By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) said that he thinks World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) is afraid to fight him. Speaking on his Twitter page, the 23-year-old Khan says “Looking good guys for December 11th fight in the UK. Maidana sent out an article saying I shouldn’t care about his purse. Well, I should I’m co-promoting the fight. He seems scared. Come on, Maidana, let’s get it on!”

Khan does have a point. However, Maidana is worried that Khan is using the excuse of saying that Maidana is pricing himself out of the fight as a reason not to have to fight him. Maidana makes a good point. I don’t think Maidana is scared of fighting Khan for one second. I think he’s worried that Khan may slither away with the excuse about him wanting too much money and continue to fight weaker punchers. Maidana can really make a name for himself if he dusts off Khan in one or two rounds.

Khan hasn’t fought any big sluggers since being knocked out in the 1st round two years ago by Breidis Prescott, and Khan hasn’t looked eager to take on Maidana during the past year. Although Khan has had the chance to fight Maidana, he instead chose to go after the non-threatening Paulie Malignaggi in his last fight in May.

After that fight, Khan said he was going to take on the top fighters in the light welterweight division, including Maidana. However, up until recently, Khan had been trying to fight lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez instead of Maidana. That changed when Marquez said that he wouldn’t be moving up to the light welterweight division and would instead stay at lightweight to defend his WBA/WBO lightweight titles against WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis.

Maidana, in the meantime, is concerned that Khan is trying to weasel out of fighting him by complaining that Maidana wants too much money. Khan has a reputation as a fighter that has amazing boxing skills but is flawed with a weak chin. He won’t be able to prove his doubters wrong if he keeps taking on light hitting fighters instead of big punchers like Maidana. And at some point, Khan will have to fight Maidana because the WBA will almost surely have to strip Khan of his title unless he does finally fight him.

The only way Khan wouldn’t have to fight Maidana is if he can wait him out long enough for someone else to come along and beat him. Khan never fought a rematch with Prescott, and now that he’s been beaten twice by other fighters, Khan says there’s no reason to fight him. Could the same thing happen with Maidana if Khan waits long enough?