By Scott Gilfoid: It’s really too bad that Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is about to face the moment of truth and have all his hopes and dreams washed down the drain with one big shot from Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) on Saturday night. To listen to Khan speak about his grand vision of beating the Devon Alexander – Timothy Bradley winner and then facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. not long after that, he reminds me of a adult with hopeless dreams. It’s just too bad that Maidana is going to snuff Khan’s dreams by knocking him cold in front of a sold out Mandalay Bay audience in Las Vegas.

In a way it’s a good thing, because Khan can start over, downsize his hopes and dreams, and come back to a more realistic goal for himself like maybe winning the EBU light welterweight title and holding it down for awhile or maybe capturing the British and Commwealth belts. At least Khan could work his way back up the latter and maybe prove that his chin can handle some big punchers before getting back in there against one of the big sluggers in the light welterweight division.

After Maidana plants Khan on the canvas, I’d like to see Khan come back slowly from this defeat and focus on maybe taking some light fighters for awhile. But I’d like to see Khan extend his time facing weak punchers for a little longer than two years, which has been the amount of time that Khan has let go by since he was knocked out by Breidis Prescott in 2008. Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach has done a good job of steering Khan through five fights against weak punchers since the Prescott loss and the wins has enabled Khan to attract a lot of fans into thinking he’s for real.

I wish I could say I’m one of the kool-aid drinkers, but I can’t. I see things as they are, and frankly Khan stand a chance in this fight against Maidana. Even if Khan runs like a sprinter in a 200 meter race, Maidana is going to catch up to him and wreck his world with one big right hand. I just hope that when Roach peels Khan off the canvas that he’s not too broken up by the loss, because I know Roach and Khan both have huge dreams. It’s not pretty when those dreams meet reality. On Saturday night, Maidana will be that reality for Khan, Roach and all Khan’s fans at home and at ringside. It’s going to be a sad day for those people. I just hope they don’t take it too hard. I guess there will be some tears, but they can drown them with good drink. That should make them forget for awhile.