Khan: “He [Maidana] seems scared”
September 8th, 2010
By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) said that he thinks World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) is afraid to fight him. Speaking on his Twitter page, the 23-year-old Khan says “Looking good guys for December 11th fight in the UK. Maidana sent out an article saying I shouldn’t care about his purse. Well, I should I’m co-promoting the fight. He seems scared. Come on, Maidana, let’s get it on!”
Khan hasn’t fought any big sluggers since being knocked out in the 1st round two years ago by Breidis Prescott, and Khan hasn’t looked eager to take on Maidana during the past year. Although Khan has had the chance to fight Maidana, he instead chose to go after the non-threatening Paulie Malignaggi in his last fight in May.
After that fight, Khan said he was going to take on the top fighters in the light welterweight division, including Maidana. However, up until recently, Khan had been trying to fight lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez instead of Maidana. That changed when Marquez said that he wouldn’t be moving up to the light welterweight division and would instead stay at lightweight to defend his WBA/WBO lightweight titles against WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis.
Maidana, in the meantime, is concerned that Khan is trying to weasel out of fighting him by complaining that Maidana wants too much money. Khan has a reputation as a fighter that has amazing boxing skills but is flawed with a weak chin. He won’t be able to prove his doubters wrong if he keeps taking on light hitting fighters instead of big punchers like Maidana. And at some point, Khan will have to fight Maidana because the WBA will almost surely have to strip Khan of his title unless he does finally fight him.
The only way Khan wouldn’t have to fight Maidana is if he can wait him out long enough for someone else to come along and beat him. Khan never fought a rematch with Prescott, and now that he’s been beaten twice by other fighters, Khan says there’s no reason to fight him. Could the same thing happen with Maidana if Khan waits long enough?
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Step up Con
Con is so afraid of Maidana you can smell what he did in his pants through the computer!!!!!!!! Con knows he will get KNOCKED THE F*?% OUT by Maidana!!!
I bet khan don,t fight maidana he will say it was about money that when we know its running down his leg cm on you sit house fight him..,-
Set of bollocks he needs
Maidana with turn khans lights out he don,t want to be in their with a big puncher ,but roach as sent fed him to the sharks…
Maidana, afraid to fight A Mere Con? Maybe afraid Con will fall on him once he gets KO’d!! Do they have medical marijuana dispenseries in England, or is Con still tripping from his last “trip” to the Wildcard?
HAHA KHAN IS TRYING TO SWITCH THE SCRIPT HAHAHA WHAT A PUNK KHAN SHOULD BE SAYING I DONT CARE ABOUT MONEY LETS GET IT ON MAIDANA DONT NEED TO PROVE NOTHING HE HAS A GOOD REP BUT KHAN DOESNT HES KNOWN AS PUNK,CHERRY PICKER HAHAHAHA WHAT PUNK KHAN NEEDS TO GROW SOME BALLS
So after calling you out like crazy, chasing you around, and ummmm…CALLING YOU OUT LIKE CRAZY it’s MAIDANA who is scared???? WOW it’s funny how that works! That’s like the nerd calling out the bully before the story builds and the nerd finally builds up the courage to face the bully. It doesn’t happen like that KHAN so don’t try and sell us BULLSH*T because we AIN’T BUYING!!!
Why? How much is Maidana asking?
Khan as a glass jaw
no one respects khan anmore apart from one or two morons on his fansite which never gets any replies.
khan you have no chin what so ever and you know it.
Khan wants a rematch with Paulie.
Khan your the one running away from the fight your always talking about how much money you got so put your money where your mouth is and take the fight.
If Maidana don’t destroy u alexander and bradley sure will
@ king kong
i dont know if you know this, but Maidana is the WBA interim champ, so yeah, he’s pretty much the mandatory challenger, so shut up when grown folks is talkin.
Khan is right, Maidana is not mandatory, Khan doesn’t have to fight him. Khan is choosing to fight him.
Maidana has no right to demand 5 times the amount he made against Ortiz or Kotelnik. All this about writing to the WBA is bullsh1t. If Maidana isn’t mandatory then what can the WBA do about it? I think Maidana is in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks he is mandatory to Amir Khan.
Yes it’s true Maidana has to make a living, but it has to be a few hundred dollars either side compared to what he made with Kotelnik. Maidana isn’t a WORLD CHAMPION, so he should be privileged that Khan is mentioning his name.
It is obvious by now that Maidana is playing politics as he is scared, and don’t forget that Khan has every right to talk about how much Maidana can earn as Khan has his own promotional company ‘KHAN PROMOTIONS’ check it out.
khan i was beginning to become of fan anymore excuses and youll start sounding like mayweather
khan you are the 1 thats afraid, maidana even had to write a letter to wbc to make the fight happen, you are just like mayweather, any excuse if the opasition is a threat to your cerreer, man up because i see you out box this guy
khans gonna get ko’d and he knows that. i was a big fan of khan until he got ahead of himself. they say hes the best.(best dukker). hes not on bradley/alex/maidana level and yet they compare him to mayweather and pacman. i think get this khan bum in the ring with Michael Katsidis and he’d ko him. khan is a protected fighter who knows his time is closer.
i thought con said the fight was signed on his twit god what a loser fight maidana no matter how much money he wants cos if con dont fight whos gonna want to watch him fight weak punchers and nobodys