By William Mackay: All of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s dreams will die on December 11th, when Argentinian knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) makes quick work of Khan and knocks him cold the same way that Paul Williams was knocked out by Argentinian Sergio Martinez last Saturday night.
You got to hand it to Khan’s management for bringing him along so skillfully to avoid big punchers that would expose him again like he was when he fought his first and only big puncher in his career Breidis Prescott.
However, the training wheels come off on December 11th, because Khan’s team can no longer protect him from big punchers. He has to sink or swim at this point. There’s only so many soft opponents that one can fight before a fighter like Khan has to finally step up to the real thing and face the bitter truth.
I expect this fight to be a rude awakening for Khan, because his ambitions and self belief are going to bump into an ugly thing called reality, and his dreams of fights against fighters like Floyd Mayweather Jr. are going to be crushed by Maidana’s huge right hands.
I don’t even know if this fight will make into the 2nd round like Martinez’s bout with Williams. Maidana is going to be looking to decapitate Khan with every punch he throws in the opening round, and unless Khan is sprinting at top speed, his chin is going to get tapped more than once.
Khan will be in deep trouble once Maidana lands, and I wouldn’t want to be him. Khan’s opposition hasn’t prepared him for this fight in any way shape or form. Getting matched against fighter like Paulie Malignaggi was nothing more than a foxhole for Khan to be hidden in, as it was wasted time for him.
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