Mayweather Sr. says Khan looked horrible in Maidana fight
December 27th, 2010
By William Mackay: Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. wasn’t in the least impressed with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s victory over Marcos Maidana on December 11th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather Sr., the father of Floyd Mayweather Jr., thought that Khan fought a poor fight and should consider himself lucky that the fight wasn’t 15 rounds instead of only 12. Khan barely survived the last three rounds of the bout, taking one big shot after another while holding onto one of Maidana’s arms much of the time but not losing points from the referee for the constant holding.
I agree with Mayweather Sr. Khan fought a poor fight and blew his chance after hurting Maidana with a body shot. Instead of following up with more body shots in the following rounds, Khan gave up completely on throwing to the body for some reason and decided to run like mad for the rest of the fight. It wasn’t a Mayweather-esque type fight from Khan. Indeed, it was like watching one of Paulie Malignaggi’s old fights. I give Khan credit for fighting well in the opening round when he was throwing to the body, but Khan forgot this success and only head hunted and ran for the rest of the fight. with all the running he was doing, it took away any power that Khan might have had on his shots because he was often punching without planting his feet before throwing.
It was as if Khan didn’t trust his own chin that he could take one or two of Maidana’s big shots while throwing his own. As it turns out, Khan may have known his chin better than others did, because when he did finally slow down for a second from his running, he got caught with a hard right hand from Maidana in the 10th and was badly staggered. The remainder of the fight was all Maidana, as he pummeled Khan for the last three rounds while Khan mostly held and was benefited by the referee separating him from Maidana at crucial parts of the fight.
Had this fight been a few rounds longer, I have no doubts that Maidana would have finished Khan off, because Khan had nothing left and his legs looked like rubber. They were gone from all the running he had done in the fight, and he looked like he never fully recovered from the right hand that Maidana clipped him with.
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Floyd senior should ask himself who his son is fighting next? And when he gets the answer tell the rest if us. He can flap his trap all he wants about boxers who actually box now and again while his criminal son beats up woman and kids. Where is that coward hiding???
KHAN WAS ON SOMETHING WHEN HE FOUGHT MAIDANA HE WAS OUT SINCE 9TH RD BUT WAS JUST BOUNCING FROM ONE SIDE RING TO OTHER MAYWEATHER WILL KO KHAN BECAUSE AT LIGHTWEIGHT MAYWEATHER WAS HEAVY HANDED EASY KO 2RD
Khan keeps taking big shot like that he will end up like hatton punch drunk..
Mayweather snr is just a crack head bum.
floydjail mayweather jr…..
rojail mayweather…..
WILLIAM YOUR MUM WAS THE BEST.
MACKAY YOUR STILL ANGY ABOUT YOUR MUM AND KHAN HAVING A 69.
There’s no such thing a a bad win. I’ll admit Kahn does have defensive liabilities, but he took all that Maidana had to offer. Let’s move on people.
I dont get it why are people like Mayweather SR saying he has a weak chin, he took the HARDEST PUNCHESSS!! from the stongest puncher in the divission and not even knocked down once, yet they still say he has a weak chin. Get a life and get over itt.
The message from andreas k. is a bit off.I thought it to be six rounds apiece.And i thought the punch stat counter was way off course for HBO.they must have counted everything khan through as landed power punches in what I see as obsurd.if that was the case,maidana would have been knocked out.half missed and several landed well ,but many did not,and had little leverage.They might well as throw those stats out the window.That was a good fight.
Get over it Khan won, if was a fifth we all be drunk
Floyd Sr. is chatting TOTAL rubbish.
Amir dominated in the earlier rounds, and then when it came to the 10th round, Amir changed his tactics making sure it was all about survival because he had the sufficient points. So it wasn’t so much about ‘winning the rounds’, it was about protecting himself from getting beat like the 10th round, and getting knocked out.
Floyd Mayweather Sr. just doesn’t know tactics.
William Mckay, we both agree with Mayweather Sr.
Khan has been running to survive. He was lucky that the referee help to intervene or else he was already sleeping in the canvass like before against Prescott.
You can’t expect more from Khan because he shares with Pacquiao’s trainer. Roach doesn’t teach how to be slick or defense techniques. His doctrine is to attack forward exposing the chin. You will see Pacquiao is easy to get hit. After every fight, I feel pity for Pacquiao with his face and body got beaten up and bruised all over.
How can Roach thinks that Khan and Pacquiao have a chance to beat Mayweather? Khan and Pac will easily hit all night long while they could not touch Mayweather. That’s fact!!!
Floydie Sr. don’t forget to take your med three times a day!
I watched over and over again the fight between the two pugilist, Khan looked horrible because he absorbed all heavy bombs from Maidana.
On the other hand, Maidana did everything he can to KO Khan but his arsenal is out of ammunition.
One thing for real, Amir Khan’s chin is OK and not as every writer in this site think.
Congratulation Amir Khan!!!
king khan allabeh alsakam!
Floyd senoir is a boxing trainer, he has an eye on these issues. But for the Khan bout with Maidana, anybody who did not see it is blind!
Surprise surprise, another day and another article on Khan written by William Mackay. William Mackay in the past couple of months have you written an article on any other boxer other than Amir Khan??? Hes paying you f*****g mortgage mate as you write about noone else, so give the guy a break for **** sake!!!
Why dont you use you so called “boxing knowledge” and write about someone else other than Khan.
Im starting to suspect your one of these physcos that has Khan photos everywhere on his wall at home and your like a stalker. Throwing darts at a photo of his face?!!!
FOR F*** SAKE write about somebody else and earn your money!!!!
why are you still writing about khan? its old news now, he won get over it
The only thing worse than the article was Floyd Sr. comments.
By the way, who’s he been training, anybody?
How come nobody’s hiring him?
What’s more horrible is a lot of people can’t accept the writing in the wall: KING KHAN WON BY 12 UD
@doncarlito he’l never get to Mayweathers class Mayweather at 24 was unbelievable, Khans just a good boxer nothing special.
But he as proved people wrong but dont get your hopes up on him being as good as Floyd
khans alrite he tried to prove himself thins went wrong but with roach in his corner he can preety much go anywher his not ready for mayweather just yet,maybe in three years time if he stays undefeted plus he needs to deal with prescott
@ lobo
khans next fight will be an awesome
payday
but what about maidana
who will give him an awesome payday
you maybe
keep it real
now
what’s his name? Floyd Mayweather Sr.?
– the trainer of ricky hatton who was knocked out and retired by pacquiao.
– the father of the woman and security guard beater.
– the father of the ducker of the decade.
(ducked cotto, margarito, mosley and ODLH rematch and then currently pacquiao).
——-and you still believe in him?
MAYWEATHER SR TRAINER…..RICKY HATTON BOXER…..BOTH DRUG ADDICT
I agree with Sr on this but also thought Khan did the best he could and deserved the win and respect him for it. It wernt the prettiest fight and if rules was changed to 15 round fight i think Maidana would of punched himself out, and to them that say if only a few seconds left Maidana would of KO’d Khan well no he wouldnt because Maidana would of been Ko’d in the 1st round.
Yeah an if castillo v mayweather 1 was a 15 round fight your son would not be undefeated! All these ifs and buts are just stupid!
Two points fraud would not have gotten up from that body shot and when did fraud ever fight a 15 round fight? if the castillo fight was 15 rounds they would have carried his ass out.
This article was a good article and it was honest. Khan fought a tough fighter and showed a lot o heart but if it was another referee in there i’m sure they would of stopped that fight. Looking at the fight over and over Khan was lucky to get that decision. He did not look like a winner in that ring.
Khan was beaten badly……Cortez did not stop fight to help Khan…………….Khan is ruined as a fighter from that beating…………..Maybe Cortez did not really help Khan
yeh, his student, Ricky Hatton even looked worse!
“I give Khan credit for fighting well in the opening round when he was throwing to the body”
statement of the year from this writer
This writer is a dog sh$$$t.
now you why he got sacked by his son
one time as he talked the talk
for his son
his son refused to walk his talk
keep it real
now
The self proclaimed greatest trainer is just so envious of freddie roach. He is making a buzz of a bout that happened 3 weeks ago. Move on man! What AMir showed in the bout is that he needs a little more refining. Few more bouts and he will be on top of the division.KUdos to MAidana, the guy is puncher. He is one of the top dog of the division
floyd SR drug pusher……
MY SON IS GOING TO JAIL BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,MY SON IS GOING TO JAIL…BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@Wisely..You cracked me up, dude. Maidana ran out of gas in the 10th after he caught Khan with a vicious right. Should have finished Khan off right then and there.
Only quote Mayweather Snr if you are going to have a laugh but don’t write an article on it. The man is a crack head.
i have been a boxing fan for over 25 years i think i know a thing or 2
let me put it to you this way and keep in mind im not a floyd hater or a floyd fan
im just a fan of good boxing..
ill put it to you this way
if floyd maywether and amir khan would fight every month for the next 10 months…..floyd would win all 10 fights …and im not being sarcastic thats just how much better he is then khan………its not even fair to compair them with eachother….its like compairing dennis rodman to michael jordan
omg that is the dumbest thing i ever heard yes i agree khan aint the most gifted boxer or fighter in the world
yes i agree that joe cortez gave khan an early christmas gift by not taking away points and breaking up the action when khan was getting hit badly and in trouble
but saying that if this fight woulda gone longer
is like saying MAN IF THEY WERE ONLY A 5TH QUERTER IN A BASKETBALL GAME MY TEAM WOULD HAVE WON
that is just rediculas the guy survived the whole 12 rounds which is the highest boxing goes today 12 rounds
i bet if this was a 10 round fight you guys woulda say …..oh man if it was 12 rounds he woulda get knocked out….but guess what… it was 12 rounds and he survived …..like i said i agree maidana shoulda won that fight if it wasnt for the ref joe cortez but …bottom line is it is what it is and he survived all 12 rounds
omg..lol,khan thinks he can beat floyd he feel he can the same way every other fighter do.they feel it deep in them like mosley..ones floyd see wat u about and notice how slow u are and that he can pick u apart u are done..over u throw a jab ones ur hand start comin bck floyd hit u 2 times in those 2 seconds..
Khan did take some heavy whacks. Lol.
When my man Amir Khan knocks out his son (Floyd Mayweather), we’ll see what he has to say then :L.
Thats just as dumb as saying “Maidana is lucky the fight was not a 1 round fight!”
ha why was he lucky the fight wasnt 15 rounds.u say that as if some fights are that length.
Does anyone understand May Sr … I think he was talking about something … maybe about Sarah Palin…
Lol..Did anyone find themselves cringing a little at how Khan has started trying to act like Pac, from his ring entrance to his mannerisms in the ring?
lol FNWO1
mayweather is using the khan performance to attack freddi roach, mayweather hates roach and all his fighters, pacman etc…
thts a joke,writer try every thing to express his hate for khan,atleast whn u writing u have to be fair
Floyd Sr you look bad everytime you show your face go hide under a rock and do us all a favor.
any body trains under roach will not be a real fighter
floyd sr is biased, he’s obviously anti-anyone who wants to fight his son. that being said, maidana will DESTROY khan, both physically and mentally, if they ever rematch.
i’ve always thought maidana, if he trains a little longer with Miguel Diaz and up his craft/skills a bit, he’d be absolutely unstoppable at 140 unless floyd/pac fights him. his heart and will even in the face of being dominated is commendable, a real throwback to old school fighters. he can ruin fighters even if he loses. he’s obv already beat the sh*t out of 2 Golden Boy poster boys now and Victor Cayo, another rising prospect like Ortiz. whoever next will suffer his wrath. Kotelnik and Corley both took a nasty beating too despite not being Kayo’ed