Warren comments on Khan not facing Maidana – News
February 1st, 2010
By William Mackay: In an interview of promoter Frank Warren at The Sun, he gives his thoughts about WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan not facing his mandatory defense against WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana. Warren, who up until recently promoted Khan and steered him to a championship against Andriy Kotelnik last year, says this when asked how he will feel if Khan ends up vacating his WBA light welterweight:
Fans don’t like the idea of Khan avoiding this fight, even if he takes on a talented fighter like Juan Manuel Marquez. That’s a great substitute fight for Khan, but the problem is Marquez is a lightweight, smaller than Khan and much older than him at 36. Marquez is also coming off a one-sided loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September, a fight in which Marquez looked slow and heavy at 143. Marquez has fought mostly at featherweight during his long career, and seems more suited for that weight class and super featherweight rather than lightweight.
Khan is a light welterweight, and would have a big size advantage over Marquez.
Warren says “It just seems to be the people around him saying they don’t want Maidana. Freddie Roach pretty much said Maidana doesn’t mean anything and he needs to build himself up. But I find that quite a strange quote as Amir’s never been shown on American TV.”
Roach and Golden Boy Promotions don’t want to out Khan in with Maidana, saying they want to find a better known opponent than Maidana for Khan’s first fight in the United States. They want to make Khan a big star in the U.S. and feel that if they match him with more established fighters, albeit older ones, he can become a mega star within a short time.
“Maidana fighting Amir in American means nothing,” Warren says. “At least as far as the gates’ concerned. Over there [in the U.S.], it’s just an Argentinean fighting a Brit, whereas here [in the UK] it would sell. Not only that, I’d already spoken to HBO and they were willing to broadcast the fight. I’d also agreed to terms with Tim Bradley for a fight to take place over here and Showtime were going to show it in the States, so he [Khan] has choices already.”
Thus far, Bradley and Maidana aren’t being mentioned as future opponents for Khan now that he’s switched promoters. Marquez has been mentioned, as well as Zab Judah and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Marquez is reportedly mulling over whether to fight Khan or not. You can’t blame Marquez if he decides against fighting him. Marquez would be in effect being used to build Khan’s name up if he fights him. Marquez is still a champion and doesn’t need to be used in this manner. Marquez also could possibly fight Ricky Hatton, which obviously is a better option for him because Hatton’s more well known in the U.S.
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@ maashala
Khan is avoiding Maidana and most people are not fooled by this smokescreen, Freddie Roach thinks that Marquez is on the slide and wants to use his name to pad Khans record. If you can’t see that then you’re a fool. Marquez should stay away from the 140lb division it’s not for him. Some can step up and some can’t also there’s the whole steroid issue surrounding Pacquaio at the moment so that would enable him to step up in weight. Why did Khan fight Salita? If Maidana is a waste of time then Salita definitely was, it’s clearly double standards and that’s why Khan is rapidly losing peoples respect!
Princess KHAN is avoiding Maidana and is most likely Going to avoid Marquez he says he beat Barrera is he serious??? He should of gave Barrera an immediate rematch ! He should feel ashamed and he should fight Marquez so he can get KO ‘d again !
maidana needs Khan, Khan dont need Maidana. If your getting in a ring then make it worth your while, the writer said khan is getting alot of critism for avoiding maidana by boxing fans but thats cos most are haters. its his first fight in the states so it needs to be big, Marques is a P4P fighter and maidana is NOT. and with regards to khan being bigger then marques-well PACMAN hasnt used that as a excuss, he made de-lahoya, hatton and cotto look crap so marques has no excuss.
This writer along with Liam ‘le kuta’ santiago are such haters. Why dont you write stuff based on merit rather then ur personal oppinions. you should know that boxing is a business. YOU HAVE TO FIGHT WITH YOUR HEAD BEFORE HEART.
I agree with you lex with bradley thou.
but floyd come on now.
@ lex
Are you on wacky backy my freind who has kfc battled his own size recently ???
Has he sighned to fight mosley yet???
Pac man is p4p king floyd is a ducker.
its ok for kfc to fight juan but not khan.
its ok for kfc to fight hatton but not pac.
you are a biased man.
freddie roach is the best trainer on the planet.
Brandon;
Bradley is guilty of ducking himself. Apparently, he gave up his title in order to avoid Devon Alexander and take on the older less talented Nate Campbell. Bradley is being called the top 140 and it sounds like he is, but he’s going to have to take some real challenges and tough fights if he wants to prove it.
No big name fighter should fight Khan until Khan fights Maidana. Roach is always contradicting himself and saying nonsense which doesn’t help Khan at all. Roach is a great trainer, yet he’s constantly making excuses for his fighters to not fight the best. As long as Roach is Khan’s trainer, Khan won’t face anyone with KO power, and as long as Roach is Manny’s trainer Manny won’t fight anyone that moves around the ring- including Floyd. Roach knows his fighters weaknesses and won’t put them in the ring with anyone capable of exploiting them.
Who has bradley fought he just scraped through holt.
butted a blown up nate cambell
and beat peterson another 140 with no power.
hatton khan marquez all beat him sunshine he will be exposed.
brandon who is timothy bradley?
khan would beat him no worries hes overated peterson my rear end another salita!!!!!!!!!
Tim Bradley is ready for anyone!!! He has made it clear, yet everyone is avoiding him! No one wants to lose, so he is having a hard time finding a willing opponent? Tim hopefully someone will step up and be a true warrior like you… Why can’t fighters just fight any more? Bradley will beat Khan, Maidana, Juddah, Marquez… Don’t worry Tim sooner or later they will run out of room in the ring to run!!!
Marquez will be no push-over even at 37yrs and 140lbs but you have to concede Khan has much in his favour,especially with Roach so keen to fight Marquez makes me think he is v/confident in a Khan win.
Haven’t seen much from maidane to impress me but he can hit and Khan is obviously being protected from big hitters.
Would love to see Khan vs Hatton to see how he copes with a pressure fighter
Toughest fight khan could have picked really good move will hopefully shut the people up who say he is cherry picking… Maidana who??
well said John e. Lets all just ignore shkeeb hes clearly insane and totally out of touch with reality. And no he doesnt know the first thing about boxing
Khan needs to grow a pair.
Shakeeb for a change.
Your quick to jump on people when they have a go at khan.
But its ok for you to say marquez is overated.
I support khan but i have the sence that marquez is a ring legend and has done alot for the sport.
Give boxers credit when its due breddis for his win and amir for his wins.
disrespecting opponents who have trained hard to face amir kahn (prescott) by sayin amir had a cold or weight drained bull is an insult in my book.
Sharkeeb,ANSWER me this one are you one of “A”.Khans family,”B”.one of his friends,”C”.one of team Khan etc,because your arse licking is becoming embarrassing on here and every time some one criticising Khan for his side stepping cherry picking rise to a world title you come out with do you know any think about boxing,or the same dross like when he was knock out he was he was weight drain,,he does not need to fight him as he would school him,He’s that much in-proved he spars with Manny and can hold is own,it must a real tragedy in life to have all your hope and aspirations in one boxer because he’s Asian!! try supporting other british fighter and dare i say watching other great boxers from around the world!!then i,m sure you would enjoy this great sport a hell of lot more instead of banging Khans gong on here all the time.
Looking at Shakeebs previous comments I dont think hes trying to wind people up. I think he believes he’s in the right.
On another note if he does beat Marquez(It is a possibility) who will he fight next? If he wants to keep the belt he will have to fight Maidana right? Given Maidana beats Cayo(apparently fighting on on the 23rd of March according to Boxrec)
Lollll people on this site give me a good joke Shakeeb has to be the funniest he loves winding people up and they buy into it making them the mugs haha..
And come on people please Marquez is a harder fight then Maidana end of..anyone who disagrees with this is either stupid; a khan basher or just knows sweet FA about boxing…
shakeeb NawaZ, youre a mug.
Marquez overated? Before the Maweather fight experts were putting him in the top two P4P stakes. He is a true warrior and hes fought and beaten world class opposition.
Im sorry Shakeeb you are an imbecile. I said Khan should be applauded and then you attack me. Marquez is one of the best fighters of this decade and I think he will beat khan in the later rounds. He normally starts of fairly slowly. Not taking anything away from Khan who I think would beat Maidana and will be a future P4P star.
@Sion – Do you know anything about boxing? Clearly not, Amir Khan is a World Champion. He entitled to fight who he wants when. You should look at the facts before saying those thing. Khan will beat Marquez with ease. Hes a big draw for cash, but as for boxer, very overated in terms of gammoned outlets.
Wait a second!!
When did Maidana become a better boxer than Marquez? The best boxer Maidana fought was Kotelnik, who out boxed him. Maidana then followed this up with a win against Ortiz. A fight in which he was dropped 3 times before winning!
Marquez may have fought at lightweight but he outclassed and kod Diaz and Casamayor, genuine world class fighters. maybe he took a step too far in fighting Mayweather (possibly the greatest of his generation) at 146. I believe Khan is fighting Marquez at 140, which wont be too much far Marquez.
If Khan did fight Maidana and beat him, he would be ridiculed for not fighting a slicker fighter like Marquez or Malignaggi. If he was fighting Malignaggi he would get slaughtered for not fighting a heavy puncher.
Khan should be applauded for fighting this level of opposition, he could have easily taken the Calzaghe road and fought bums to protect his title but hes showing ambition so good on him…even though I think Marquez will TKO him in 7! He is no where near passed it.
@don
the only weakness i see with kahn is obveously his chin weight drained or not he got kod im amir fan but dont buy into excuses he lost.
Footwork needs to be inproved espeacially when tracking back kotelnic fight showed that.
Amirs weapons of mass destruction
speed kills and amir has plenty of it .
Power although not putting to sleep power still more than all except maidana at 140.
When amir lets his hands go the opponent has no choice but to cover up .
Hey everybody has a punchers chance and anything can happen its boxing.
I honestly think amir has the abilty and potential to beat any fighter at 140 except mighty pac.
And the last reason is don is i dont want amir to lose because that means we would have to listen to shakeebs excuses !!! I cant take that ha ha ha
De la Hoya thinks the same as i do, Thats why these fights are being lined up. You all talk about, Khan got kod by prescott, Well ‘YAWN’ It didnt count because Khan wasnt himself. He was 60% that night. He would school Prescott. Khan is in line to become the p4p king. A fight with Marquez maybe Morales, nate campbell would make good sense too. it will build up his name in america. Then fight Maidana. And silence these critics by beating mayweather
@Anonymous
No disrespect pal but i don’t agree with that for a second, I’d say they’ve probably all got the measure of him tbh.
not at 140 don
Maidana is the only one capable and amir will outbox him with ease.
when they fight.
Bradley will be exposed against khan.
Also Shakeeb,
I can’t wait to hear your excuses when the mighty supreme best fighter for ever and ever and ever and ever, King dingaling, bees knees, most handsomist, greatest Amir Khan gets dropped at light welter, believe me it’s gonna happen!!!
Childs play? im voicing an opinion on Khan, Hes not my favourite boxer, NAseem Hamed was one of my favourite boxers. Just one. Khan is a world champion, but the loss to Prescott raised eyebrows as to what happened behind the scenes. It wasnt fair, just wasnt.
@ Shakeeb
Khan won a portion of the world title fair and square agreed but what about the more prestigious and recognised of those titles, shouldn’t he be going for those or is your boxing knowledge so tiny that you are unaware that there are more than one title in each division with the WBA being the least recognised alongside the IBO? IBF,WBO,WBA,IBO,WBC being the real title in most peoples view and of course theres the ring magazine belt, does Khan hold this? No he does not so yes he still has loads to prove at light welterweight before he can be considered the true world champion!
Who is sayin khan isnt bloody champ?
change the record.
Khan won the title fair and square.
Khan lossed to prescott fair and square.
SIMPLES !!!!!!
stop being biased shakeeb its childsplay what you are doin.
Khan is a true champion, he one the world title fair and square. Prove what to who? He lost 1 fight and that was down to technical consulations as iv stated. Roach new he was weight drained so moved him up, now hes won the world title, he can move up again, with the big boys and take on the best, not fighters like Bradley, devon an co, Khans better than that.
Agreed don mate he should clean out the 140 division.
Dont tie all khans fans to the same brush as shakeeb and co my freind.
So predictable shakeeb.
Khan will win all 140 fighters so he mayaswell get them on his CV. skipping maidana bradley etc will only add fuel to the fire with the critics.
Shakeeb khan big boy now he wants to be the best not just have you in his corner sayin well he didnt need to fight these fighters because shakeeb nawaz said so get a grip will you.
At this point in amirs career he wont beat mayweather needs to improve first.
clean out the 140 division then move up to 147.
@Anonymous
Fair enough pal agreed but mark my words, Khan won’t be fighting Maidana at all. All im saying is the name world champion means the best in the world at that weight. Khans weight is now 140lbs so my view is that he should take out the other reigning champions & mandatories to prove that he is the best in the world at that weight,that to me is a truly great champion!
I disagree with anonymous. Khan is not cherry picking. He is world champion, and he deserves to fight the best now, he beat barrera kotelnik and defended the title already. Its a fantastic and easy fight for khan with reqwards, it will silence all these criitcs. Hes already won a world title at 140, there is nothing left to prove at the weight, a fight with marquez at 140, then a move up to 147 to take on Judah mayweather. Thats the aim.
@ don
ok lets agree to disagree.
all i am sayin is khan now has gone stateside ok marquez not a 140 fighter but if he is on song could beat khan.
After marquez who can khan cherry pick????
He will have to fight the 140 fighters surely??????? if not im done with him too.
All i am sayin is let the past go !!!!
if khan is not that good he will be exposed soon enough.
I believe khan will dominate the 140 fighters including bradley.
@Anonymous
Believe it or not im actually not a Khan hater but im just growing tired of all this blatant side-stepping. I’ve been to a couple of Khans fights as a fan, Prescott & Limond and he was wiped out in one and bang in trouble in the other. Im no longer a fan as i won’t spend my money being cheated into believing someone is a great and with respect to Marquez he is no joke at super feather but at light or welter he’s not too much of a force and i truly believe if Pacman fought him at welter he would be stopped very early on!
@ don
I do agree mitchell good little fighter and did well to school prescott.
I agree khan should fight maidana and get it over with khan will out box him.
All im sayin there are other fighters aswell who cherry pick etc.
And khan should be cut some slack marquez is no joke.
Like amir or not he has amazing talent and potential in boxing.
@ Anonymous
I just don’t think it’s a very fair sport these days when you have the likes of Kevin Mitchell the super featherweight stepping up and schooling Prescott who wiped Khan out in under a minute then Khan goes on to super stardom and Mitchell struggles to get a world title fight even though he has worked his way up from british title level and Khan just gets to side step all that and gets a fight with in Khans own words “the worst champion out there”. It’s not only Khan i have this issue with but i wouldn’t say most boxers do that!
@ shakeeb
Have you fallen out of bed the wrong side of the bed???????
Me support amir
You support amir
Whats wrong with you????????
I can debate boxing shakeeb you sing of the same song sheet every article no wonder all the khan haters bash you up and down and chew you up and spit you out.
Your crazy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous – Do you know anything about boxing? Were not talking about meeting up in the pub car park and throwing 2 punches before getting out of breath and then rolling around the car park. I can only assume you are making fun at Amir Khan. Khan would beat MArquez easily, At there are test at 140, but King khan will beat them all with hard work, commitment and talent.
@ashish warrior
KHANIVORE khan will fight maidana when theres money in the pot.
AMIR is champ marquez is a tough test if it happens.
Who is going to beat amir at 140????
This is an old article taht you have already talked about….. can’t find anything else to hate on
Also it is nice to see all the hater have come out of the woodworks
what the hell has 1806 and 1807 wars got to do with boxing,muppet,maidana no way as talented as khan anyhow ,hope khan takes the fight and shuts everyone up
DON why is khan a joke most boxers cherry pick?
Oh dear,
You really do get some muppets on here! Khan is a joke end of….
9 de julio you pea brain what you going on about stick to the topic or be made to look stupid. England played their worst rugby ever in the autumn internationals but they still beat argentina ha ha so no they don’t always get beat in sport. anyway i’m English but i’m with you concerning khan, he is a coward and should fight Maidana his mandatory or be stripped of the title.
@ juliet 9
who cares if we spanked you in the falklands sweetie this is boxing.
Khans skills will prevail maidana is small fry amir is helping maidana hypeing the fight up so maidana gets a few quid.Because when khan has finished with him its game over
Khanivore will wipe out the 140 division including bomber maidana and will stop the fight when they meet.
I really dont understand the hype about amir khan, he doesnt deserve to have high profile fights with the likes of marquez, judah etc . . . what has he accomplished in his boxing career other than beating pub/taxi driver fighters and old over the hill fighters.
Step up khan and fight maidana or at least fight prescott again and avenge your loss.
khan is a nobody and a chicken
MAIDANA IS THE MAN
Im just tired of hearing about khan, WHO THE HELL CARES!!! he is a nobody and he’s a chicken by not fighting maidana.
maidana would destroy him
I’m sick and tired of Amir “glass Joe” khan and all the attention he’s getting. He’s a B fighter and just like Prince Nas,will be carefully matched with fighters going downhill.there is no doubt Maidana would have whopped that ass. Roach knows it and Golden boy knows it as well. This guy needs to be put out if his misery so we can all rest. If he fights Marquez, he will get his ass handed to him!!!
how many pics of khan looking stupid do you guys have?
It makes me sick how they manipulate the sport just to make money. They are basically openly saying they want to con the public into thinking Khan is a big talented super star, but they dont believe he has the talent to be one.
Otherwise he would destroy his mandatory, then go after unification fights. When he unifies one of the toughest divisions in boxing, he can destroy the only man to beat him… Presscot… then maybe think about moving up in weight to take on other divisions.
That is how Khan would become a super star. A genuine talent.
I am losing my love for the pro game. The best should fight each other, or not be allowed to fight at all. A fighter should not be able to pick and choose easy fights to make the most money. This is a sport. We need more tournements. Where people have no choice but to fight.