Maidana to fight Cayo on March 27th, and Khan possibly in late 2010
February 9th, 2010
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) was hoping to fight WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in March for the full title. Instead, Maidana, 26, will have to be satisfied with facing unbeaten light welterweight contender Victor Cayo (24-0, 16 KO’s) on March 27th. And provided that Maidana beats Cayo, and Khan defeats his next opponent Juan Manuel Marquez in May, there’s a chance that Maidana can get his wish for a fight against Khan later on in 2010.
There’s no telling what will happen in the Khan-Marquez fight, and Maidana, a pure slugger, could get beaten by Cayo. And there’s also the possibility that Khan could vacate his title later in the year rather than face Maidana, and then Marcos would never get his chance at fighting Khan. Its unclear how much more popular Maidana will be if he beats a fighter like Cayo, who is not that very well known in the United States.
It would seem logical that Maidana needs a bigger name than Cayo, and someone who has a style that matches his a little bit more for Maidana to look good in his next fight. Maidana’s fight against Golden Boy Promotions fighter Victor Ortiz last year was a perfect situation. Ortiz, a hard puncher in his own right, went right at Maidana trying to slug with the Argentinean power puncher.
The fight quickly turned into a brawl with Maidana getting knocked down twice and Ortiz once. Maidana’s power eventually was too much for Ortiz as he took out the Golden Boy star in the 6th round. Cayo is the opposite of Ortiz, though. He’s more of a Roy Jones Jr/Floyd Mayweather Jr. type clone, but without the hand speed or power that those two fighters possess.
Cayo won’t make it easy for Maidana to land because of his constant movement, and I can see this fight being one that leaves few fans satisfied. Maidana could lose, as I said, which would take away the chance of Khan facing him down the road. I guess that might not be a bad thing for Khan, because there would be less of a chance that he would be knocked out by the hard hitting Maidana.
But boxing fans would be the ones that would lose out, because they would have missed the chance at seeing a Khan-Maidana fight. If Golden Boy were smart about building up the Khan-Maidana fight, they would match Maidana with a well known light welterweight like Junior Witter, Kendall Holt, Ricardo Torres or Paulie Malignaggi. Those fights would be much interesting to see than Maidana chasing Cayo around the ring all night long.
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Maidana will be beat only by the hand of the judges not cayo, i can see a badly beaten cayo with a bloody face going the distance with a run run style and getting an UD just because De la hoya dosent want khan destroyed and need to put a loss in maidana record to justify the run away for this ducking fighter.
Cago Khan with Chinese, not a true champion,
Maidana is the WBA World Champion, because Khan
cago, is not a good fighter the British.
Headbutt? LOL, Oh your the typical White Chav Supremacist, getting easier to spot you scumbags and your agenda, day by day. Khan No.1 British Fighter, more importantly he has better prospects than any of your brethren! hahahahahaha
Cayo’s a bit of a mystery, I’ve only seen one of his fights (on YouTube), in which he seemed to hold his hands way too low. He did however, have impressive footwork, good movement and fast hands/reflexes. Cayo could well throw a spanner in the works and out box Maidana from the outside, it all depends on his stamina and his chin. It’s difficult to tell what the outcome of this fight might be, but I’ll have to go with more experienced maidana, by split decision or mid to late round TKO.
Khan has many advantages in his fight against Marquez, all but two very important areas, punch resistance and experience. Khan has by far the faster hands, a reach advantage of at least four inches, also an age gap of 13 years separates them. Could Marquez use his superior experience to upset the apple cart, perhaps, but I just can’t see that happening. Khan by unanimous decision or late TKO.
Another exciting fight, can’t wait to see Maidana fight again.
if marquez is finding it hard to sign against khan, its because khan isn’t a big enough name for him to fight. i hope this leaves a window for bradley vs marquez. khan may be somebody in the UK but he’s nobody in the states. marquez knows that and won’t sign. bradley deserves a superfight with marquez, not khan. i heard robert guerrero fell thru against katsidis due to his sick wife. it sucks cause i wanted to watch the fight in san francisco. i guess i’ll have to do with ward vs green in oakland.
is the khan VS marquez fight taking place ive not heard anything about it for a while a thnk marquez refused and now they are trying to find a new opponent for khan as malagnagi may fight berto and diaz may fight valero
Maydana will beat Cayo in the middle rounds and khan will lose against Marquez via a early ko.