By Hesiquio Balderas
In a recent interview prior to Saul ''Canelo'' Alvarez winning a twelve round decision over Lovemore Ndou in Mexico, Golden Boy Promotions President and former ten-time world champion in six different weight divisions, Oscar De La Hoya, said a few words regarding this Saturday's match between WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan and mandatory challenger/interim-champ Marcos Maidana.
''This fight will be a tremendous war...it could be the fight of the year. It will be an intriguing matchup. The public wanted to see this fight for so long and now we finally have it here,'' said De La Hoya.
''The fight has all of the ingredients of a classic....the boxer versus the puncher, the side to side movement against the straight forward fighter. It could be like Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor when they fought back in the 90s, but Amir told me that he is going to stay in front of Maidana and is going to trade punches with him, so we'll see what happens."