By Matt Stein: Unbeaten junior middleweight James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard of the WBA light welterweight clash between champion Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana bout on December 11th in Las Vegas, Nevada, as long as Kirkland wins his November 6th bout against a still to be determined opponent. Kirkland, 26, has been in prison in Texas for the past year for a weapons violation. At the time that Kirkland was incarcerated last year, Kirkland was considered by many boxing experts as a future world champion.
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Khan-Maidana: Look for Amir’s fragile chin to get cracked on December 11th
By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will be facing his biggest threat since 2008 when he takes on knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) on December 11th. In a lot of ways, this fight reminds me a lot of the Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Alexander Frenkel bout last Saturday night.
Ortiz may be better than Alexander, Khan, Bradley and Maidana
By Jason Kim: Victor Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 KO’s) could very well be the best light welterweight in the division after destroying Vivian Harrison (29-5-1, 19 KO’s) in three rounds last Saturday night on the undercard of the Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Ortiz, 23, knocked Harris down four times in the fight before it was stopped by referee Raul Caiz Sr. at 0:45 of the 3rd round.
Khan says he’ll help Hatton
By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan has lent a helping hand to Ricky Hatton, who is undergoing a drug treatment rehabilitation. In an article at the sun.co.uk, Khan says “I am here to give him [Hatton] any help he needs and I hope he gets over his problems soon. Ricky has done something wrong but everybody makes mistakes in their life at one time or another.”
Don’t be surprised when Khan KO’s Maidana
By Mark Hepplestall: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan 23(17)-1(1)-0 is now scheduled to fight Marcos Maidana in a battle the public want to see, however there is a large amount of pessimism over khans chances to win. People keep saying how Khan is going to get KO’d because of his weak chin and Maidana’s 90% KO ratio, however I just see Maidana in well over his head in this fight.
Khan says he gave up home advantage to fight Maidana in the U.S
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will finally be fighting WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) after a year of fighting other opponents. Khan, 23, will be fighting Maidana on December 11th, at the Mandalay Bay Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an article at Thesun.co.uk, “I wanted to fight Maidana so badly I have given up my home advantage, even though I am the champion and not him. My team tried very hard to get this fight to the UK, but because of Maidana’s demands, the figures just wouldn’t add up.” That’s funny, I thought they ended up fighting Maidana in Las Vegas because they didn’t want to pay Maidana extra to fight him in the UK.
Maidana is beatable, but Khan might not have the chin to do it
By Jason Kim: In some ways, the December 11th match-up between World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) reminds me of the classic fight between Muhammad Ali and a young and powerful George Foreman. In that fight, which took place in 1974, Ali was able to take Foreman’s biggest shots and wear him down and stop him in the 8th round. However, Ali was able to take a number of huge shots from Foreman in that fight without going down like many of Foreman’s previous opponents had done when hit hard by him.
Khan: “Maidana wants to stop me from having my legacy”
By Scott Gilfoid: I got a kick out of reading a recent quote by WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) upon the news that he had signed to fight World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) on December 11th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan, 23, Had this to say in an article by Dan Rafael of ESPN: “I want this fight and the fans want to see this fight. It’s two explosive styles meeting up. It’s the explosive puncher [referring to Maidana] against the quick and explosive boxer. They say Maidana has a style to beat a boxer, so let’s see how good he is. Maidana wants to stop me from having my legacy, but that is not going to happen. But let him try.”
Khan vs. Maidana to take place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on 12/11
By Dan Ambrose: Earlier today, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) signed the contract for a fight that will be taking place on December 11th, at the Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dan Rafael reports that the 23-year-old Khan wanted the fight to take place in his native England.
Khan vs. Maidana fight is on! Both fighters sign contract for December 11th fight – Breaking News
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana have signed contracts for a fight that will take place on December 11th at a still to be determined locations. Khan, 23, just had this to say on his Twitter page: “All legality work for the next fight has been done. Fight has been signed by both parties. Khan vs Maidana December 11th Venue – tbc. On @hboboxing and sky.” Khan is going to have to figure out a way to fight for 12 rounds without his glass jaw broken by the hard hitting Maidana. It may not be possible for Khan to win this fight even if he runs for the entire 12 rounds. Maidana hits too hard and once he connects with a hard shot, we may be seeing Khan knocked out once again.