Maidana sends letter to the WBA to try and persuade them to force Khan to fight him
September 9th, 2010
By Jim Dower: WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) reportedly sent a letter to the World Boxing Association in an effort to have them make him the mandatory challenger for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s). Maidana, if successful with his letter, will then be able to force Khan to fight him or else he’ll be stripped of his WBA title by the WBA.
Khan is now saying that he might choose to fight someone else besides Maidana, because the Argentinian isn’t his mandatory challenger. The WBA, if they rule in Maidana’s favor, will force Khan to make a big decision whether to fight Maidana or vacate the title.
Maidana said to the WBA that Khan and his trainer Freddie Roach have been making statements that aren’t true about their reasons for not fighting him.
Maidana says that he’s never been offered a fight by Knan, and says that one of the lies that has been said about him. Maidana wants the WBA to either make Khan fight him or else have Khan’s title taken from him and given to Maidana. It’s going to be interesting to see if the WBA will force Khan’s hand, because if they don’t, Khan may opt to fight someone else that is less dangerous and someone he can get a much bigger cut of the revenue against.
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So if Khan can pick and choose who he wants to fight then I wonder who will it be? Garbage truck juice. What a lame…
im sick of all the british fighters at the mo. khan,haye,froch. they all suck and all talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk, and before you go on, im british.
khan is just a scarred little boy hideing behind his mom! let’s give him a brake!
i hate khan
who says maidanas moning bout money khan thats who theres no facts to back it up khan just a scared lonely little boy who knows hes got to go into the lions den and get his head ripped of
wtf is wrong with khan ,just shut up and take the fight ,stop winging like a little girl,stop talking the talk and walk the walk.like 2 old women bikering.he really needs to stay of his twitter page.he.s a pr nightmare.they both need to stop winging about money,like there not getting enough,and do the talking in the ring.
Wow,some of you guys really have a very bad opinion of khan don’t ya!! I rate khan, but agree he needs to make this fight happen. But, maidana should just accept the $400000 he has been offered, as it’s his career best. And if amir is as bad as you all make out it’s an easy fight for him and us surely a no brainer?
khan honestly thinks hes mayweather hes done nothing yet and thinks he cando what he likes please lose your virginity khan and grow up u pathetic excuse for a human being
the guy khan ran over died and its khans fault cos he was driving like a pratt guy ends up paralysed khan fault guy loses job and home khans fault guys wife leaves him he turns to drink and dies khans fault khan i a murderer and shows no remorse for what he did is that the kind of hero u want khan fans
Khan is a arrogant deluded loud mouth cherry picking fraud, he’s called out every one but fought no one of mention,he’s hype job and i can’t wait till some one knocks him out again so this boring con job can be put to bed once and for all.
just been reading cons twitter heis really slagging maidana of callin him a sissy b”ch callinhim madonna then sayin they should call him modana cos hes moaning about money we all know the truth khan u dont want this fight and time is running out for u
“Oli says:
September 9, 2010 at 2:50 pm
So now Kon is making excuses??”
nope…maidana has turned down a career high payday.
I think Khan’s gonna get at him, I’ll always route for boxers over brawlers. One thing I don’t like though is khans reference to mayweather. He said “if I went to floyd for a fight and said i wanna fight but i want 15 million dollars, floyd would say be reasonable.” “so maidana, be reasonable.” I just dont think the guy has proven him self to say something like that. As if hes the big ticket and maidana is lucky to even be mentioned in the same sentence. This is definitely something that has been frustrating me for a long time with boxing. The only two people who should be doing this, if even them, is floyd n pac. not khan, maidana, bradley, alexander, or anyone else who hasnt proved that they can fill seats. However, with that being said, Khan does have somewhat of a following, even in the states. LOL guys try not to attack me too hard when I say this, but I think this proves its not entirely fair to fault floyd for being this way, as we can see it is something that all boxers are doing. There I said it now let it rain down on me! lol
Hang on….i thought this fight had been signed??
No??? Well well well i knew it was too good to be true!
So now Kon is making excuses?? Hes changed his mind just when all his fans had decided thast Kon was guarenteed to win! Will the Kon boys please explain this then.
Kon is a fraud and a coward, and like i have said since day 1 Amir Khan is the most protected fighter in world boxing history and Maidana is definatly a fight he DOESNT want EVER
“rasict card says:
September 9, 2010 at 1:38 pm
didnt you know that maidana signed a deal to stay away from khan for the next three fights or a year. it was common knowledge at the time. google it.”
it’s not common knowledge. it’s speculation. no-one outside of the wbo enforces mandatories back to back. the 3 major alphabet titles you have 18 months…so why would khan NEED to pay step-aside money? he wouldn’t. you are, i think, guilty of believing what people speculate on forums without checking it out for yourself.
regardless…maidana/khan will still probably happen…they’re just bickering over purses. if maidana was so confident he’d be taking the CAREER HIGH PAYDAY he’s already been offered rather than asking for even more. imo it looks like maidana is being the one trying to p*ssy out. just like he did with bradley. twice.
I wonder who Khan is going to fight next.
He could go for old man Casamayo, or wait for JMM. What about the baby bull? He could offer to pay his college fees!
yeh, he ran a red light speeding and ploughed this old guy over and i think the old man was actually using a pedestrian crossing at the time he was flung up onto khans bonnet with his legs flying everywhere, never got back to work and died depressed.
khan came out of court with a smirk on his face delighted he had somehow got off with dangerous driving and never paid any compensation to the guy.
i must get on to khans twitter, it must be entertaining
the man khan ran over ended up paralysed lost his job wife house turned to drink and died and khan has no remorse for the poor mans life he destroyed look it up khan fans its true
i think we can all agree that not many people like khan and is it any wonder why hes arrogant little virgin just bin reading his twitter hes goin on about pickin up his new range rover and callin maidana madonna hes a child
@Racist card: I love how all Stu had to do was quote a little INFORMATION at you, and you ignored his point & went back to citing information you seem unable to back up. Show methe FACTS behind what you say & PERHAPS I’ll believe & respect you.
“rasict card says:
September 9, 2010 at 12:29 pm
maidana is his mandatory for all you MORONS saying he had no choice but to fight salita. he didnt pay salita off did he?”
except khan had to arrange to face salita within 180 days or he would have been stripped of his title. it is actually 18 months from khan facing salita before maidana becomes the mandatory officially & from 18 months khan has 180 days to arrange to face maidana or be stripped. until 18 months expires maidana is not officially the mandatory so it can’t go to purse bids…altho khan can take on his mandatory early if he wants to. don’t blame you for being confused. alphabet rules are f**ked up to say the least.
@ senor ding dong, yes your right to some point but its all the nonsense of number 1 ranked and and so forth. madaina had lost the bout before for the wba title against kotelnik and then beat ortiz for the interim. where as salita was ranked number 1 making him the mandatory. hard to explain but its all nonsense really. either way the wba needs to sort the mess out because madiaina does deserve his shot
wba need to make khan vacate title and take away his lisence
@WK: agreed; trolls indeed. It’s amusing how so many of the muppets who hate Khan not for the colour of his skin, but rather the colour of his passport, will willingly believe anything as long as it makes Khan look bad. Last week this site reported the fight as being signed. Now we have this. What exactly is the truth? I doubt very much that EITHER Khan OR Maidana would tell us 100% of the truth.
amir khan will never ever fight marcos maidan. EVER EVER NEVER EVER EVER. NEVER EVER EVER.
hold a tournament without khan. have the best fights without him. im sick of hearing about him. i hate him. in my dreams maidana crucifies him and hangs him out to dry. in reality khan runs like a scared child every time maidanas name is mentioned.
to the fans khan has left, you are all SUCKERS.
maidana is his mandatory for all you MORONS saying he had no choice but to fight salita. he didnt pay salita off did he?
funny how the non punchers like malignaggi can ask what they want as far as money goes but as soon as khan doesnt want to fight someone they are asking for too much money.
excuses excuses. thank you maidana for writing the truth in a letter, i hope he isnt stripped of the belt because id love to see you knock his lights out for good.
Khan never just chose to fight Dmitri Salita he had to as Salita at that time he was his mandatory challenger.
Most sanctioning bodies would have striped him by now
And Khan cause his your mandatory challenger not Salita
Now,everybody knows why the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has always problem.
It is Freddy Roaches who doesnt want his fighters to fight true champs.
The same situation with Pacquiao,they dont want to fight in the same level,they want to fight weaks opponents.Now,Roaches begins to make excuses by not fighting Maidana,where is his greatness?If Pacquiao-Mayweather doesnt happen,the true responsable is Roaches.The steroid trainer,trainer who wants to fight weaks opponents.
I thought this fight was already made.
ROFLMAO @ All the Anti-Khan trolls
@ senor ding dong you are right. Maidana is interim champion and should be next in line for a shot and ranked number 1 below him is ortiz. . I dont think khan wants to fight either of them. Before khan groupies jump down my throat and say he has already beat ortiz. . It aint the amateurs anymore.
@Mugs and @hodgy,
I am quite certain Maidana became interim champion(beating Ortiz) before Khan fought Salita. Surely as Interim Champion, that puts him next in line, doesn’t it?
Khan hasn’t got to fight his mandatory yet but has chosen to fight Maidana in December. Maidana wants more money than he is being offered. That is the story. So Maidana sending a letter to the WBA is meaningless and just a gesture. Khan can fight someone else and let this one go to purse bids eventually if a price can’t be agreed.
He knows he will get beat so is after the most money he can. Maidana is the worst boxer brawler who is overated. Even more so than roman Martinez.
senor ding dong, i may ne wrong but im pretty sure salita was the mandatory to kotelnik and khan paid him to step aside, ie he had to face salita after
maidana sends a letter to wba cos hes wants to fight con and khan says maidana is scared of him oh khan u have know idea how stupid u look right now
boxers stepped into ring with a prime tyson and had a go would prince naseem try to avoid chino no would sugar ray etc no khan u are a trash talking coward
@Senor Ding Dong
Salita was Khans mandatory chosen by WBA as he was ranked no.1 higher than maidana! but I think its about time Maidana had a shot at the title!
if wbc dont demand this fight thay are bad for boxing also
khan is bad for boxing end of
When it comes to manning up, Amir Khant.
guess floyd inherit some skills to khan….the art of dodging skills or simply put 1000 excuses on how to avoid your feared opponent…nice move khan
Amir “King Coward” Khan
I guess it’s upto the WBA to decide, but IMO Khan has been avoiding Maidana for far too long, and Maidana deserves a shot at the title now. I understand where Khan is coming from, obviously he wants to avoid getting knocked out and messing up his career. So he should do the decent thing and vacate the title.
@hodgy,
Salita was not the mandatory, Khan put up the belt against Salita to get the WBA off his back for a while. It was a choice, otherwise the WBA were going to choose an opponent for him i.e. force him to fight Maidana.
all u khan fans wheres your hero now running out the back door thats where he is looking for another weak puncher easy fight your not good for boxing khan
khan i the biggest coward on the planet if he pulls out and fights some weakling again i wont be paying to watch and i hope that goes for all of u then we will c how much money u can make con coward khan
khan fight someone else ha ha like who anyone who has a name is booked to fight who is there oh maybe khan can rematch paulie lol or fight 45 year old joel casamoyer who he was supposed to fight in july what a joke
can u really trust what khan says anymore he never wanted this fight ever he paid chino of last time to not fight him i read khan had signed fight anyway thats what his twit said maidana wants to fight con dosent simple as
ITS FUNNY HOW KHAN IS MAKING UP THE MONEY EXCUSE BUT HE HAS NEVER STATED THE AMOUNT MAIDANA ASKED FOR AND NOW HE IS SAYING MAIDANA IS SCARED OF HIM? HAHAHAHA KHAN IS RETARDED ( MAIDANA HE IS SCARED BUT WRITES A LETTER TO FORCE THE FIGHT?) HE REALLY DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE F HE IS TALKING ABOUT
Well this come as no surprise what have all the Khan love boy got to say now.