Seriously what's up with the uppercut vulnerability?

Agreed. What do you think about a potential Maidana-Matthysse fight? I would pay for that. I think its an excellent comeback fight before going after Peterson, Ortiz or Judah. That would be an all out brawl, Argentinian slugfest! I wouldn't really consider it a 'comeback' fight though, Maidana feels like a winner after saturday and he can certainly go for another big fight on HBO. Another thing, he seems to do better against high level fighters that challenge him the most. He always seems to rise to the occasion when a faster guy is punching him in the face, berzerker mode goes on (see avatar lol)

That just means that Roach is not a very good defense teacher...he's more of an offense training specialist.

Maidana seems to eat everything like candy, even if it knocks him down. You see it in the Ortiz fight as well, it's like his berzerker mode is switched on once u get him in trouble. JMM does have a beautiful uppercut, but still he has to get inside to land it, Khan would keep him at a distance. JMM is not a pressure fighter like Marcos. Agreed. What do you think about a potential Maidana-Matthysse fight? I would pay for that. I think its an excellent comeback fight before going after Peterson, Ortiz or Judah.

Is it just Manny and Amir in Roach's stable that do this?

I wonder if JMM could take advantage of that little weakness. I also wonder if JMM has can take the damage Maidana took to dish it out. Besides the body shot, Maidana seemed to eat his punches like candy. Maidana seems to eat everything like candy, even if it knocks him down. You see it in the Ortiz fight as well, it's like his berzerker mode is switched on once u get him in trouble. JMM does have a beautiful uppercut, but still he has to get inside to land it, Khan would keep him at a distance. JMM is not a pressure fighter like Marcos.

right, I think naturally just training/sparring together and of course being trained by roach khan is going to pick up some things. I think people in my thread were making it seem like I was saying khan fights exactly like pacquiao, which I wasn't, just picked up a couple of things. I don't remember ever seeing khan really fight like that before but I only watched a handful of his pre-roach days. Roy Jones made a good point about cuffing the hand to block an uppercut...I wonder why Roach doesn't teach that. Well, here's hoping roach would catch on to this.

I wonder if JMM could take advantage of that little weakness. I also wonder if JMM has can take the damage Maidana took to dish it out. Besides the body shot, Maidana seemed to eat his punches like candy.

I talked about this yesterday and some people called me an idiot lol. check it out: http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9777513#post9777513 You make fair points. Though the little macho things he did was more to prove a point against his critics than anything else. But he definitely has a lot of defensive traits that Pac has as well. Can't be a coincidence right?