By Muhib Khan: The fight between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Rene Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) has been on the horizon for quite some time now. Khan is believed to be one of the top light welterweights and so is Maidana. Its left me quite puzzled as whether or not they are going to ever fight? Khan has called out Maidana in his last defence, but intending to fight Maidana is something totally different.

Maidana is a big banger and I really truly feel that team Khan are going to avoid anybody who’s a big puncher right now. Since Khan’s 1st round knockout loss to Colombian Breidis Prescott in 2008, Khan has fought some quality fighters, but all being strategic fighters as oppose to big punchers. I’m a fan of Khan and I feel quite bitter as his matchmaking is not what we want to see.

Talking of wanting to fight the winner of the July 31st lightweight bout between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz, both of which I feel are fighters on the downside of their careers would prove nothing for Khan. I don’t think he would gain any creditability by fighting either of those fighters as they would have to come up in a weight class to fight Khan at light welterweight. Diaz lost his last fight to Paulie Malignaggi and Marquez is not the fighter who was knocked down three times and still drew to Manny Pacquiao in 2004. Marquez also lost his last fight to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last September.

Maidana and Khan would be a good match up, and if Khan was to win I would feel that he could capture the whole of America, and critics couldn’t say anything to him, even if he ran 12 rounds from Maidana. This would be a good start for Khan to fighting real Light Welterweights.