By Tom Bailey: WBA Light-Welterweight champion Amir Khan has agreed to fight World Boxing Association interim mandatory Marcos Maidana. The fight is signed according to the Bolton man’s Twitter account and the purse issue is over and all left is for a selected revenue which will be the U.S most likely Detroit as it has a large Muslim community, Vegas is also being considered a venue. Khan himself preferred fighting in the UK in front of his fans but promoters have pushed the fight in the US as has HBO.

My prediction for this fight would be Khan would box Maidana’s ears off. He has tremendous reach and height and a very long jab, his power is enough to keep Maidana at bay but the real question that hans over this fight is whether Khan can take a good shot. I think under the hands of trainer Freddie Roach and strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, he has rapidly improved. His defence has been tightened up, his jab, footwork have all been improved but also Ariza has built Khan’s legs and re-balanced the constitution of his body.

Back then when Khan was 21, he had very weak legs which played a big part in making him wobbly most of the time. His upper-body was huge and his body wasn’t balanced. So maybe with all these improvements will Khan prove his critics wrong and take a shot? The shots Prescott threw had enormous power and at the time his KO% was 90%. Marcos Maidana also has a 90% KO but hits harder. This will be a fight between h hard hitting slugger and a boxer/puncher. December 11th is the day Khan can Prove himself.