destroyed him. If anything pac avoided a non-black fighter in valero who really can bang.
* the Light welter names you mention, well Witter is not deserving of a shot at Pacman by then since Pac was far too big a name, and Hatton was the obvious name at LW, having just lost to Floyd. I agree Hatton wasd washed up, but nonetheless I think Pac wouyld have been too much for him at his peak at LW. An interesting match up would have been bradley/Pacman, since Bradley has the skills to cause him problems, but I think Pacman is now far too strong. I was shocked when he was dropping cotto with single shots. RTecall the margarito fights, mosley fights, they did not drop him with single shots, margarito hit him many many times before cotto took a knee, plaster or no plaster.
*As for bnarrera/morales being finished when pac fought them. Yes, there is truth in that i.e they werre on the slide, but they were still in resobnable shape , esp barrera. I remeber seeing that fight and was shocked at the time, straight left through the middle every time, barreara could not get out of the way of it. He then started to show distress signals to the ref etc. Afterwards I thought he had taken pac lightly and not preparedm, but with hindsight he was too much for thaty barrera. Morales, by the time they had pac morales 2 and 3 was done for,m too many wars. Also remeber most small fihghters peak by 30, its only in recent years we see 35 yeard old featherweights claiming to be ath theroipeak e.g marquez etc. I dont buy it, its all marketing.
* As to Welterwieghts, Pac took on Cotto which is far more than FMJ has done . Who has he fought in the ladt few years – hatton lol, Marquez, another smaller guy, old and moving up, Gatti (great warrior, liked him, and respect to him, but old and never particularly skillful) FMJ has avoided imo Cotto, Margariot, Mosley (despite saying he once chased him, maybe back then),Williams etc So cannot say Pac has dealt with worse oppostion at higher weights than fmj.
*I agree Raoahc has avoided Mosley. I dont blame him, I think mosley even a t 39 or whatever he is would beat pac since he has the style to do so. but there comes a point when a fighter loses punch resistance overnight as he ages, mosley might be nearing that soon. Buty then FMJ avoided Mosley too.
* As for Soto, Pac is not unique in that. Soto has a awkward style imo, hits hard but is not big box office. I dont blame fighters for sterring clear provided they fight decent challenges elsewhere. Unfortunate for soto though.
* Re what pac does next if floyd fight is off. Well foreman makes sense, another weight another title, but when you are as small as pac and move up to light middle it does not matter which champion you fight, it is an achievement fighting any champion at that weight. It s big ask, though it would be a bit dilutive if he asked foreman to come to a catch weight say at 151 or soemthing, i m not a fan of these catchweights – either fight at the weight limit or dont. For raoch to ask mosley to come dowen to 140 is saying mosely we dont want to fight you.
*I dont think roach is serious (or arum0 about mallinaggi for pac if fmj falls through. That us all about hyping paulie so that when he fights Khan it looks respectable i.e hey, thats the guy that was goijng to fight pac etc.
But on the flip side, if pac is avoiding good black fighters, is FMJ not avoidnig good south american/latin fighters? I mean FMJ ducks all the names ive mentioned but wants to fight matthew hatton ….lol
No bigger joke than that. Oh yes, sorry there is , Khan v salita…!!!
fair points there kp but i think u will be eating those words post maidana fight
WAS
You say khan has the power to draw crowds – thats my point. What has he done to deserve that. Its because he is overhypede daily by the uk media. its not for his boxing, thats for sure. in boxing terms he has done nothing that most others like Alexander have claimed world titles at the same age. Dont say the olympics. Degale etc have got golds, no one has heard of them. Its not his skills in oratory, he is a stutterer and speaks like he has just got the most basic grasp of english….all this makes his claims of ”im not appreciated as much as i should be by the white fans” totally ridiculous. he is more appreciated and hyped than all the other fightetrs, despite the fact he has achieved much less. Froch has a p[oint.
Yes boxing is a business but you have to draw the line somewhere. Khan is pushing the boundaries of fooling the public too far imo. Mayweather takes the highest paid/easy fights as well, but he had to fight some decent opponents first to get somne recognition. e.g corrales etc. long before he was box office. Ditto for Pacquiao, who was not that well known aty all when he first stopped barrera.
Khan on the other hand was ppv when he fought prescott.Imean, how did he desrv e that. Who had he beaten. Who has he beaten since
Even his goofy dad cannot pretend that khans stopry is all about fooling the novice boxing watchers. They know all the phoney claims of him being a great fighter are just that -
KP: if you are US, you’d be allergic to colour, race. But please understand that not everyone here is from US and is subject to the Past….
What I said are FACTS:
You said there were no Blacks at lower weights?
How about : Casamayor; Nate Campbell; Guzman; Witter; Holt; Bradley; recently Mosley and Mayweather?
Ask a statistician he will tell you it is no accident for 15 years.
Shall I also remind you that Morales and barrera were already fading fighters like Oscar and Cotto? At the same period, a young fighter named Soto was chasing Pacquiao, he ran away, just as Kahn is about to ran away…..Just as he ran away from Mosley…
They have specialized in taking the weakest belt, then running away before there is a challenge. These are FACTS.
If you think I am haiting, then ask yourself why PacROID is not responding to Mosley? Berto? now that the Mayweathere bout is in peril…
Yuri Foreman; Paul Mallinaggi….Isn’t this the pattern I just described?
WaS hit the nial on the head for sure but he wont duck and dive anyway
@ kp, i was a bit harsh on u there lad, i actually find ur comments for the most part interesting and i find boxing history a good read but u r still no expert lol
KP
Of course you are right, Khan may choose to duck Maidana and opt for the bigger money. But realistically isnt that what most people would do? You make the point of alexander also being young, but if he had the drawing power of Khan do you think he would be calling out Maidana? Of course not, he wants the money! Its all about the money!
I agree with all the Khan haters on one point, that if he is to match his potential he will have to fight the likes of Bradley, Urango and Maidana all of which i have no doubt that he will outbox. However, i dont think it should be right now. It is a career after all and hes only doing what the likes of mayweather has been doing for years and chasing the $.
Although no doubt i am a Khan fan i would rather him fight a Maidana then a malignaggi ( who looked quite impressive in both fights against diaz by the way). I wanna see him be tested against a bit hitter whom i everyone with any boxing knowledge will be Khan could outbox, i also wanna see him take some shots. However, if Khan was not to take this fight and opted to fight malignaggi instead for his american debut and for the money i would totally understand. Boxing after all is a profession and boxers want to make as much money as they possibly can
Saying that, if khan was to go on for years ducking big hitter, ducking other world class junior welterweights then i too would join the ‘i hate khan club’ but only time will decide that.
Right now people need to realise the fact that he a 23 year old world champion with alot of potential under one of the greatest trainers in boxing today. Give him a chance and time will tell!
Edit – post cut off for some reason.
heres the rest…
So, Maidan can hit and when he hits them they stay hit. The problem Khan has is this. Maidana is a lot better than Kotelnik at cutting the ring off. He fights going forward, Kotelnik likes to counter. So if Kotelnik was able to land clean on Khan sevewral times in the fight despite Khan staying defensive, then you can bet your bottom dollar Maidana wil catch him too. Whehter thats in the first or the 10th round is immamterial. The moment he lands flush, Khan will be seeing stars. Thus the result is inevitable, Khan will get sparked.
I have never claimed Maidana is a better boxer than Khan. That is utterly foolish. But to beat Khan he doesnt need to be. Mallinaggi is a far far better boxer than Maidan, but guess who poses the threat to Khan?? Not Mallinaggi for sdure.
I have seen Maidana fight five or six times. He is crude but effective provided you engage him. Ortiz had far better characteristics to beat Madiana, but unfortuantely for him came with the wrong game plan. Ortiz carries decent power (far more than Khan) and has good technical ability. However, after the fisrt knockdown in round one, he tried to go toe to toe with Maidfana, and desapite a lot of success (from memory he nearly had him done in the thrid I think it was) in the end Maidana prevailed. Yes it was exciting stuff, but for Ortiz it derailed his career. Im sure had he outboxed Madaina he could have done it with ease, since unlike Khan, oRtiz would not have fallen at the first punch (in fact he took a lot of shots in those 5 rounds before he quit)
So bottom line is, either Khan vacates (which he will ) or he gets sparked.
In fact go ion youtube, theres a video from weeks ago in which roach said he would have Khan vacate than fight maidana. Theres your answer. Roach, despite what he says to tv stations, has nop faith in Khans chin
WAS
You are right Khan is no sweet Pea. Or Sugar Ray, in fact he does not nor will come close to being worthy of holding their bucket at ringside.
Anyway, forget this he is only 23 nonsesne. So too is alexander. He holds a belt, and he is urging MAidana or Khan or anyone to have a go. He can cliam he is being underrated, unlike Khan, who has all the hype but cannot back it up.
Now WBA have ordered Khan to take the fight. The salita fight was granted with the proviso attached that he fight Maidana next. So if he can outbox him with ease, why avoid the fight? After all, if he can easily defeat him, he has many years ahead to fight the bigger money fights etc.
Therein lies the problem. Khan knows he would come undone, and a second KO within a year would leave no doubt that he cannot take a shot. He would then lose a lot of the big money fights.
I agree Khan is a btter boxer than Maidana. It is hardly difficult not to be. Maidaa is not a very skilled operator, not technical, not fast, and doesnt not have the braod range of combinations expected at world level. However, he can hit. W
I love it how almost everyone on this site makes out hat their boxing experts when they v probably never even seen a pair of boxing gloves. Khan v maidaina,who is a very average fighter with the infamous ‘one killer punch’. The facts are that he can Ko Khan, however in the history of prizefighting has shown us when it comes to boxer v brawler, most times the boxer comes out on top, and if you need evidence look at leonard, mayweather and sweet pea. Now no way am i saying Khan is in their league but Maidana is hardly in the league of the Haglers of this world! He beat Ortiz, so what? He showed no boxing skill what so ever. Got beat by Kotelnik who may have taken shots but do you think Khan would? Khan would outbox him any day of the week twice on Sunday. I really hope Khan takes this fight to prove himself, lets remember hes only 23 and all you people who say he has a questionable chin and that Maidana hits hard do have a very valid point. BUt boxing is a business and boxers want to make money so who are we to say that Kahn should turn down bigger money to fight opponents we see as more dangerous for him?
@ kp, all you do is state well known facts on boxing history, u r no boxing expert even though you think u r
edit – should say pac has taken amongst the best at all weights save LW and lightweight, not welter
SCourt
Disagree re Pacquiao. He has moved upo the weights, not unified the divisions and not necessarily fought the best at each weight but he has fought amongst the best at these weights, save perhaps lightweight and welterweight.
It is an achievement to fight any top ten contender when moving up so many divisions. I do not subscribe to the idea that he has avoided black fighters, think that is garbage.
In the lower weights a lot of the best fighters are mexican or othwer south american origin. Pacquiao has met most
He took on Marquez, Barrera and Morales, all were top rated in that division at the time. He moved up and fought Diaz at lightqweight, ok, not the greatest but a tesat nonetheless for a guy in his first fight moving up. The DLH, who was washed up and coming down in weight at the time, so it was a no contest really, but still defeated the bifgger guy convincingly. Hatton was washed up, but atill in the mix at LW and he was taken out cold. But the real fight that impressed me with Pacquiao was wehen he took on Cotto (ok, two pounds lower catchweight, but cotto came in 146 in his last fight and im not sure the 2 pounds would have made a difference in the end) since cotto to me did not look drained. Anyway, he went toe to toe when necessary, was too fast, hit too hgard and took his shots. Take my hat off to him for that, esp since FMJ seems to have avoided the likes of Cooto at WW.
Ok, Cotto may not be the same afrer Maragarito, or indeed his last fight before he took Pac since that was gruelling as well, but he dismantled Mosley and many other top WW’s. Either way, credit to Pac for taking the fight and beating him convincingly. Mosley poses a different threat, he is faster than Cotto, has good power as well and is a better boxer that can avoid shots better than cotto. Hence why Roach was not keen to fight him unless he came to 140, which is nonsensse asking a near 40 year old WW to come down to 140. In other words roach dont fancy it, but that would be a great fight, and I would pick Mosley in that one.
Khan on the other hand, Roach has no faith in. He only says what he says since he is well paid and is not going to talk down a fighter when he gets a good percentage of every fight fee, mskes sense for him to talk him up for a slong as poss and avoid him fightiung guys that will KO him.
and you will hardly get a job writing for ringmagazine youself like will u kp
and if khan wimps out on a maidana fight i will call myself a fool likewise but that aint gona happen either
mallignagi isnt good enough to get a world title shot period
u r full of it kp, let khan get maidana out of the way first then he will get round to fighting bradley and co. i admit in no expert but im more than a casual fan, ive been whatching and enjoying boxing since early days of chris eubank and nigle benn
Stephen
Let him accept the fight first, before you start talking of him knocking out the opponent.
If he KO’s maidan, I will gladly come on here and say I am a fool.No chance of that happening.
However, what excuse will you put forward if he declines Maidana for Mallinaggi? Come on, lets have it. here are your choices:
A) He is too young
b) He needs a bigger name than Maidana
c) Mallinaggi is the biggest puncher in boxing history
d) Maidana does not generate enough revenue
You can ask the ITV audience, ask a friend or go 50/50
Either way, you wont be right
@oli
whats up son is it because amir is british?????????
Thats all you ever do bash brits for the sake of it. grow up!!!!!!
RANT OVER
Mark my words: Maidana # Kahn will NEVER happen. Why?
Kahn is trained by the emperor of cherry-pickingland: Freddie Roach or Joke. Here are the evidences:
Pacquiao, who is trained by Freddie Joke, Has never unified a division, for 15 years and trough 7 divisions.
Pacquiao and Roach have carefulley avoided Black fighters for 15 years and through 7 divisions (With the exception of the unknown south African named Ledwaba…).
Pacquiao is running from Mosley (They suspect he has the same Roid recipe…)
Pacquiao and Freddie joke are turning down 40 millions to escape a tablespoon blood test.
btw stephen, you are trying to debate with some of us that have a robust understadning of boxing, and you on the other hand are a novice judging by your comments. Typical Khan fan – no idea of boxing, old ladies, those whose knowledge of boxing is limited to what they saw and heard on ITV from commentators whose livelihood depends on towing the line.
Let me put it anophter way – I keep hearing how Khan can stop Maidana, and Bradley etc. If so, why does he not take those fights?
Theres your answer
im talking in future tense u idiot
stephen
Which big hitters has khan ever beaten?
oh thats rite, it doesnt matter how many big hitters khan beats the haters will still have something negative to say
@ kp, i hope you are man enough to say u were wrong when khan beats maidana
well said rocky 100 percent
ROCKY,its easy to build a record up with stoppages. wen ur on the left hand side of the bill,and you get sumone cumming in at a few days notice and lighter than you.look at most of WARRENS shows all his fighters are on the bill 6 weeks,b4 opps ] this fight with MAIDANA will be down to KHAN at the end of the day.WARREN will try 2 talk khan out of it,if he thinks he cannot win cus thats a managers promoters job,keep khan winning more cash for WARREN.
Rocky- are you a complete brain dead idiot? Can you read? are you stupid? To answer your question read KPs post about khans Ko wins, its already been covered and explained how he wins by Ko without power. What a nob get off the site you havnt got the knowledge to debate about boxing son
And at end of the day, Freddie roach will train Amir Khan and talk him up for as long as they are paying him. Khan chose roach because he needs him and is willing to pay big money. Freddie roach did not choose amir khan and in all likelihood does not rate him as this special fighter dispite what they all say. Roach is PAID to do and say what they want.
Lastly…if pacquaio is on roids then so is amir khan
how can a guy with no power have won most of his fights by ko? What kind of nonsence comes out of peoples mouth on this site is ridiculous.
Maidana is just a big puncher, with no skill. If khan can stick to a gameplan to outbox him then khan will win. But if khan decides to get into a war then khan will most likely get ko’ed. I hope khan fights him and i hope he wins.
By the way everyone keeps saying who has khan fought? well who the hell has maidana fought? Victor ortiz who gave him as good as he got but eventually proved he has no heart. other than that no notable wins on his record.
CANUCK i’m inclined to agree with your comments on this issue .
KP- That was an awesome summary! Real boxing fans with real knowledge have noted all this since day 1. Iv been trying to say all what you just said in numerous posts, truth is i couldnt really have summed it all up better than you just did. Superb analysis, khan fans need to read it and take heed because here you have nothing but the facts.
Amir Khan is the most overated, undeserving and totally deluded and lied to fighter in the history of britsh and world boxing
khan is just overrated it wouldnt take medina 2rds to ko khan his just a overrated bum theres alot of better fighters out there roach has just been given khan some of mannys special pills!!!!!!
@ kp , i dissagree , i think all of those fights are very winnable for amir, first of all he will be too quick for urango who sort of lazes about trying power shots which amir will easily avoid, second bradley ok he is a bit more talented than urango but none of the less no more dangerous as he has less power the only 1 i can see giving amir any problems is alexander who has it all but this is still a very winnable fight for khan
amen to that, kp.
my thoughts exactly.
Stephen
Urango is strong but flat footed as well, however, Khan could hit him with a baseball bat and he wouldnt flinch. He too would KO khan.
Bradley is very skillful on the ohter hand, not a huge puncher, but picks his shots, great speed, and he too would KO khan but would certainly outbox him with ease.
Alexander would KO kahn as well. If lhan does not want to fight Maidan, no porblem if he takes on say any of these 3. But it is a problem if he refuses Maidana and takes on Mallinaggi, who has pins in his right hand and has had endless surgery on it to the extent he rarely throws it. Moreover, he never had any power in it even when it was not damaged. So effectively he fights behind a jab. In other words, pressure him, and if youre fast enough its not a hard fight. Mallinaggi has zero power, so for Khan to choose to fight him shows he has no faith in his own chin, despite his claims he spars middleweights and sends them packing and that he takes their shots with ease.
khan actually wanted a unification bout with one of the title holders first but the WBA want another manditory bout with maidana so how can you possibly think that amir is going to duck and dive scott gilford, in my book the title holders such as urango alexander and bradley are as danderous if not more danderous than maidana
Graham
As a boxing historian and somewhat of an expert, allow me to break down Khan:
He has fast hands, we know that but so what you might ask.
He carries very little power, and the fact that since having been knocked out by Prescott he looks to get out of range quickly rather than planting his feet measn his power is no threat to anyone that is able to operate at world level, or for that matter European level. Some might say, what about Salita, ke KO’d him. Well, look at Salita’s record – it was fought invariably against club level opposition, most of those guys could not even operate at domestic title level. Salita went down previously to a guy that had a insignificant KO ratio at the most basic level. Moreover, I watched Saliuta on the Calzaghe undercard and he was extremely useless. A opponent had to be drafted in at 7 days notice, and the best they came up with was a chap called Campos who was a superfeatherweight (yes superfeatherweight) bum who had only fought at club level. Now you would think a mandatory challenger would dispatch him quickly, especially since he was not fighting at his natural weight and the fact he was drafted in at the last minute. But no, he went the distance with Saltia, but crucially, every time there was a toe to toe exchange it was Saltia who got backed up and doubled over at the ropes, sop that tells you about Saltias chin. In other words, it wasnt Khans powerr, just the fact that Salita has no chin.
Look at Khans previous opponents and what they said about his power: Gomez, said he was baffled by the hand speed but said Khan had no power and given the volume of punches thrown (most of which Gomez did not see) Gomez was still standing at the end protesting to carry on. Ditto for many of the other lightweight contenders that Khan took on in Briutain (most were blown up feather/superfeather candidates), he very rarely KO’d someone, it was always an accumulation of punches and the ref intervened. This despite thefact that Khan was a big lightweight, fighting much smaller men. Even Barrera, another much smaller fighter who was not only old but out of condition (didnt even make the lightweight limit at first count) said Khan has no punch power. We all know Kotelnik has a good chin (went distance with Maidana, Witter) and he kept walking forward and through Khans endless flurries. So anyone who thinks Khans a puncher is kidding themeselves.
Onto his defecne – it is very poor, despite opinions to the contrary. His head is high, little movement and though he now keeps his hands up since Prescott, he is still very hittable. Look at the Kotelnik fight, he was caught flush several times when Kotelnik moved forward and took the fight to him. Unfortunately Kotelnik couldnt crack an egg as boxing watchers know. But the point is that Kotelnik, who is flat footed and a counter puncher still managed to catch him. He was not used to fighting going forward and couldnt adapt. Anyone who knows how to cut the ring down, could easily catch Khan all night long. Thing is Khan is not reactive i.e he does not duck punches as they are thrown, and his feet get tangled when fighters come forward and throw at the same time. Moreover, he gets highly disoriented when someone launches an attack.
Chin – no need to expand on this – limond (non puncher at lightweight), Drilzane, Gomez, and obviously Prescott. But Prescott is not the huge puncher Khan and others claim, but ive watched four of his fights and he hits hard enough but telegraphs his shots, and is not a massive puncher like Maidana for example. MMithcell took a few of his shots but didnt flinch, whereas Khan wobbled from a jab. Enough said. Prescotts KO record was inflated by the fact that the opposition was club fighters in Colombia. As he has moved up a slight notch he has been found wanting.
So overall Khan is a joke of a fighter, who has been exaggerated to such an extent it beggars belief. Especially when he comes and says ”he is underrated” and ”not respected enough because of his colour” . He is far more respected than many many fighters who have far greater ability. After all, Bradley is chasing him even though he is light years ahead of Kahn in boxing terms. Maidana is chasing him ewven though he would KO khan. Ditto Alexander, and the rest. The point is, people who can beat him and are therefore better, are having to chase him because he has the glory, the moneyfights etc. So how Khan says he is underrated is beyond me.
Who has he ever beat? He hides behind his age (Alexander is 23 and wants to fight Maidan next, Alexander is alaso a world champion), Bradley is only a couple of years older etc.
Time the fans were told the truth.
Fast handspeed alone doesnt make you a great technician.
He has no power, no chin and no balls.
Either the fight with maidana happens next or khan is a fraud and a laughing stock.
People wont mind if you put a show on and lose. People will mind if you duck a good challenge and keep making excuses
Maidana would be a very dangerous opponent for Khan but if he vacates he will lose all respect.It is going to be interesting to see what he does.
The saying go’s you can run but you can’t hide!!!!!!!!!!! ummmmmmmmmmm well lets wait and see? He said i’m going to be a legend!! well this fight will start the ball rolling because so far its all been smoke and mirrors.
I’ve heard people talking about Khan’s boxing skills. What exactly do they mean? Are they mistaking his hand speed and his punching power for skills?
This guy is untested! You can’t even look at his past fights to judge his boxing skills. Just how did he become a world champion? ONLY IN BOXING.
Kotelnik (the bastard) never even jabbed Khan, he just stood there waiting for Khan to initiate the exchanges.
kahn should take fight and lose with honour
kp,
I don’t agree with you but i suppose you have your own reasons for going after Khan’s dad. I’ll leave it at that, and am staying out of it.
Am not a Khan fun by the way.
Seriously stop with the dad bashing KP, you’re embarrassing yourself.
Khan is well within his rights to do this. Nobody is saying he is one of the top 5 fighters. Yet. When Hatton fought easy opponents did the Brits care? No. Good old fashion racism.
Maidana has the power but isn’t as good a boxer as Khan and Khan should be getting in there to prove that. Gomez and Limmond showed it doesnt take that much power to put Khan down so immagine the embarressment if he ducked Maidana and got floored by a weak Malignaggi.
If he’s as good as we’re led to believe he should comfortably beat Maidana, just dont expect an attacking or exciting Khan and might not be long till he’s labled boring
graham
its true. He has a goofy gap, and more importantly he goes on non stop about how his son fights the best etc and that he is the best in the world.
If you put yourself in the spotlight with exaggerated claims then you have to expect more than a bit of flak.
so to anwer your question, no i wont stop since im telling it as it is.
Khan fans like yourself are deluded if they think he can beat any of the top 5. He will never fight them, just fight old men, or smaller men, or those that cannot punch at all. Or more than likely a combination of all three.
Im a boxing historian who knows his onions, and so Khan might fool many but not me.
kp,
Can you stop the dad-bashing please, it’s extremely unpleasant.
there is one chance of khan taking this fight….and thats no chance. His goofy dad will make sure glass jaw son gets protected.
Khan is all hype and no substance. he has the best trainer, sparring, excellent conditioner, most paid etc, yet still dare not take on any of the top 10 LW. He decided instead to take on salita who was ranked 63 by boxrec. Khan sold it to WBAby saying he would take maidana next, then the chicken runs. give him feather fisted mallinaggi, thats all he can handle. if he goes in with maidana he will end up with a gap in his teeth like his dad
This is mouthwatering stuff. Khan should take the fight.
He knows what mistakes he made against Prescott and hopefully that wont happen again.
He needs to fix his fragile repuation which i think is more importantthan his chin. Maybe moving up in weight will help him take a shot better, Alex Ariza has built up Khans legs.
Khan has to start fast as he usually does and dont give Madaina a chance.
If he wins on points then the haters will still have no respect for him, saying “He was running all night.”
if this does happen, then what do you expect, he knows he cant take a shot so why mix it up?
Khan needs to use his speed and footwork and if possible get Madaina out of there early.
He knows Madain will come looking to take him out, so uses angles and catch him coming in. Khan has some power too as he displayed against Salita.
Should Khan get dropped he needs to get up and fight back.
I see this being similar to the Michael Gomez fight which was exciting.
Take the fight King Khan and good luck!
its obviously a tough fight for khan whether he choses the fight or not its ok. maidana is a big puncher not very accurate but very affective.
i still think khan would outbox him by moving in and out and he will be well prepared with freddie roach. cmonnn khann show us what uve got and take the fight itll be one tht evryone will enjoy.
khan has no choice but to take this fight otherwise his reputation is in TATTERS.
no more excuses khan, lets see you in a real fight and if your a real world champion or not.
hey speedo if khan loses how about you shut the F*uck up also
Well, here comes a chin check.
khan needs to take the fight,,,he,ll be ridiculed if he doesnt,and all them haters out there will be proven right,,,,ur a world champion,act like it,take the fight!,
Well alexander is younger than khan and he is a world title holder and he is willing to fight maidana. Had enough of this khan nonsense, claiming he is a great etc and then ducking anyone that can barely punch. totally fools the public, him and his goofy dad.
Just before the salita fight he was saying he does not want an easy route, thats why he is taking on the great salita (lol) and that he wioll never give his belt up etc, next fight along comes maidana and no doubt he will give it up.
Pathetic.
before all you hater start licking your lips and accusing khan of vacating the belt, wait to see what he does, the Khan camp has been subject to constant rumours – non true.
P.S. if Khan fights and beats Maidana (who lets face it bring nothing to the table)- will you hater shut the fck up?
i hope the fight goes ahead as it would end the row as to if khan really is any good
If khan wins ukansodoff? Well we’ll get article upon article about how he should fight ortiz, and how overrated maidana is, how he obviously isn’t a big puncher and blah blah blah.
Followed by how he should fight Bradley etc to prove himself…
I have no respect for khan must have better class of boxers then if he can do it then he will get the respect he wants .However he seems to think hes big time when hes just hype at the mo .I would love to see ricky hatton break him in 2…………..
I am english and think khan must take the fight to get some respect.I do not have any respect for khan so far his management far to predictable. i can say now he will chuck the belt rather than take someone on thats not going to be easy……………..As for khan bangin on about staying in america because we in britain dont kiss his arse then go my son you wont be missed …………
IM NOT A FAN OF KAHN AND I LIKE MAIDANA BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE OVERLOOKING THIS FIGHT,MAIDANA FOR ME HAS NOT REALLY FOUGHT ANYONE AND IF HE DOES FIGHT KAHN I THINK KAHN’S SPEED WILL GIVE HIM PROBLEMS JUST LIKE KAHN GAVE KOTELNIK PROBLEMS.
I THINK KAHN’S CHIN IS A WORRY BUT IF MAIDANA CANT GET TO KAHN I THINK KAHN WILL SIMPLY OUT BOX MAIDANA AND WIN ON POINTS.
HOWEVER I THINK VICTOR ORTIZ WOULD BEAT KAHN EVEN THOUGH ORTIZ WAS BEATEN BY MAIDANA.
ITS FUNNY HOW STYLES MAKE FIGTHS.
Im not liking this “hes only 23″ or “hes not ready” rubbish.
If hes only 23 and hes not ready then what the hell was he doing fighting for a world title? If theres no rushing his career there was no rushing a title shot. But he wanted to be a world champion so now he is one he needs to act like one.
khan should take the fight
Khan will face him i am sure. Whether he wins is another story. I have not heard anyone else say Kotelniks victory over Maidana was controversial
Khan cant afford to throw his belt and not take this fight. Doing that would do much more damage to his fragile reputation than being knocked out trying to face a huge puncher.
Infact id love this fight to happen and even more id love Khan to win. Everybody goes on about the fraud he is and as soon as he gets in with a banger hes guna be shown up again for what he really is.
What happens if he wins? If he takes a few shots, comes back and defeats Maidina? What if Maidina cant get anywhere near Khan cuz of his speed and footwork?
Will Khan still be a fraud? a ducker? dodger? cherry picker?
Well I would like to see Khan fight Maidana. I like to see Khan struggle when he gets hit, like against Michael Gomez. I want him to suffer again. Perhaps, if he is so good he will just blast him (Maidana) out – only recently he bragged about his “power”. At least it would likey be a good fight and not the bore of the Kotelnik fight.
I don’t think he will vacate his title, he will want this fight.
Do u really think Judah is a safe bet for Kahn?
I dnt! I gt Judah stoppin him in 5
Khan is overrated he suuuckss
Khan should take this fight…The haters will be out in full force if he ducks maidana, and that is what vacating would be in this situation….a pure duck…..
Why would he face judah and malignaggi? They have no belt….and just to get name recognition doesn’t cut it….When Hatton came over he faced collazo, in his first trip over the pond…..Collazo hada belt…
if khan wants to get recognised as a great fighter he should take the fight and show us what hes got to offer
I hope this fight does happen so that khan gets exposed again and this stupid hype about him can end.
Khan will not take this fight. He’ll run, and let’s face it they won’t put their cash cow at risk.