Khan vs. Maidana Aftermath. My Breakdown of the fight.

[£-4-£]

Wrong, Bradley is tougher then maidana and much more accurate. When they meet up we will bet foo.

Nobody at JWW is tougher than Maidana. As well as having a decent chin, he has an amazing heart and great power.

Bradley has skills, speed, heart and a decent chin (been dropped a few times so I wouldn't say it's solid). But he lacks power.

Khan is not going to respect his punching power.

Khan wins a UD; 8 rounds to 4. Or a late TKO.

[Motofan]

What I learned from tonight is that if you have speed AT ALL and a punch, you will kill Khan. You will leave him face down in the ring. He will NEVER fight a man who has both speed and a punch. Ever. He was one fluke elbow on Cortez away from a draw on one card, and a one round fight on the others against one of the slowest fighters Ive ever seen. Give a guy speed and a right hand and its over.

[Hitman Hodgson]

So before the fight Khan was getting KTFO as soon as he faced a decent puncher, now after he clearly beats the best puncher in his division (8 rounds to 4 in my opinion) he needs to fight a puncher with hand speed? Some people will always hate. I don't know how any boxing fan could have a bad word to say about either fighter after that war.

[£-4-£]

So before the fight Khan was getting KTFO as soon as he faced a decent puncher, now after he clearly beats the best puncher in his division (8 rounds to 4 in my opinion) he needs to fight a puncher with hand speed? Some people will always hate. I don't know how any boxing fan could have a bad word to say about either fighter after that war.

I agree. You can never please everybody.

@ Motofan - even if there was no point deduction, Khan would have still won a majority decision of 114-112, 114-112, 113-113. And it wasn't even disputable because the rounds that Khan won (rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9) were not even close! Both fighters had 10-8 rounds too.

[Gino Ros]

I love Khan

But no way is he #1 JWW

He is #2 behind Bradley

You think Khan has shown you more than Dev has?

[£-4-£]

Kotelnik should be ranked higher than Devon! Devon beat a past-prime Quitter Witter and a B-class Urango. Then he got exposed by Kotelnik, who was coming back after a year-long lay-off.

Khan would expose Alexander further.

Khan's win over Maidana is better than any win on either Bradley or Alexander's resume.

[Gino Ros]

Guys, let's not act like Khan emerged unscathed last night. What last night showed ME was that Con is still very vulnerable to power punching or sharp power.

I equate it (kinda, but not really) to Hatton. We saw Ricky be bothered by punches from Collazo and Lazcano. So was it really surprising when floyd and manny put ricky to sleep?

* yes, I know that collazo and lazcano are light punchers.

last night, maidana was one punch away from getting it done. props to khan for his early work, because he took enough out of MM that Chino was weakened and sloppy and couldn't finish.

But Con has a Cory Spinks-ish weak chin, and it will be exposed again. Watch.

It's notable that maidana was more successful than malignaggi.

[Gino Ros]

Kotelnik should be ranked higher than Devon! Devon beat a past-prime Quitter Witter and a B-class Urango. Then he got exposed by Kotelnik, who was coming back after a year-long lay-off.

Khan would expose Alexander further.

Khan's win over Maidana is better than any win on either Bradley or Alexander's resume.

why again? who exactly has Maidana beaten?

[£-4-£]

why again? who exactly has Maidana beaten?

He took Ortiz' soul. Took Kotelnik all the way in a very close fight, could have gone either way. Beat a past-prime Chop-Chop despite being poorly conditioned (clutching at straws, I know).
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But the point is that Maidana was a bad style match for Khan (pressure fighter with concussive power, good chin, bags of heart and determination), but Khan still won.

Bradley hasn't fought anybody who is as dangerous to him as Maidana is to Khan.

Kotelnik was a nightmare match up for Alexander IMO. Kotelnik has decent speed, a granite chin, good counter-punching skills and a good jab. Alexander is quite stationary and gets hit so a decent counter-puncher would expose him. Alexander's speed was neutralised by Kotelni's jab and counter-punching, in other words, Kotelnik took Alexander out of his element. Kotelnik won 8 rounds to Alexander's 4. Alexander got exposed.

Bradley's nightmare opponent is somebody like Khan, e.g. somebody that;
- can match him or beat him for speed (Khan is a bit faster),
- has power
- is bigger (Khan has a 4inch height advantage and big reach advantage too)
- has a good jab (Khan will use it to keep Bradley at range and F'ck him up)
- has stamina
- has good footwork and movement
- throws good combos

Khan's style is going to take Bradley out of his element.

Moreover, Bradley doesn't have enough power to hurt Khan. Let's not forget that Maidana couldn't KO Khan even with 8oz gloves. What chance does Bradley have with 10oz gloves?

If Khan landed a body shot like the one that put Bradley down, is Bradley going to get up? He has heart and has come back from knock-downs to win fights, but he's not faced anybody with Khan's skills and power. If Khan lands like that, the ref stops the fight.

[£-4-£]

Guys, let's not act like Khan emerged unscathed last night. What last night showed ME was that Con is still very vulnerable to power punching or sharp power.

Why do you still call him "Con"?

What has he done to con you?

People started calling him Con because they thought he was ducking Maidana. He fought him and beat him.

He isn't a duck, in fact, he has bigger balls than most fighters for taking on somebody so dangerous.

And don't talk about Cortez conning Maidana out of a win, Khan did nothing in that fight to justify being called a con. Cortez was unfair, yes. But Maidana deserved a point deduction for all those rabbit-punches so it evens out the elbow point deduction. Khan deserved a point deduction for clinching yes, but it wouldn't have changes the result. Khan would have won a majority decision.