Khan’s Off The Hook…. For Now Anyway

By Tom Stokes: Its seems that Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’S) has threaded the eye of the needle, at least for now anyway, Khan who defeated Andriy Kotelnik (31-3, 13 KO’s) on a lopsided unanimous decision in July for the WBA light welterweight championship, was now expected to fight either number 1 ranked mandatory contender Dmitriy Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO’s), or interim champion Marcos Maidana (26-1, 25 KO’s), but its seems now that a both contenders may be fighting each other in November of this year. This must be a relief for Khan who didn’t seem to eager at a clash with Maidana a knockout artist whose only loss came via a split decision to Kotelnik, and who recently knocked out Victor Ortiz (24-2, 19 KO’s) to cause an upset. Roach mentioned that he didn’t want Khan getting in the ring with the big punching Maidana probably afraid of Khan getting brutally knocked out like he did against Breidis Prescott (21-1, 18 KO’s). Salita khan’s mandatory contender is also a threat to khan, he’s a softer puncher than Maidana but he’s still a slick boxer and would probably show khan a thing or two in the ring. But it seems as though Salita has decided that he’s not getting anywhere chasing khan so he might as well go after the interim title and someone who’s willing to give him a shot. If the proposed fight does take place then khan can take a breather, but sooner or later he will have to face the winner, or he could vacate his title something I heard he might do if the WBA make him fight Maidana, but whoever khan fights next, I’m sure they will be tailor made for Khan to use his in-out defensive (not so exciting) style against them, and we can thank frank warren as well for providing the cherry picked opponent, but this won’t help him in the long run, khan’s going to have to get in the ring with the big boys soon.