By Scott Gilfoid: According to the latest news from Boxing Monthly, there is talk that World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) will vacate his WBA title if he’s forced by the WBA to fight interim champion Marcos Maidana (26-1, 25 KO’s). How come I’m not surprised? Apparently, Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t want Khan to fight Maidana next, and prefers to go after better (easier) opponents like Erik Morales instead.
Marcos Rene Maidana
Marcos Maidana
Maidana vs. Khan in October? – Boxing News
By Erick Thomas: According to Fight News, a fight between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) and knockout artist Argentinean Marcos Maidana (26-1, 25 KO’s) could be happening in October of this year in a fight that would be taking place in England. Khan, 22, defeated WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik by a 12-round unanimous decision last weekend in a one-sided fight in England.
Ortiz Didn’t Quit!
By Manuel Perez: Let me get some things straight for all the critics that have come out of the woodwork after Victor Ortiz’s 6th round stoppage loss last weekend against Marcos Maidana. Ortiz didn’t quit and wasn’t about to quit at the time the fight was stopped. The referee is the one that took Ortiz over to the ringside doctor and he was the one that said the fight should be stopped after he saw what a mess of a cut that Ortiz had over his left eye.
Ortiz KO’d in the 6th!
By Eric Hernandez: Tonight was suppose to be the out coming party for Victor Ortiz, instead what we might have gotten was a retiring party. After getting knocked out by Marcos Rene Maidana (26-1 25 ko’s) Victor Ortiz sounded like a man not long for this sport. I have stated in the past that putting the super star tag on Victor Ortiz before he was tested was premature and that tonight would be his greatest test and sadly enough he failed miserably.
Victor Ortiz vs Marcos Rene Maidana Round-By-Round
By Brian Kenneth Blackwell: Pre-Fight Entrances:
Maidana comes out slowly. He is sporting a solid red robe. He wears a look of caution. It is his first fight in the United States. Ortiz comes out to a halfway packed house, wearing a green and white robe; his chin held high in machismo fashion. The music of Michael Jackson plays in the background; it fades into mariachi music. The ring announcer informs the crowd that the bout will determine the new WBA Interim Super Lightweight Championship. The crowd boos loudly when Maidana’s name is called.
Victor Ortiz vs Marcos Rene Maidana Pre-Fight Analysis
By Brian Kenneth Blackwell: The bout between Victor Ortiz 24-1-1 (19KO) and Marcos Rene Maidana 25-1(24KO) will be televised by HBO Boxing After Dark, tonight at 10:00 PM Eastern Time. The fight will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Lopez-Lontchi, Ortiz-Maidana this Saturday – News
By Sean McDaniel: WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (25-0, 23 KO’s) will be facing undefeated challenger Olivier Lontchi (18-0-1, 8 KO’s) in a 12-round bout at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Incredibly, the bout will be a pay-per-view fight which was past on by both Showtime and HBO cable networks, who probably saw the fight as a one-sided mismatch and decided to pass on it because of that.
Ortiz vs. Maidana on June 27th
By Jason Kim: Red hot light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (24-1-1, 19 KOs) will be taking perhaps the toughest fight of his young career on June 27th in taking on the powerful Argentinean Marcos Maidana (25-1, 24 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout for the interim WBA light welterweight title at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.
Kotelnik Defeats Maidana In a War
By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KOs) won a close 12-round split decision over Argentinean knockout artist Marcos Rene Maidana (25-1, 24 KOs) on Saturday night at the Stadthalle, Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 115-114, 113-115 and 115-113.