Sooo...Alexander is most likely fighting Maidana before Khan

[Kagami Taiga]

No, I'm saying that the JMM and Malignaggi fights should never have ben discussed. Maidana was his mandatory. GBP is just going to protect him and never let him fight the best...Let's face it, beating Malignaggi isn't gonna get him some huge headline on ESPN and a huge US fanbase. He should have faced his mandatory, plain and simple. Richard Schaefer and Freddie Roach keep talking about "building up the fight", which is a load of crap. Maidana will most likely never be anything huge, at least not anytime soon so what's the point of building it up? And age isn't excuse. Devon Alexander is his age, and he's already faced three decent names at 140 and has two world titles. He's also chasing after bigger fights like Bradley, Judah and Maidana. Bradley also became a world champ at a young age and has faced a lot of big names himself. He even called out Pacquiao. Another example is Floyd Mayweather. He cleared the super featherweight division in his early 20s.

i cosign this!! i mean if u run from your manditory, there is little defense when ppl accuse u of ducking. what are you gonna say???

[Earl-Hickey]

Khan is ruining any chance he had of becoming a respected star, in this last 2 years the damage he has done to the opinion of him is insane.

[sunny31]

i beat u to that whole paulie is recognizable in new york. i kno, im a nyer. but outside of ny, no1 knows him worth much. nyways the point is 140 is a wide open division. no matter what u say, kahn aint gonna win fans by beating mali. the ppl who do kno who mali is, knos he cant hit worth **** and all the uk fans already kno what hatton did to him. khan wants to win over american fans, he needs to beat the best and he should have started over here with maidana.

Ha ha dude I have got a little information for you...paulie malignaggi is better than marcos maidana. The fact that hatton beat him doesn't really have a bearing on the viewing figures, as they were at different points in their careers. People know malignaggi, khan is still pretty early on as far as his career goes, and he is fighting a guy that hatton fought a year ago, the casual fan, ie some of my friends think its fairly impressive that khan is fighting someone that hatton recently fought. More than that he has name to face recognition, it is a good first fight for his debut, better than the maidana match up in terms of economics and calibre of fighter. There is not one thing you say that would change my mind about that. Maidana has beaten absoultely no one apart from a good prospect, paulie has fought and beat a lot of good fighters. Christ I don't even know if maidana would beat lovemore ndou!

[sunny31]

No, I'm saying that the JMM and Malignaggi fights should never have ben discussed. Maidana was his mandatory. GBP is just going to protect him and never let him fight the best...Let's face it, beating Malignaggi isn't gonna get him some huge headline on ESPN and a huge US fanbase. He should have faced his mandatory, plain and simple. Richard Schaefer and Freddie Roach keep talking about "building up the fight", which is a load of crap. Maidana will most likely never be anything huge, at least not anytime soon so what's the point of building it up? And age isn't excuse. Devon Alexander is his age, and he's already faced three decent names at 140 and has two world titles. He's also chasing after bigger fights like Bradley, Judah and Maidana. Bradley also became a world champ at a young age and has faced a lot of big names himself. He even called out Pacquiao. Another example is Floyd Mayweather. He cleared the super featherweight division in his early 20s.

If khan does what I think he will then this whole maidana thing won't be remembered in a couple of years time, just like the prescott thing is starting to blow over. Maidana has just come at a bad point in khan's career to be honest, he is still rebuilding and roach is still refining his technique and his phyisique. People should judge him after this year, and to be honest with you its not like he isn't fighting a good fighter, he is fighting a legit 140 contender and is still stepping up in competition (A lot of people on here seem to forget that).

Alexander is much more of a finished article then khan is physically and technically, people start acting dumb and ignorant when it comes to this point and saying there the same age, but if you know this sport you should see this. Let me put it this way if alexander had a clear ***** in his armour, do you think his camp would go out of their way to put him in with a fighter who could expose that flaw? That is a retorical question.

Do you think Maidana's people would be overjoyed at the thought of him fighting malignaggi? A speed guy who has a good chin and can outbox him. I don't think they would. I think roach will put khan in with a puncher when he thinks he is ready, and that might be his next fight for all you know.

Post this again because you seemed to ignore it the first time

[Slick_Rick]

No, I'm saying that the JMM and Malignaggi fights should never have ben discussed. Maidana was his mandatory. GBP is just going to protect him and never let him fight the best...Let's face it, beating Malignaggi isn't gonna get him some huge headline on ESPN and a huge US fanbase. He should have faced his mandatory, plain and simple. Richard Schaefer and Freddie Roach keep talking about "building up the fight", which is a load of crap. Maidana will most likely never be anything huge, at least not anytime soon so what's the point of building it up? And age isn't excuse. Devon Alexander is his age, and he's already faced three decent names at 140 and has two world titles. He's also chasing after bigger fights like Bradley, Judah and Maidana. Bradley also became a world champ at a young age and has faced a lot of big names himself. He even called out Pacquiao. Another example is Floyd Mayweather. He cleared the super featherweight division in his early 20s.

Khan beat Salita, he was his mandatory however bad he was. If Khan is to fight someone who is non-mandatory then mandatory then non mandatory etc, i have no problem with that.

But yes fighting your mandatory every other fight would make things a lot simpler but boxing does not work like that, few fighters, if any do it.

Fighting Paulie is going to get him more exposure then Maidana, and that's what you want when your making your debut in the US., i really don't see a problem in it.

As for the 3 decent names Alexander has faced, Malignaggi is better then them all, everyone just wants Khan too face a big puncher.

[FloydTBE]

khan wants no part of maidana, alexander or bradley. Hes facing a guy who has no power in May.

[Dirt]

Amir khan is a mere con.

[DR.ORGYY]

No worries i think maidana has this...........

[DR.ORGYY]

khan wants no part of maidana, alexander or bradley. Hes facing a guy who has no power in may.

paulie will beat amir........

[FloydTBE]

paulie will beat amir........

time will tell