By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) stopped Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) in the 11th round last Saturday night in Khan’s debut fight in the United States. After only one fight in the U.S. against the fading Malignaggi, Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach has already declared that Khan can beat the other 140 pounders in the division. I don’t know if I agree with that. While Khan did get the win over the light hitting Malignaggi, Khan looked really tired by the 10th round and his face was badly marked up by Malignaggi’s weak shots. I don’t know about what Roach thinks on this matter, but I don’t see this as a good sign.
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Why doesn’t Khan fight Victor Ortiz?
By William Mackay: In the latest boxing news, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions is looking to possibly set up WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) in a fight against lightweight Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) next instead of one of the top light welterweights in the division. My question is why doesn’t Golden Boy put Khan in with the number #2 WBA ranked Victor Ortiz (27-2-1, 21 KO’s) instead?
Khan says he wants Maidana, but will probably fight Katsidis
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan said that he wants to fight his mandatory WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) next, but the likelihood is that he will be pitted against Australian Michael Katsidis (27-1, 22 KO’s) next. Khan’s promotional team Golden Boy Promotions are interested in putting Khan in with the smaller Katsidis rather than Maidana right now and it’s not hard to see why. Maidana, 5’9”, is closer to the 5’10” Khan’s own size, hits harder and is an incredible puncher and pressure fighter. He can take a heck of a shot and keep coming and would make Khan fight like he never did before.
Khan says he wants to fill stadiums in America
By William Mackay: After beating light welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi last Saturday night by an 11th round stoppage, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is looking into the future at bigger things, saying “I hope they [American boxing fans] love my style and I want to fill stadiums and arenas like I did in the UK.” Khan appears to be putting the cart before the horse in his eagerness to become a huge star in the United States. He just beat Malignaggi, a good B+ fighter, and already Khan is talking about huge things like filling stadiums.
Kerry Davis thinks that Khan has the ingredients to be a star
By Sean McDaniel: Kerry Davis, the senior vice president of sports programming for HBO, liked what he saw of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s 11th round stoppage victory over Paulie Malignaggi last weekend. In an article by writer Gareth Davies of the Telegraph.co.uk, Davis said “He [Khan] has an extremely telegenic style. Speed sells; Power sells. And he has both in abundance. I was surprised that he was faster than Paulie [Malignaggi]. Paulie adjusted after a few rounds, but his speed even so is very impressive. He’s very fast. It portends to some very exciting match-ups down the road, whether that be [Marcos] Maidana, [Timothy] Bradley or [Devon] Alexander. They are fights I would pay to see as a boxing fan.”
Roach thinks Khan is great for America and great for HBO
By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is starting to sound like a politician in speaking about his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) after his 11th round TKO win over Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) last Saturday night. Roach, who trains Manny Pacquiao, Khan and a number of other stars in the boxing world, had this to say about Khan’s win over Malignaggi in an article at Sportinglife, “I think Amir was great for HBO, great for an American audience and it was great for him as a man. It was a long, tough fight and the experience will guide him to bigger and better things. You need fights like this.”
Schaefer wants to match Khan with Katsidis
By Sean McDaniel: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he wants to match WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan with Michael Katsidis next. In an article at US today, Schaefer says “He [Khan] wants [Marcos] Maidana but obviously he’s not available. What I’d like to do is make a fight with Michael Katsidis. Can you imagine that? Maybe there’s that possibility. We’ll see what we can work out.” Katsidis, 29, stopped lightweight Kevin Mitchell in the 3rd round last Saturday night in a very impressive performance by Katsidis. He lured Mitchell into brawling with him by moving away from him instead of going directly at him.
Khan could be facing Katsidis next – News
By Scott Gilfoid: Rather than fighting WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s), WBO light welterweight title holder Timothy Bradley (24-0, 11 KO’s) or IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s), World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) could be facing WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) next instead. According to the Daily Star, the 23-year-old Khan wants to fight again within two months before Ramadan starts in August and is looking at either July 24th or July 31st for his next bout.
The View From U.K Corner: Khan, DeGale, Mitchell, Katsidis, More!
By Sean Pollock: No matter what corner of the world you were watching from on Saturday night- it was a great night of boxing! We seen some classy exhibitions of ‘the sweet science’ and some ruthless displays of raw power, each as enjoyable as the other.
Destination- Upton Park, London, UK:
The night started well for Olympian James DeGale (7 –0-0) with a brutal KO in the 5th of Sam Horton (15-1-0) for the vacant ‘WBA International super middleweight title’ and he looks to be maturing nicely into the very competitive division. The stadium was then buzzing with anticipation for the main event after Derek Chisora (13-0-0) made light work with a 2nd round TKO of the Mike Tyson conqueror Danny Williams (41-9-0).
Khan defeats Malignaggi, says he wants Maidana next – News
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) defeated former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Khan, 23, basically wore the 29-year-old Malignaggi down with jabs and right hands until the fight was ultimately stopped by referee Steve Smoger in the 11th at 1:25 of the round. Ideally, the fight should have been stopped in the 8th round, as Malignaggi was no longer competitive by this stage of the fight.