Khan wants to fight Diaz-Marquez winner in England
June 30th, 2010
By William Mackay: Not only does World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) want to fight the winner of the lightweight clash between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz on July 31st, but it now looks like Khan wants that fight to take place in his home country of England. That obviously would give Khan a huge advantage. Khan would already have a big advantage in size, reach, height, youth and hand speed over the two small lightweights.
Instead of stopping the fight and ruling it a no contest, the bout was allowed to go on until the 5th round, when it was finally stopped due to the blood that was pouring into Barrera’s eyes, preventing him from seeing properly. It was the same got, no worse than before, that had originally opened in the 1st round.
“I’m looking at fighting in Vegas or England,” Khan said in an article at Thesun.co.uk. “I want to fight the winner of the Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz bout. That is very much on the cards.” Why should a great fighter like Marquez have to move up in weight, and then travel all the way to England to fight someone like Khan, who has only a handful of experience at the pro level against top tier opponents?
Shouldn’t Khan be fighting someone in his own weight division, preferably WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) or Devon Alexander? Why not either of those guys? Why not Timothy Bradley or Victor Ortiz. I’d much rather see Khan face those guys than dragging an old lightweight halfway across the world to fight him in front of Khan’s home audience. What makes it even more off putting is that Marquez has been a great fighter for over a decade now,winning three titles in the featherweight division, another title in the super featherweight division and finally two titles at lightweight.
Whereas Khan hasn’t even taken on the best fighters in his own division, and is looking to fight lightweights instead. By going after lightweights, it looks by appearances, like Khan, or his promoters, is cherry picking beatable opponents in order to make a name the easy way. I wouldn’t mind Khan dragging one of the top light welterweights all the way to England, if they were willing to go along with it, or Breidis Prescott. But to take on an old Marquez or a fighter like Diaz, who has lost three out of his last five fights, it just looks bad.
Khan said he wants to be a star in the U.S., yet he’s looking to fight older lightweights in England. He already took on the light hitting Paulie Malignaggi in his last fight in May instead of taking on the slugger Maidana. Supposedly, Khan was then going to start fighting the big names in the light welterweight division. What we’re getting instead is Khan looking to fight a lightweight at home.
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as a true boxing fan Khan has no place to call out Marquez he is not in the same weight class, he is getting older and smaller fighter, not only because Marquez would be miss matched against khan but also because he does not belong in the same ring with a world class , and respected boxer like marquez, if marquez fight him, marquez should be calling the shots, make khan come down weight to fight him. This guy is way over rated and I can’t wait till they place him in the ring with some one good so he can get put in his place
jaja anything thats not Maidana! poor Maidana has been almost two years the Intermid champion and has not had a chanse!
Hatton, Do you understand anything about weight divisions?
Khan couldn’t take a punch at lightweight, hence his many knockdowns.
Now Khan fights at “Light-welterweight” and is choosing fighters with low KO rates and is now, pulling a fighter up from his old division.
Apparently, after “unifying” the Light-welterweight division, he’s going to step up to “Welterweight”.
Where in all probability, he’ll start pulling fighters from the light-welterweight division.
This guy is going to nick as much money as he can fighting smaller opponents, with not much pop in their punches.
The evidence is there and it cannot be refuted.
WBA Light Welterweight World Champion who wants to “unify” the division fighting a 36 year old Lightweight!
No more excuses from the Amir Khan fans please!
Very good analysis by writer. Indeed, there is no point for Khan fighting winner of Marquez-Diaz fight. If Khan fights winner, fight result is a far gone conclusion. Whoever the winner will be, they are made to order for Khan because Marquez or Diaz is a very slow “boat to china” fighter. Golden Boy is not doing any merit or favor to Khan by cherry picking his opponents. At this time, a fight of Khan against Ortiz or Madaina or Prescot would make a lot of sense. If is a good start to groom a fighter for bigger future fights against Bradley, Alexander or Mae Weeder later on. That is the way to go, but never against old Marquez or slow Diaz.
Apoligies for the double hits.
Yeah, I agree Amir Khan is cheery picking there’s not doubt about it… Why doesn’t he take on the best at his division? He quoted “I’m not leaving the division(junior lightweight) until I’m unified”. Will if u really want to be the best, why take the Winnner of Marquez-Diaz?
To weak chin khan, the reason khan will NOT face prescot again is due to the fact he does not want a face like he received in the first encounter when the big shots conected; take a look at the pictures and you will instantly understand.
Well you cant, you ugly punk!!! You have to prove yourself. Beating Malignaggi meant NOTHING!!!
The winner will no doubt be Marquez, and that veteran will call the shots. And he will destroy you.
Thanks for reading.
@ hatton
the kid only 23.
he didnt win a belt to early.
aint that a contradition?
Why not try to fight in your home country.You automaticaly get the advantage.Froch is not dumn either.
Hatton,He’s not a kid he’s man and rich one at that from fighting smaller soft punching ageing opponents, you Khan groupies follow him because he’s one one of own,the real fight fans follow the great sport regardless of colour or creed,but we all know a cherry picking frauds when we see one,and you can call people haters but i,ll return the complement i hate khan nob huggers like you, go back to watching cricket or squash.
im from britain and as far as i see it khan is trying to get fights with legends of the game who are excuse the term ” past their best” barrera, jmm so he can brag about beating them… we all know khan is an arrogant guy and these fights only feed his arrogance even more… khan has only ever fought 1 person who had a fair chance of beating him and he was wiped out in 52 seconds i think it was.. say what you want about the trainer for that fight but the facts are that khan will never be a great because he’ll never fight anyone great in the prime.. i dont think he’s as confident as he likes to make out he is
LOL U LOT GIVE ME JOKES. THE KIDS ONLY 23 WITH ONLY 23 FIGHTS IN THE BAG. I THINK BEATING JMM WOULD BOOST HIS CAREER AND PUT HIM IN THE SPOT LIGHT. BY THEN HE WOULD MOST PROBABLY BE IN HIS PRIME.I DO THINK HE BECAME A WORLD CHAMP TO EARLY IN HIS CAREER. BUT WATS DUN IS DUN. I THINK HE SHOULD TAKE IT EASY UNTIL HE IS ATLEAST 25 THE SAME AGE AS PEOPLE IN HIS OWN WEIGHT CLASS. AS FOR THE HATERS Y ARE U FOLLOWING KHAN??? WHY ARE U READING UP ON ARTICALS ABOUT KHAN??? GO FOLLOW SOME OTHA BOXER STOP THE HATEING JUST CAUSE HIS FUTURE IS MOLDING UP NICELY THEIR IS NO NEED TO HATE GO READ ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE.
khan needs to fight a young up and comer,people arent gonna take him seriously until he does,madaina ,bradley ,ortiz,katsisis,alexander..
khan step up,or continue to be rediculed and roach might be making him lots of money but his r3putation is gonna be in tatters he carries on like this
The only reason Khan isn’t fighting the top fighters yet is probably because Golden boy and freddie roach think he’s not ready yet, either one of them should let khan know this because his mouth seems to get a little bigger after every fight, I like watching Khan box and I think he has the potential to be great, but he’s not there yet… And someone should tell him that.
Come on Khan there’s plenty of decent opposition in your own division. See this is why he doesn’t get the support he thinks he deserves.
i hope marquez knocks khan out
the problem is golden boy has too many fighters in the division. He could fight a british fighter like Mc Closkey or Murray
Yes Mckay Khan should K brothers, Adamek, Haye, Dawson, Bute, ward, You tosser your bias in unreal hater
Must agree with ALL these posts, why wont Amir Khan fight decent opposition in his own weight class such as his mandatory Maidana or chase down the top dogs of Ortiz, Alexander or Bradley? I would even accept him fighting a lightweight, if it was someone like Katsidis.
For him to drag up veterans JMM or Diaz as credible opposition is shameful. He wouldn’t have gone anywhere near either of them had they been 5 years younger, regardless of weight class.
Maybe the answer is easier than it seems; he wont take on Maidana, Ortiz, Alexander, Bradley or Katsidis because all can fight back!
As a former Amir Khan fan, it brings me no pleasure to say this, but he is quickly turning into another Fraudley Harrison joke.
Amir it’s more shameful to deny fear than it is to run from danger, just fight maidana!!
hey you’ll lose but at least youll lose to proper fighter and not just a bum because thats all you ever fight.
People laughwhen you mention guys like mayweather and hatton in your league those guys are fighters you are a bum!
Is Khan exempt from fighting a mandatory?
“”"Shouldn’t Khan be fighting someone in his own weight division, preferably WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) or Devon Alexander”"”"”
Well Maidana is sorting out his managerial problems ref the open letter 7th June and Devon Alexander is taking a massive huge giant step forward by fighting Kotelnik!!
So they both cant happen plain and simple!
Next……….
IM GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE IS ONTO AMIR KHAN -
HE FIGHTS NON PUNCHERS OLD MEN AND LIGHTWEIGHTS THIS GUY IS BECOMING A JOKE AND HE ISNT FOOLING ANYONE ANYMORE !!!
TOTAL RESPECT TO ALL FANS WHO REALISE WHAT AMIR CON IS ABOUT !!
HOW LONG WILL HE RUN FROM MAIDANA HIS MANDATORY ?
Im English and even im starting to get annoyed by Khan’s blatent dodging of the light-welter fighters.Unfortunately there are many casual boxing fans who dont really understand just how much of an advantage Khan is getting by fighting these older lightweights.The only fights im interested in seeing are Khan vs Maidana or Ortiz
why not fight someone his own size ,a joke.
WHY DOES KHAN WANT MARQUEZ VS DIAZ WINNER – HE SHOULD FIGHT PRESSCOT
I agree that Khan has to wipe his weight division. He is already big for a light welter anyway. He says that he wants to be popular in America, and it is not by fighting easy bouts at home that it will come.
I really do not understand why this man does not simply defend his light welterweight title against a light welterweight. Could Amir Khan be a con artist?
WHATS UP WITH THIS CLOWN AND HIS LAME PROMOTIONAL TEAM SETTING FIGHTS WITH LIGHTWEIGHTS, ITS STUPID HOW GOLDEN BOY IS TRYING TO BLOW THIS GUY UP AND MAKE HIM POPULAR BY MAKING HIM FIGHT A GREAT LIGHTWEIGHT LIKE JMM, IN WICH WE ALL KNOW KHAN HAS ALL THE ADVANTAGES TO WIN THAT FIGHT. WHY DONT THEY PROVE TO US THE FANS THAT KHAN IS THE REAL DEAL BY MAKING HIM FIGHT THE BEST IN HIS WEIGHTCLASS AND NOT BY PUNKING AROUND LIGHTWEIGHTS. KHAN AND GOLDEN BOY IS SH*T.
Said it before and I’ll say it again, Khan is like David Haye. He will TALK about who he wants to fight but the people behind them will ALWAYS cherry pick the easiest fights rather than COMPETITIVE fights. Why RISK the glass jaws getting hit when you can quite easily build up the money and the wins. Pathetic.