Khan says Maidana never hurt him
December 14th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: In the latest boxing news, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) is in a state of denial about being hurt by Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) last Saturday night. Khan won the fight by a 12 round unanimous decision but was staggered twice in the 10th round of the fight and took tremendous punishment in the final three rounds of the fight without stop.
In an article at the telegraph.co.uk, Khan said “I watched it twice. The judges had it a lot closer than it should have been. When I saw the fight I thought I won convincingly. He was hitting me with a lot of shots on my defense. I was landing the cleaner shots.” Unless Khan considers his head a part of his defense, I think he needs to sit down and watch his fight with Maidana for a third time and this time he needs to wear his glasses and look closely.
Maidana was teeing off on Khan in the last three rounds of the fight, and also landed effectively in other rounds. Khan showed defensive skills in the fight and mostly blocking punches with his head. Khan wasn’t landing the cleaner shots. He was landing the weaker shots and throwing a lot of slapping punches.
Khan said “He hit me with his best shot and it didn’t hurt me. When he caught me with that shot in the 10th, I knew exactly where I was. At no point was I gone. I was under pressure, I was hurt at times, he hit me on the back of the head a lot and I have a few marks there, but I came back and showed heart.”
Well, it looks like Khan just admitted he was hurt. I wonder if Maidana may be looked knocked loose some of Khan’s marbles, because he’s talking as if he’s mixed up. And, yeah, Maidana landed some punches to the back of Khan’s head, but only when Khan was holding Maidana by one of his arms and turning his back on Maidana to keep from getting hit in the head. If Khan hadn’t been holding onto Maidana’s arm, he wouldn’t have been hit. But turning his back on Maidana was Khan’s fault, not Maidana’s.
Here’s Khan’s best line: “I knew from day one I had a great chin…People keep saying I’ve got no chin. I’ve proved that by taking all these shots.” I hate to break this to Khan but he doesn’t have a good chin. If he did, he wouldn’t have been staggered twice in the 10th. And the reason why he wasn’t knocked out was because he was running for his life the entire fight.
Khan wasn’t standing in front of Maidana. He was moving all night long in big circles. That isn’t exactly proving you have a good chin if you’re moving continuously. Had Khan stood there in front of Maidana all night long and taken his best shots without getting staggered or knocked out, I then would agree with him that he has a good chin. But that’s not what Khan did. He ran, he held and the referee Joe Cortez separated him and Maidana when Khan was getting pounded on the inside.
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Pete said:
“In fact did any of you hear what Freddy Roach said to Khan after the tenth round? He said “its working”.
@Pete,
Roach said he was SERIOUSLY thinking about stopping the fight in that 10th round. So, uhhh,what’s working?…
DID NOT HURT YOU ,SUN GLLASSES IN THE WINTER ?
hahaahah never hurt me hahaha LMFAO!!! he got you wabbling and your legs buckling..foo
I think Khan made that statement right after the bell rung on the 12 round, ’cause he was half unconscious or just thinking stupid. LOL!
It looked to me that Maidina’s punching power may be a little over rated. Certianly Kahn was hurt, his nose was two times the size after the fight…..Kahn won that fight and he is a pretty good fighter but how long can he stay on top of his game?
Not Hurt???
Was he too stung to know
he was wabbling and legs buckling??
Come on Amir who are you trying to fool man.
Amir Khan is a reason why boxing is one the decline…Think about it…A boxing champion that runs around dodging engagement. He says he wasn’t hurt, please save that for a blind person. As for taking a punch, then why was he running for his life. Its pathetic that a champion was given a decision after getting smashed as Amir did and not to mention run around a ring to avoid contact. Straight pathetic. Kuddos Maidana.
What are you talking about?!?
In the post-fight interview he said he WAS hurt but his head was clear enough to stay out of trouble.
You’re not even taking things out of context Scott. You’re just lying about things now.
This is exactly why I’m not a fan of Khan, it’s obvious Maidana hurt him in the later rounds.
Who is khan trying to fool with that comment? we saw it.
Scott wrote negative articles about Khan before fight so of course he’s not going to give credit after,, I even bet on maidana but Khan was still standing at end of fight, winning is winning
I find it really sad that there’s people like Scott & William on this site. You’re very sad people and overly focused on Khan. You need to count the amount of articles your writing about Khan (Probably in the 100s). It’s getting out of hand, how come you have so much time on your hands? Don’t you have kids? Family? Wives/girlfriends? I doubt it very much….I believe your fat and overweight people who have never been successful with women. Have you lost your virginity? Live a little….Your life shouldn’t revolve around Amir Khan
fair but firm
the big deal is khans fans thought he was going to bite the dust v maidana and werent to know like the rest of us he would be using escape techniques to save his eggshell chin from letting him down again. his running technique was ridiculous and he still managed to get nearly knocked out. well down to khans fans, mayweather next yeeaahh. bring it on.
delusion?
lol khan didnt get hurt yea right
Gilfoid you obviously have something against Khan. Khan said straight after the fight that at times he was hurt during the fight. Please stop writing you muppet
The days of Sugar Ray and Ali are gone what happened to knowing and appreciating a good fight where eveyone takes a little gives a little with all these bs fighters now no wonder MMA is gaining steam Ward /Gotti fought wars nowdays everyone wants a guy to never get hit or fight a war well wait on Mayweather to come back pitty pat punch eek out decisions but claim to be best fighter ever and crown his punk ass champion of bs!!!!!
Maidana gassed himself out in the 10th he put everything into it. He was tired in the 11th and 12th and didn’t land anything meaningful.
Everyone is getting carried away with Khan again. everyone is kissing so much Khan ass is shocking. maidana is a awful fighter. everyone going on like he beat mayweather. Khan was the favourite for petes sake. Whats the big deal.
this guy is ridiculous he did a great job boxing i was impressed but to turn around and say he was never hurt when there were at least 4 times he was on noodle legs is ridiculous
THE ONLY PERSON I SAW IN ANY PAIN WAS MAIDANA ROLING ON THE FLOOR LIKE A GOLDFISH GASPING FOR AIR…..DID YOU SEE THE MIDGET ARGIE?HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GONNA BE SICK……THE BELL SAVED THAT MIDGETS ONE DIMENSIONAL ASS BIG TIME!
A sharpshooting boxer will always win against a brawler. Khans superior technical skills, fast footwork, accurate combinations and good balance is what kept him ahead on the judges scorecards. The mistake he made was straying from his gameplan in the 10th round, and we all know that could have been a very costly one, when Maidana began landing his bombs.
Khan needs to stick to his gameplan in future and not become complacent. Also he needs to forget about floyd mayweather and concentrate on unifying his own divison. Wanting to run before you can walk is an understatement.
DIDNT HURT CUZ OF POWER PELLETS!!!!! U CAN TAKE A TRUCK IN THE FACE NOW! I WANT SOME OF THAT STUFF!! LMAO
KHAN DID WIN RIGHTFULLY IMO
I’ve noticed, like the first poster, that this fictional writer is a brit pretending to be american
@FAIR BUT FIRM did you see fight clown everyone was expecting Khan to get ko’d he took maidana best shots and was still standing at end of fight
I’m not by any means a Khan fan (I was rooting for Maidana by the way), but Why do these guys try to take Khan’s win from him. Sure he ran from Maidana and stuff, but he used what worked for him and got the win. Maidana as a brawler used what he’s got going for him to try and win the fight (pressured Khan with the strong punching power). Khan is more of a technical fighter, which was what he used to win the fight. In boxing its not rocket science, when you land more punches (and score a knockdown) its more than likely that you are going to win the fight if it reaches the score cards. Its called boxing (you stick and move), Not “trading punches”.. Don’t get me wrong, I love brawlers. There’s nothing better than to watch two boxers going at it (like Ortiz vs Maidana).
All these writers do is hide behind a name and none give credit when there predictions go wrong they all just make excuses to why someone won …winning is winning last time I checked!
Dont know how anyone can rate khan after that performance. He proved nothing with the fight against maidana. Khan win was against a poor boxer. Maidana is’nt skillful or got fast hands but he put khan in the meatgrinder. Khans head was very badley beat up, he even checked into the local hospital for a scan. what would a really good boxer do to khan?? TIMOTHY BRADLEY.
ok khan won the fight… lets give him the props for being the one to come up with the victory. some people think that khan is being hated on. well whatever to that, khan pulled off what de la hoya couldnt against trinidad. he ran after being ahead and started to get ripped with punches. in this case khan made sure to pull out two fluries each round after getting touched up for the whole rounds. smart kid, that impressed the judges. de la hoya did the same against floyd except that he was never in the fight as he kept getting outboxed, de la hoya that is. and if khan didnt get hurt in the fight? khan and his followers or the pactards need to re-watch the fight especially after the 5th. yes khan showed life, while he ran but kept getting caught. but his knees buckled and he was done, luckily for him maidana kept running out of gas so khan was able to escaped, catch a breath and flury maidana!
Just like your lousy excuse for an article it’s also annoying when a writer/internet poster refuses to admit when they have had their backside handed to them, maybe it’s an ego thing? Where’s your I told you so, you complete an utter embarrassment?
floyd would kill khan, and so would pac
SOME people on here make me laugh. This was an incredible fight which Khan was the winner of and rightly so. He out boxed Maidaina who was relentless in coming forward. He landed many more clean shots than Maidaina and he was the one who stayed on his feet for 12 rounds. Yes he took and was rocked by MASSIVE shots in the tenth but he dug deep and he hung in like you have to do in boxing at times. What he did was that he proved all of the people that said he can’t take a shot from anyone with a big ounch wrong. He’s now taken the biggest punches of the biggest puncher in the division and he stayed up. What are all those people going to say now??
(Dan) You are obviously another Scott Gilfoid bumming YANK!! leave the Kahn insults out,yes Bradley is a better fighter than Kahn,you seem to be forgetting Kahn has just put the hardest man in the 140 division on his ARSE in round1,credit where it is due you PLONKA!!!!
what an egomaniac khan is. notice how maidana is still humble after being scewed over twice in world title fights. khan should take a leaf out of his book then he wouldnt have haters. as it is he ran like a coward, maidana proved again he is the real warrior and khans CHIN was PATHETIC as in hopelessly inadequate so what did he expect people were going to say when he avoided punchers for tow years. he’s got a chip on his shoulder about it, he should learn to be humble maybe prescott could teach him in a rematch
Will you be acknowledging your incorrect prediction of the fight in your next article Scott? I just checked your last two articles and didn’t see anything.
You sir are a t.it!
Once again…..Look at the punch stats.
@Scott Gilfoid: Well writen and spot on,
What Khan did prove is he is an arm puncher,
he throws lots of punchers but no power behide them,
and most of them missed, watching Khan fight Satureday, Bradly and Devon must be rubbing there hands, whats the betting Khan doesn’t fight the winner of that fight?
maidana would have knocked khan out if it was’nt for cortez no doubt but khan won the fight and wont give maidana a rematch because khan will get hurt again by maidana.
maidana is a hell of a puncher with little defence and when he comes up against someone with a great chin like kotelnik and can box like bradley he will get exposed
marcos maidana has got alot of respect for his beat down on khan thats for sure
In fact did any of you hear what Freddy Roach said to Khan after the tenth round? He said “its working”.
getting knock all around the ring is working?
come on Freddy.
Scott, did you say that Maidana would knockout Khan in a few rounds????
THE ONLY PERSON I SAW IN ANY PAIN WAS MAIDANA ROLING ON THE FLOOR LIKE A GOLDFISH GASPING FOR AIR…..DID YOU SEE THE MIDGET ARGIE?HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GONNA BE SICK……THE BELL SAVED THAT MIDGETS ONE DIMENSIONAL ASS BIG TIME!
What was the reason for the jelly-legged dance then?
Khan landed the most shots, khan scored a knock down, khan won the most rounds, khan won the fight
maidana won the last 3 rounds
get over it, you said khan would get knocked out in the first few round, you were wrong. admit it you fool
It’s one thing that Manny has plenty of which Khan sorely lacks. It’s what separate greatness from just being great-humility!
What a load of bull you are talkin!! Only because Kahn isn’t American, you slaughter him!! Get a grip he beat maidana unanimous decision the hardest puncher in the division and with one of the best ko percentages in boxing and you still don’t big him up!! Kahn has just turned 24, talk of fighting mayweather is rubbish as it would destroy him but in future years I can definately see him being p4p champion!!
You sir, are an ass.
You keep going on about the last 3 rounds? did you not see the the start of the fight?! I quote “Khan wasn’t standing in front of Maidana. He was moving all night long in big circles” It’s called boxing, you should learn about it one day…
“It’s so sad when a fighter refuses to admit they were getting their backside handed to them the way that
Khan was. I wonder if it’s an ego problem?” How about the following instead?
“It’s so sad when Scott refuses to admit he’s getting his backside handed to him the way that Khan fought. I wonder if it’s an ego problem?”
Punching Publican nice to read a sensible post,credit where credits due great fight.
Great performance by Khan. Rubbish article by Gilfraud
Just listen to the interview with the BBC, I’d Khan was so badly hurt then how did I have such a clear recollection of the 10th round. If you have any idea of what it’s like to be in the ring in a competitive fight and you get tagged hard. Your legs may be like jelly and your unable to return fire. You can still have a clear head and listening to Khan talk, he talked through that round second for second.
Vulnerable to big punchers he may be. But he has the smarts, savvy and wherewithal to ride out the rough patches. He won’t face a puncher anywhere near as bug as Maidana south of 147lb’s and he passed the test. Tick those boxes for chin, heart and stamina. It’s no fluke that Maidana couldn’t finish him. He was petty tired himself from all of the quick fire and hurtful punches that Khan put on him from rounds 1 through to 9. No matter what how you look at it. There isn’t one respected boxing pundit that thought Maidana was hard done by. The punch stats tell you everything you need to know.
Give the boy credit because he did what you thought he couldn’t do. Stand up to the power of Maidana, hurt Maidana and beat Maidana.
And finally, I may be a patriotic British fan and a big Khan fan. But I’m also a big fan of Maidana now and I’m looking forward to seeing El Chino fight again soon.
Credit goes to both guys and they have certainly done boxing proud. Both are destined to go onto bigger and better things. Who knows we may have a Gatti-Ward esque trilogy from them over the next few years.
Clebrate both fighters and give credit where credits due.
PP
Scott Gilford knows nothing about boxing. End of story!!
Man Leave the guy alone now! He won and proved you wrong
I think you need to remember that it was Maidana who was put on his arse not Khan, and if it wasn’t for the bell at the end of the 1st round the fight would have been stopped because Maidana could hardly breathe never mind fight on….
Of course this is an ego thing, you just have to watch the fight again. In the 10th Khan was badly hurt. Without his holding habit and the help of Joe Cortez he would have ended on his back. Why Roach said he was about to throw in the towel if Khan was not hurt?
British “writer” reading British papers putting articles out in British time… trying to be controversial, relying on the assumption he is american. Pathetic.
Khan didn’t look hurt to me. He looked shaken but he was never going down. If he was hurt he would not of been able to come back with combinations.
In fact did any of you hear what Freddy Roach said to Khan after the tenth round? He said “its working”.