By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) may have the superior hand speed, movement and boxing skills compared to World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s), but what Khan doesn’t have is the chin and you have to have a good chin to beat Maidana. The Argentinean fighter has only been beaten once in his career by Andriy Kotelnik in 2009. And in that fight, Kotelnik took a massive amount of punishment and looked as if he had been run over by a truck.
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Froch talks Khan-Maidana and Haye-Harrison
By Sean McDaniel: In super middleweight Carl Froch’s column at thisisnottingham.co.uk, he sums up the upcoming clashes between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and Audley Harrison and the fight between World Boxing Association light welterweight champ Amir Khan and interim WBA champion Marcos Maidana. Froch, 33, has his own bout coming up on October 2nd against the hard hitting Arthur Abraham in the Super Six tournament at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille, Principauté de Monaco, Monaco.
Rafael says HBO has offered $2 million for the Khan-Maidana fight if it takes place in the U.S.
By William Mackay: HBO has offered $2 million for the WBA light welterweight match-up between champion Amir Khan and WBA interim champion Marcos Maidana if the fight takes place in the United States, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN. HBO will pay $1.75 million if the Khan-Maidana bout takes place in the UK. In an article at thesun.co.uk, Khan’s business manager Asif Vali said that Maidana is asking for $1 million for the fight with Khan and that is too much money and that Maidana would have to come down, saying “Sometimes it can be better not to fight.” So in other words, Khan would walk away from $1 million if he had to share the $2 million with Maidana? What’s up with that?
Khan’s business manager says Maidana wants too much money
By William Mackay: Before the fight is even signed there’s already trouble brewing in the negotiations 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). According to thesun.co.uk, Khan’s business manager Asif Vali is complaining that the 27-year-old Maidana want’s close to $1 million to fight Khan in their proposed fight on December 11th. Vali says “Amir is just being used as a cash cow. Mention his name and the money goes through the roof. As promoters we have to make the figures work and that means Maidana has to come down. I’m sick that every time Amir’s name is mentioned everything is doubled, quadrupled or multiplied by six times. It’s crazy. Where do they think the money is coming from? They seem to think Amir Khan has a bottomless put to pay out stupid money.”
Schaefer wants Khan vs. Maidana to take place in Detroit, not England
By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is looking to put the proposed title fight between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and once beaten World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) in Detroit, Michigan, according to boxing news from thesun.co.uk. The reasoning behind this wish on Schaefer’s part is due to the large Muslim population in Detroit to will hopefully shove in droves to watch the 23-year-old Khan fight Maidana. Khan had been hoping to place the fight in the UK where he could fight in front of his adoring British fans. Additionally, the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester and the O2 Arena in London are both already booked up for December 11th, so it’s not possible for Khan to fight Maidana in those venues on that date. Khan wants the fight to be in England.
What good is Khan’s hand speed if he can’t handle Maidana’s power?
By William Mackay: It’s nice that Amir Khan has great hand speed, but if he can’t handle taking huge shots from Marcos Maidana when they meet up on December 11th, what’s the point? Right now, boxing fans are enamored with Khan because of his wins over the feather fisted Paulie Malignaggi last May and his win over the equally light hitting Andry Kotelnik last year. However, Maidana hits a lot harder than either of those guys and he’s not going to fold immediately like Dimitri Salita did in his 1st round knockout loss to Khan last year in December. Maidana will take whatever shots that Khan throws and will stalk and pressure Khan and force him to fight.
Maidana didn’t look all that bad against Corley – He still wipes out Khan
By Scott Gilfoid: After hearing a lot about how bad Marcos Maidana was supposed to be against DeMarcus Corley last weekend, I expected utter garbage from Maidana when I finally got the chance to see the fight. But I was frankly impressed with him. Maidana showed excellent power throughout the fight and should have won the easier than he did if the referee had taken points away from Corley for his constant fouls. I saw a lot of ugly fouling form Corley, such as leading his head, hitting on the break, grabbing Maidana in a head lock and then tagging him in the face.
Will Khan fight Maidana now or will he come up with excuses?
By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) did his part in making a fight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) happen last Saturday night by defeating DeMarcus Corley (37-14-1, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina.
Maidana looks awful in beating Corley – So will Khan fight Maidana now?
By William Mackay: If there ever was a time where I think WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan might choose to fight WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s), I think this may be the occasion. Maidana fought and defeated former WBO light welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley (37-14-1, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina. This was not a fight where Maidana looked good. Indeed, Maidana looked like the same fighter that was beaten by Andriy Kotelnik last year. In other words, Maidana looked terrible.
Maidana decisions Corley, fails to impress
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) failed to make a case for himself on Saturday night that he deserves a shot against WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan. Maidana, 27, struggled to beat 36-year-old former WBO light welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley (37-14-1, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina. The final judges’ scores were 117-110, 115-112 and 116-110. Maidana looked poor throughout this fight and he should be grateful that Corley wasn’t five or six years younger, because he likely would have won this fight.