By Mark Vester
According to trainer Freddie Roach, he considered stopping the fight after watching Amir Khan take a lot of punishment from Marcos Maidana in the tenth round of their fight. The bout took place on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Roach spoke to Khan between rounds and felt he was stable enough to continue for the remainder of the fight. Khan went on to retain his WBA junior welterweight title with a close twelve round unanimous decision.
"Throw in the towel?" Roach said. "It did cross my mind, but I spoke to him between the tenth and eleventh rounds and he responded well. His head was clear and he knew where he was at."
Besides his own thoughts, Roach felt the referee, Joe Cortez, was very close to stopping the fight when Maidana was pouring on the power punches in the tenth round.
"It was very close to being stopped by the referee in the tenth when Amir took a lot of shots. But I was very happy we had a good referee in there in Joe Cortez. He didn't get too excited and let the fight go on," Roach said.
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