Khan: Maidana needs to fight guys in the top 10 like I do
September 27th, 2011
By William Mackay: Yesterday, WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) playfully suggested that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) become his adviser after Khan critiqued Maidana’s choice of opponent for his last fight Petr Petrov, who was a last minute replacement to substitute for the injured Robert Guerrero.
Khan said this on his twitter about the adviser position: “So Maidana and his team want me to be his adviser. That’s fine. I’m sure I can do a better job than them. First bit of advice, fight guys who are in the top ten like I do. You’ve recently fought Petrov, [ranked] 57th, [Erik] Morales, 20th, [DeMarcus] Corley, 163rd. [Victor] Cayo, 34th, [William] Gonzalez, 250th. Damn, no wonder he has a high knockout percentage, and he couldn’t even knockout or devven drop what you guys call a glass jaw? He had 12 rounds to knock me out and couldn’t even put me on the canvas, and nearly is not good enough. 2nd bit of advice. Fight Bradley this year, get past him and then you’ll get more advice.”
Khan leaves out the fact that Maidana had him badly hurt, stumbling around, being allowed to hold by the referee for the last three years without being penalized in Khan’s fight with Maidana last December. Khan also fails to mention that the referee kept pulling Maidana and Khan apart while Maidana was battering Khan with heavy shots against the ropes. At times, it was if Maidana was fighting two guys out there – the referee and Khan.
Khan has little room to speak about weak opposition. In the past two years, he’s fought the light hitting Paulie Malignaggi and Paul McCloskey, both fighters were no threat to knocking him out. Now Khan is about to fight Lamont Peterson on December 10th, a guy that slaps with his punch and who isn’t a knockout threat.
Khan does face contenders, to be sure, but he seems to be consistently matched up against the contenders that don’t have much in the way of power. A rematch with Maidana is a much bigger fight than a bout against Peterson, yet that’s who Khan prefers to fight instead of the bigger money fight against Maidana. Any time a fighter prefers to take a lesser fight with less money, you have to assume they’re afraid of taking the bigger fight due to the risk involved.
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In round 10th Cortez broke the fight and saved Khan from K.O ! Khan was dizzy & barely standing upright !
Khan , stop being a queen and take that rematch with Maidana !
lol khan jus kicked maidana in the balls and willie mackay felt the pain.
Coño pero que aaaqueeerosooo ese Amir khan aqueroso. He is fighting the top 10 lolllll
It seems that Khan’s brain has not recovered from the brutal beating he took in the Maidana’s fight. After the brain scan he had in the hospital immediately after the fight, they say it was ok. But his constantly nonsense tweeting makes me doubt it.
give the kid a break, khan was only 22 wen he fought maidana and 17 wen he won the silver at the olympics fighting the best in the world while u haters were getin m0lested by ur dads
william do u ever speak about good things on khan, ur just a hater, khan must have slept with your mum. khan outboxed maidana for 10 rounds yes he got caught and yes he was hurt but thats boxing! peterson drew with ortiz and has only lost to bradley on points hes khans mandotory so he has to fight him. this site should get someone to write who knows boxing!
khan is right, nearly is not good enough, maidana had his chance has 12 full rounds and couldnt even drop him, he shoud fight bradley or alexander, khan is the only guy fighting people in the top ten and is cleaning up fast, respect is due for khan im a big fan now well deserved
Maidana is a one trick pony thats going to keep getting exposed. Bradley will expose him, Guererro will expose him, Khan will expose him (again). He didnt even beat the old slow nothing of his former self morales in my opinion. Honestly, maidana can only ko nobodys. you put maidan in with mallinaggi and watch him get exposed, and khan schooled him. even alexander would beat maidana and he is pants! Maidana is good to watch, but he isnt very good, a poor mans ricky hatton.
Khan is a pony
is it “maiden_aa”? in that case world’s most f**ked up maiden, shall I say
can someone stop Mackay creating articles out people’s twitter? what a low life you have to be do that day in day out?
Khan is the best at 140!
Khan TWEETS so though…
Maidana has tried putting fights together with Bradley, Mythesse & Guerrero. He has beat a welterweight champion & if it wasn’t for lousy judging he would have beat Kotelnik, but Khan wont complain about that cause i bet had Maidana been WBA champ 2 years ago Khan wouldn’t have challenged him.
And Khan shouldn’t bring up Morales since he was desperate to fight him, even after he lost to Maidana.
All boxers these days are at some stage guilty of taking the lesser risk, otherwise the fans might actually be happy.
In the case of Maidana & Khan, their fight was so exciting we all deserve to see a rematch….
im shocked khan did put maidana down in the 1st but he was holding on for dear life in the last 3rnds? i swear thats what happened? khan was all banged up and ever since he just avoids the talk of a rematch with stupid one liners and his fans lap it up?is this really going on?im insane this cant be a real boxing site?or is it?
Miadana just got exposed
Khan is right…great rsponse
Stunning someone with a good shot is not the same as a knockdown. Frank Bruno stunned Mike Tyson years ago, but no one would argue Bruno scored a knock down and could have won. Could’ve and should’ve are the most redundant phrases in sport, it is about what you actually did.
I think Khan has some points, Maidana has to be careful he doesn’t drift through the next year or two and it appears Bradley, Guerrero and Morales are the obvious bouts. Those are better fights for Maidana than a rematch with Khan. If Maidana was to lose to Khan in a rematch, Maidana’s career would take a dive.
Besides I think if both Khan and Maidana can make it through 18 months unbeaten, a rematch would be more lucrative to both men. For now there are more than enough other fights to see for Khan and Maidana.
Khan just ruined Maidana for a second time, can’t wait for the lame response from Maid Ana
And you failed to mention that Khan had Maidana rolling around on the floor like a little girl in the FIRST round, and beat him by UD