Will Khan stop Malignaggi?
February 12th, 2010
By Chris Williams: Although the contracts still haven’t been signed for the proposed fight between World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) and Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s), it’s looking like this fight will be taking place on May 15th at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. This will be the debut fight for Khan in front of what could be a large American viewing audience on HBO. As of now, few Americans outside of the hardcore boxing fans have heard of Khan. Malignaggi, 29, is better known because his fights against Miguel Cotto, Lovemore N’dou, Edner Cherry, Herman Ngoudjo, Ricky Hatton and Juan Diaz have all been televised.
Malignaggi has an excellent chin and has never been stopped while on the canvas. Khan, with his power and hand speed, could open some eyes if he can put Malignaggi down for the count and have him finishing the fight on the deck. For that to happen, though, Khan is going to have to take off the controls that have been put on his offense by his new trainer Freddie Roach.
Khan won’t be able to knock a fighter like Malignaggi by jabbing him and using movement all night long. Khan will have to revert back to his old style of fighting in which he threw a lot of combinations and pretty much blitzed his over-matched opponents. This would be the perfect opportunity for Khan to do that, because Malignaggi doesn’t have the kind of power to hurt Khan and take him out like Breidis Prescott did in a 1st round knockout in 2008. If Khan gets knocked out or put down by a light hitter like Malignaggi, then I don’t know if Khan will be able to ever become the big star in the United States that his promoters Golden Boy Promotions are hoping he’ll be.
I don’t expect Khan to be able to run over Malignaggi like he did against his last opponent, Dmitri Salita. Malignaggi is a lot better than Salita, with a better chin and hand speed. However, as Hatton showed in his win over Malignaggi, if you can keep batter him with hard shots late in the fight, Khan could wear him down and force a stoppage. Khan looked really good in dropping Salita with a hard right hand in the opening seconds of his fight with him in December.
If Khan can land a shot like that early in the fight, he might get lucky and be able to stun Malignaggi. I kind of doubt it, because Malignaggi has both a good chin and sound defense, but it’s worth a try. Khan needs to unload everything on Malignaggi in this fight and forget about defense. He’s got to focus on his letting his hands go because his performance against Andriy Kotelnik in winning the WBA title was quite dull. I can’t imagine boxing fans in the U.S. becoming sold on Khan if he beats Malignaggi while looking like that.
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Why the f**k is khan fighting some one with a record of only 5 K.O’s im discusted lol i cant belive it.
Malignaggi appears to be pretty durable with a big heart so to underestimate him is foolish! He also has decent defensive skills and hand speed so he can be a spoiler, especially
if his opponant has a bad night!
I would love to see Paul win this fight and take some of the ego out of Freddy Roach!
Malignaggi has better chance than most people give him especially if fighting in his hometown and could win a close decision. Love to see Khan getting ko’d by such a light puncher.
Agreed, i don’t see Khan ever knocking out Malignaggi. If he wins it’ll be by decision.
@oli
I agree oli paulie has shared the ring with the likes of cotto and ricky hatton.
At least amir is fighting a decent fighter!!!!!
Bradley will face another peterson/salita for his next opponent LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Basically iv never ever seen khan in with a world class fighter yet. Iv seen paulie in with world class fighters and hold his own. So i have no reason to believe that khan is going to win
Theres about 0% chance that khan knocks paulie out. Khan isnt a puncher! And paulie has a great chin. In my opinion also paulie is the better boxer. So paulie by UD, khans made a mistake by thinking this is an easy fight
Gunitss,
What a stupid, irresponsible comment. It’s people like you that provoke racial hatred. If you want to talk politics then go to another forum.
Words really do fail me…………Idiot!
Khan KO or cuts stoppage in the 7th or 8th. The only fighters around lightweight, light-welter and welterweight that Khan isn’t ready for, are Pacquaio, Mayweather and Mosley. The rest are comfortably beatable for Khan.
If anyone is in doubt over Khan’s abilities, watch him sparring with Manny on youtube. Khan shows him what speed really means. The quickest fighter in the world, accompanied with considerable power should mean he walks over Paulie.
I don’t think we need to worry about the outcome of this fight, more significant is Khan’s next prospect. Marquez, Maidana or Bradley.
What sort of response is “do it for 911″? What does that have to do with boxing? What does that have to do with Amir Khan? Ignorant response, forget writing on boxing websites, watch Paulie and then watch Khan, if you still think Paulie will win then you are devoid of all of our senses!
Davey
You really know sweet FA about boxing if you think Maidana would get him more recognition then Malignaggi…
Paulie is just commersialised crap end of!! Dont let the promoters pall wool over your eyes!
Khan makes the wrong choice again , he says he` d get no recognition for beating Madaina , but hey he`ll get less for fighting Paulie, geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
Kon Kan’t fan base can be seen clearly on this forum by reading the various post on different stories about him,and any one who dare’s to criticise Kon Kan’t are label Haters!!!!!but boxing fans who follow the sport can spot a cherry picking protected fraud from a mile away!!!and what and a lot of boxing fans hate most is a bunch of Kon Kan’t groupies who just support him because he’s one of there own!!! as displayed by the various pseudonym names.Kon Kan’t said that Malignaggi is not at the same level as him!!!!that rich from a mouthy delusional money grabbing glass chin fraud like Kon Kan’t who been been flattened by smaller boxers like Willy Limond Michael Gomez and KNOCK OUT by Prescott.
Boxing fans should know, khan will fight madaina, he will fight bradley and clean the division. However, he is making a debut fight in america having just faced an mandatory. IF people are worried khan will face bad fighters don’t worry. GBP will make sure khan fights the best. Khan is 23 but when he is 26 he will be the most feared fighter on the planet. Pacman II
This fight will goto decision and will be a close one, would be an interesting fight to watch. I would like to see Mallgnaggi win , only if he had the KO power would have been a great boxer.
i think khanh will KO malignaggi inside 6! its a made fight for him. he is so fast his only thret is a big puncher and thats why he will not fight 1…
khan comments about being on another level,get under the skin especially when paulii shared the ring with the likes of hatton diaz and cotto,,,khan very talented tho,but talking it and walking it are very different things,now its crunch time,lets see what hes made of,if hes as good as he thinks he is he should blow paulii right outa there,early stoppage,and what a way to make everyone sit up and listen doing something that ricky cotto and diaz couldnt manage,,,,,should be intersting,,,,or he could end up with egg on his face ie prescott,,,(or paulii,s left.lol)might be a humbling night for khan,,,but i recon if he can keep the tempo up paulii gonna struggle keeping up with him,,,khans a fast starter,,and usually catches them off guard early on,,,,,!!!!!
yeah i agree with poor noynoys…..
he wont stop paulie and although paulie aint got that much of a punch its all about timing, he did rock diaz in 2nd fight but also rocked cotto in there fight so if khan keeps his chin exposed he will get exposed…..
I doubt he stops him, if Paulie could take Cotto’s shots, he shouldn’t have any problem with Khan.
The risk is that Khan gets overconfident and leaves that humpty dumpty chin of his out there, because while Paulie mostly throws pillows, occasionally he lands a snapper in there (a la Malignaggi-Diaz II).
Otherwise, Khan UD.
kahn will ko mallignaggi easy,to be honest im no fan of either of these guys,but kahn is young and fresh,i watched his last fight ringside in newcastle even though it was against the unimpressive salita,he batterd him and made him look very average at least,trust me kahn will beat most the fighters in the division,personally i think he should be matched up with timothy bradley who every one seems to overlook,,
Khan has some power, most his KO’s have more been through the speed of his shots than his power, a stunned opponant can not get out of the way so its either go down or let the ref jump in.
Paulie has a great chin and is a quality boxer, hes much better than Salita and Kotelnik, Khan may feel brave enough to unleash some power against the soft punching American but Malanaggi wont be a sitting target like Khan seems to be getting used to.
I dont care what people think of Khan or Malannaggi this should be a decent and interesting fight.
I don’t like Paulie, but I don’t like Khan even more. I am going to be rooting for Paulie in this one. Besides Paulie at least lost to greater fighters than Khan has even fought.
It might be one of those double knock outs! Khan has a weak chin but also has enough power to maybe knock out Paulie. I have a better idea though, Paulie should quit boxing and join the Jersey Shore cast and Khan should quit being a sissy and fight Maidana.
i wish this fight take place in new york so i could see it live long live the king imeaN AMIR KHAN FROM BENSONHURST BROOKLYN
Not knockin him down let alone out wouldn’t be suprised if it was a draw, but probably khan by ud
one fghter tht kahnt take a punch an one tht hits as hard as a tomato!! gbp sort ur sht out stop wastin boxin fans time
This fight will be Paulie’s coming out party. He will coast to an easy UD!
Remember he is only 23
This is still a learning curve for him too
any win is a win right now
When he hits his pezk in a few yrs and still holds the belt/s then we can judge his performances better
I think he will blow paulie away no problem to be honest
he will clean up the division by the time he is 27
Alan, Khan’s last fight was a title defense against mandatory Dmitry Salita. He has been defending his title and plans on fighting Maidana in the future. Why should he fight 2 straight mandatories when has the potential to make more money in fights with JMM, Paulie. And why should he fight Bradley, the king of the division after only 2 fights at 140 lbs, when again he can get more money vs a good fighter like Paulie. It’s ridiculous to expect Khan to fight the best when he is still being groomed as a prospect. Khan can easily fight Bradley in a couple of years when he has fully developed. The haters won’t be satisfied until Khan beats Maidana, Bradley, and Ortiz (who he stopped in amateurs btw) in one night
khan has light fists, salita fought bums, he has a glass jaw,
i think khan will be the 1st to stop malinagani in convincing manner,
Wow when ESB put out an article stating mallignagi as Amir Khan next opponent it attracted over 500 comments… I guess Amir is one of the most popular boxers around whether you haters like it or not
The fight most would have liked was him facing Marcos Maidana as he is the mandatory challenger of his WBA Light – welterweight title. Why hold a world title if Khan is not ready or even prepared to defend it against the mandatory challenger Marcos Maidana. Khan is obviously running scared of facing boxers like Marcos Maidana and WBO king Timothy Bradley and Khan cant continue to hand pick his opponents and be taken seriously as we all know he is a fraud just like American promoter Gary Shaw said.
Me personally cant see amir khan stopping paulie.Cotto and hatton busted paulie up bad and although the towel was thrown in at the hatton fight paulie even battered clearly wanted to carry on.
Although i think amir will win the fight by a ud.I wouldnt be suprised if paulie outslicks amir for 4 or 5 rounds ok he hasnt got ko power but he knows how to survive in the ring and me personally footwork wise i would give the advantage to paulie.
I just cant see amir dominating paulie like hatton and cotto did.
And one thing for certain if khan does struggle against paulie then you wont see amir calling out the hitman like he has been doing.
Khan needs to be careful because even casual fans are going to see his cherrypicking antics by not facing dangerous ko artists like maidana etc.
I think that Amir Khan is a good and powerful player for his age. If he wasn’t he wouldn’t have achieved this much at this age. I think that people initially do not know Amir Khan and take a disliking to him. This is wrong, and people should keep their personal opinions to themselves. Best of luck Amir!
Khan isnt that poweful its his fast combos and a fighter has no choice but to go down watch last 2 knockdowns on Salita fight he just didnt know what to do
I think he could knock him down few times and win wide UD