some peeps don't even know how to read or understand what they are reading or listening to. the Daily star columnist writes that after the first fight Khan admitted to him he was very surprised the power Peterson had and how he kept on coming for him... Khan said this after the first fight to the writer. so he was explaining himself saying now we know why and why at that time he thought there was something dodgy going on.
Being a cheat is ok, but being Khan and a Khan fan is clearly not.
didn't expect this from him, was really looking forward to the fight. i feel for Peterson but then again how could he be so stupid? no respect for cheats
youl shank a brit dont be silly you stupid redneck the good american name whens the american name been good ? ill be in vagas for that date and all be taking a big **** on the floor soon as i step off the plane !!! khans gonna whipp bradley into next year vagas has never seen an atmosphear like what we bring and were bringing it !!!!!!
lol well said man........:boxing:
khan not fighting maidana was wrong in any boxing fans view including me and i'm a fan of khan. but i also understand that khan signed with a new promotion team and he wanted to make his american debut. there was no point in fighting maidana if they couldn't get bums on seats. if khan fought in th uk and he didn't fight maidana then even i would agree with peepz who are saying khan is ducking maidana. i believe most fights don't happen because of the business side of things.... for e.g khan v maidana, maidana v bradley 2of the more recent examples.
According to his Twitter page, Amir Khan has signed to defend his WBA light-welterweight title against interim champion Marcus Maidana on 11 December. A venue is yet to be confirmed but London’s O2 Arena is believed to be in contention. Khan’s decision will end speculation that the Bolton man wanted no part of the big-punching Maidana who has recorded 27 knockouts in his 29 wins (against a solitary defeat).
Following his first round annihilation at the hands of Bredis Prescott two years ago Khan has impressively rebuilt his career. The 23-year-old has won his last five fights and captured the WBA light-welterweight title with a unanimous points victory over Andriy Kotelnik last July. Khan has made two subsequent defences against Dimitry Salita (TKO1) and Paule Malignaggi (TKO11) on his American debut at Madison Square Garden in May.
The suspicion, however, is that Khan’s handlers, Golden Boy, have been reluctant to match Amir against anyone with a ‘dig’, until now.
The heavy-handed yet crude Maidana is straight out of the Prescott mould and poses a serious threat to Khan’s questionable chin. The Argentinean slugger won a wild up-and-downer against the once highly touted Victor Ortitz (TKO6) last June to become the WBA’s interim light-welterweight champion but recently struggled against faded veteran DeMarcus Corley, uncharacteristically settling for the scorecards (W UD 12).
Interestingly, Maidana’s sole defeat came against Andriy Kotelnik on a split decision when he previously challenged for the WBA crown in February 2009. Khan had no such problems against the Ukrainian and will be confident of outboxing Maidana when they meet.
article courtesy of boxrec.....