Does Khan deserve fights against Marquez, Judah and Mayweather?
February 1st, 2010
By William Mackay: In the news yesterday, The Sun reported that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, speaking about World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan, said “A fight against [Juan Manuel] Marquez is a breakthrough as he is one of the best and Mexico’s No 1 active fighter. Once he [Khan] wins against Marquez, there is the possibility of a fight against Zab Judah – and then [Floyd] Mayweather Jr.” Nothing was said about Khan having to fight WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana, who the WBA had ordered Khan to fight.
I don’t see anything on Khan’s resume that would make me think he deserves to fight even Judah, let alone Marquez and Mayweather. Khan’s best wins of his career have come against an old 35-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera, who Khan beat by a 5 round technical decision, Andriy Kotelnik, Michael Gomez, Dmitriy Salita, and Martin Kristjansen.
Those are certainly good fighters, but are they the kind of opposition that would lead to Khan being put in with excellent fighters like Marquez, Judah and Mayweather. I just don’t see how Khan can deserve to be put in with fighters like Mayweather based on the wins that Khan has chalked up during his short five year career.
Khan has a Silver Medal in the 2004 Olympics, but that’s still not that big of a deal that should allow him to get big fights like this. We have tons of fighters with Gold Medals and they’re not being given big fights like this. And Khan’s resume is way too shallow for me to be given big fights against Marquez, Mayweather and Judah. Khan was flattened in the 1st round in 2008 against Breidis Prescott in 2008.
Khan never attempted to avenge his defeat to Prescott. You would think that Khan should at least have tried to avenge that defeat in order to move forward against bigger named opponents. And if Khan doesn’t face the hard hitting Maidana in his next fight or the one after that, it will surely cause some boxing fans to see Khan as a cherry picker.
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Khan will be much too fast for Marquez i will take any bet on that Marquez will retire
@Jerry
I appreciate what you’re saying mate and im all for giving the kid time to grow but then it’s all this wanting to fight ageing legends from lower weight classes to build a name for Khan that is getting on my nerves. Look at Calzaghe for example, he fought his mandatories for nearly ten years before stepping up & unifying the titles and then going up in weight to fight Hopkins & Jones. What is annoying me is that everyone is talking of Khan as a great already when in reality what has he really achieved? I know for his age he’s a world champion which is great but he did beat in his own words “the worst champion out there” & aside from that who has he beaten? Prescott didn’t get a shot & he obliterated Khan and then Mitchell stepped up in weight & schooled Prescott but hasn’t had a title shot. It’s all politics but believe me there are much better fighters out of England than Khan that haven’t had a look in!
I think Bradley is the one to beat in that division, looking at what he did to Peterson who’s a excellent body puncher and pretty much won every round I was quite impressed. I doubt seriously they’ll put him against Bradley and matching him against Zab Judah will be a terrible decision
Anonymous
how is bradly more hype than khan? checked bradly’s record he faught tough fights.
Augustus
bradley more hyped than khan he isnt going anywhere at 140
No he does’nt. He should fight Maidana, Zab, Paulie, and then Bradley or Marquez. Khan already gotten more than he deserves. Bradley deserves more than Khan even Paulie deserves more.
Is this guy Shakeeb serious? I mean he must really not know anyhting about boxing period! Khan is a good young boxer i will say that, but he is not an elite fighter in any way shape or form, get real, Marquez is going to beat this kid like a red headed step child! come on, it’s nice to follow a boxer cuz u like the guy for his nationality, religon or whatever but dont try to make him up to be something he is’nt. at the rate Khan is going trying to fight all these big named opponents (exept Judah) he is going to be used up very quickly just like Vargas, and in my opinion Vargas was a better and more complete fighter thatn Khan at his age. look at history, everytime a boxer crosses the pond to fight the ral; talents in America/Mexico they get fail! examples…. Nas, and Hatton. i mean he in way over his head with these fights, start at your level Maidana, Ortiz, Bradley so on and so forth, then you can up the ante. dont let race, religon or nationality blind you from the truth, Khan is just an average fighter.
hey don you do have a point i respect tht and so does shakeeb, but listen team khan doesnt give a wank abt me u or shakeeb so plz dont waste your time, let time go by and khan make a name for himself, like hamed himself said khan shouldnt be thrown into deep waters let him develop… time will tell after 3 years whether people will love him or not… plz dont forget NO BRITISH BOXER AT 23 WAS BEING CRITICIZED FOR AVOIDING THE #4 AT 140 WITH A 99% KNCKOUT RATIO (MAIDANA), people are saying a fight with malignaggi is too easy, yet hatton fought him at 31 and people loved him for it… i dont want to compare but ppl do seem a bit harsh on bit, i guess hes a victim of his own success hes come too far a bit to early in terms of attention , only time will tell… but most importantly guys respect urself and others if u leave stupid, racist comments ur really really pathetic…goodnight ps… judaisms biggest joke salita went 30-0 fighting wastemans even appeared on jones calzaghe undercard and no one said anything abt him woww…
Yes but 24 hours isnt enough. He also had a new trainer he taught him wrong on top of the draning issues. It was the trainers fault aswell, Khan hasnt lost before or after that trainer. He out boxed Barrera and Went on to beat Kotelnik. None of you guys seem to understand. Khans looked fantastic against salita, look what happened to him! Hel will do that to Maidana, at least with marquez, there should be atleast 3 -4 round s for khan to flurry Marquez, and then move up in weight to fight Mayweather. Even Judah is abit of a backward step for Khan.
@ Shakeeb
Come on pal, weight drained? He was a natural lightweight and never came down for that fight. I remember the old ramadan excuse’s on here at the time, is that what you mean? Honestly Shakeeb im not a Khan hater but a fan who is growing tired of this rubbish, i’ve spent good money in the past following Khan up to Manchester & at the 02 IN Greenwich only to see him floored by Limond and sparked out by Prescott and now im having this rubbish talk of £4£ greatness rammed down my throat, do me a favour!
@ shakeeb
khan lost fair and square he has 24 hours to rehydrate him self after weigh in his pride and lack of experience lost him the fight.
he will learn now he is under freddie khan is a boxer not a brawler who can go toe to toe.
Exactly, Mitchell was fit and healthy, stepping up in weight, you should know this because pacman did the same. Khan on the other hand, just like hoya and cotto, were weight drained thus having no proper energy balance or punch resistance. The prescott fight as i said before shouldnt really count.
Other than being p4p one of the most protected fighters in boxing history, Amir khan is clearly unrealistic at best and plain delusional at worst. You cant go from fighting the garbage hes been fighting, to throwing high profile P4P names up. So dont worry DON if he does get these fights its going to be the biggest shock of this little boys life when gets his dreams shattered in the 1st round in front of a large american audience how embaressing. He and they talk like hes already a P4P name…he hasnt even fought a B class fighter in his career yet
khan v mayweather rip khan lol
@ Shakeeb
Yes but their losses have come against the best the sport has to offer, Breidis Prescott is no £4£ great, he was soundly handled by little Kevin Mitchell for gods sake wake up. Mitchell stepped up from super feather for that fight too & beat a guy that absolutely wiped Khan out in under a minute, where’s his world title shot?
AGREED SHAKEEB
Khanivore will prevail.
Khan is a World Champion with 1-recorded loss. Out of the names you mentioned, Judah has lost more, Marquez has lost more. Only Mayweather has not lost. So the answer is of course he deserves to fight them, he’s a world champion! He beat the mandatory Salita, why face another? Makes no sense to fight the unknown Maidana, especially when these fighters ‘Judah, Marquez and Mayweather’ are there for the taking. Are you guys for real? Why fight for peanuts against unknown opponents when he can fight for gold against some of the best in the business, Go King Khan! You deserve this my friend.
Their gona try to charge Marquez with MANSLAUGHTER after the fight.
This article must be a joke. Judah has lost against every name fighter he’s met since 2006, and his last fight was against a fighter with a 22-19-2 record. Marquez is coming off a fight where he looked like crap at the weight and PBF last fought a 36 year old who was moving up two weight classes. And you consider Khan unworthy… get real.
Khan can fight who ever he wants, i am not bothered. As long as he vacates the WBA title. He should not be allowed to buy himself out of a fight with Maidana.
hey Anonymous:
why you Do NOT be more of yourself, I mean, more genuine talking?
if somebody say something don’t say yes, yes, u are right, u are the man, good done, yeah yeah, u are right.
Say something by yourself and no repeat what other said like a parrot.
Now, I am right?
Your right marco.
Khan is so overrated. I dont know where they get off saying hes on his way to fighting judah and mayweather. IF and thats a big if he beats marquez, he needs to at least establish himself in his own division. He beats bradley, he can move up.
i think these writers suffer from amnesia. is it just me or do they always mention prescott ko khan in every article? go back and u’ll c.
Is Maidana – Bradley really happening? Cuz if so then he has to fight the winner imo.
Why are people like this author talking about Marquez like he is some prize waiting to be taken, he is a warrior and khan’s toughest opponent
he belongs in there with judah but not floyd or marquez. by not fighting maidana, that tells me that his team doesn’t trust his chin. he’s trying to milk the moment as much as he can by avoiding big punchers. judah had pop during his first stay at 140 but he hasn’t fought in a year.
Amir will dominate Marquez, he will beat Zab Judah and shamed Floyd Jr. mark my words.
William shakeeb is not going to be happy bunny with you naughty boy lol.
Amir should fight maidana and get it out of the way.
He has gone to gbp for a reason to prove who he is and what he can do.
maidana
babybull
marquez
dont be suprised if khan cleans out america.
once roach improves that foot work the world is his oyster.
Against Jab Judah yeah but not against Juan Manuel Marquez or Floyd Mayweather, he should take on people like Malignaggi, Bradley, Maidana and that first.