By Dan Ambrose: Robert Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) battle for Amir Khan’s World Boxing Association “regular” light welterweight title on August 27th at the HP Pavilion, in San Jose, California.

The winner of this fight would love to fight Khan, who has been positioned as the “Super World” light welterweight title by the WBA. However, Guerrero and Maidana still have some good fights ahead of them such as the winner of the WBA eliminator bout between Breidis Prescott and Paul McCloskey in September.

Maidana, 28, recently defeated Erik Morales by a 12 round decision in April to rebound from a loss that Maidana suffered against Khan in December. The Khan loss was a huge blow for Maidana’s career, because he could have moved on to bigger fights and possibly even a bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Maidana didn’t help himself by struggling to beat a past his prime 34-year-old Morales. Maidana had problems with his stamina during the middle rounds of the fight and was even hurt on a couple of occasions. He did come late when Morales wore down himself, but it wasn’t the kind of performance that won Maidana any news fans.

Guerrero, 28, is taking a gamble by moving up in weight from the lightweight division. It’s a risky move to take on a big puncher like Maidana in Guerrero’s first fight at light welterweight, but obviously Guerrero and his management team feel that Maidana is vulnerable enough for Guerrero to win this fight. They may be sorry if Maidana is able to pressure Guerrero and punish him late as Orlando Salido did in his win over Guerrero back in 2006.