Maidana wants Khan to keep stay out of his negotiations

By Boxing News - 09/07/2010 - Comments

Image: Maidana wants Khan to keep stay out of his negotiationsBy William Mackay: WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) isn’t happy with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) making comments in the media about Maidana asking for too much for their December 11th fight. Maidana’s team sent an e-mail to Fightnews.com, saying that they want Khan to stay out of Maidana’s negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions.

Maidana said that he’s no over pricing himself for his bout with Khan, but he also doesn’t want to end up with the short money for the fight. Maidana isn’t happy with Khan for a number of reason, taking about how he couldn’t fight him for a year, and says Khan wants to control where the fight will take place and on what date the bout will be fought.

And now with Khan talking about Maidana’s negotiations, it’s not made Maidana happy. This is a fight that could determine the future for both of these fighters. It’s a fight where the loser could end up being passed by the other top light welterweights.

Many people think that Khan will win the fight, but he’s been matched selectively since being knocked out by a hard puncher two years ago. Since suffering a crushing 1st round knockout at the hands of Breidis Prescott in 2008, Khan has been put in with fighters that don’t have huge punching power.

Maidana may not be the hardest hitter in the division, but he’s probably the equal to Prescott in punching power, and if Khan gets hit by Maidana he could go. We just won’t know until Khan starts getting tagged. He’s probably not going to knock Maidana out in the 1st round, meaning that he’s going to have to absorb some punishment if he wants to win the fight.

If Maidana is able to stick around the whole fight, then it could be a bad thing for Khan because it would mean that his chin would be tested countless times by Maidana in their fight. Since Khan has been staggered by fighters like Marco Antonio Barrera, a small lightweight, and hurt by other fighters like Michael Gomez.

It’s difficult seeing Khan escape without getting knocked out. He basically needs to knock Maidana out of he’s going to get knocked out. That’s just seems the way it is. He’s no DeMarcus Corley, and he probably won’t be able to absorb punishment from Maidana all fight long without being knocked out. We could be seeing the end of Khan in this fight.



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