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WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan made a recent appearance on BoxingScene.com's official audio show, Leave It In The Ring, and explained why he's pushing to fight Juan Manuel Marquez, instead of taking the fight with his mandatory challenger, WBA interim-champ Marcos Maidana. Khan plans to return to the ring on December 11 on HBO. [Click Here To Read More]
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Getting shaky are we, Khan? -
It sounds like Khan is trying to build up Marquez in an effort to take the heat off of him for trying to get a fight against the smaller and older Marquez rather than the top light welterweights in the division. What better way than to say that Marquez is better than all the top light welterweights.
By saying that, Khan has an excuse for not fighting the top fighters from his own division. Khan probably should have taken on Maidana in his last fight in May. Instead, however, Khan took on the light hitting Paulie Malignaggi and ended up stopping him in the 11th.
After the fight, Khan said he wanted to go after the top light welterweights in the division. But now he’s targeting the 36-year-old Marquez rather than fighters from his own weight class, and many boxing fans find it peculiar that Khan is doing this.
It’s true Marquez is a bigger name than Alexander and Bradley right now, but he’s also about to turn 37 and fights in a division below Khan. Fans of Khan like to point out that Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought Marquez last year, and that it should be okay for Khan to target Marquez as well.
The problem is Khan hasn’t had a real tough opponent since being knocked out in the 1st round in 2008. Since that loss, Khan has fought the following fighters: Oisen ***an, Marco Antonio Barrera, Andriy Kotelnik, Dmitriy Salita and Malignaggi.
None of those fighters were huge punchers and Barrera was an old 35. Fans would like to see Khan, at the very minimum, fight Maidana. If Khan fought and beat Maidana, then he could easily get away with targeting lightweights to fight for a while without taking a lot of criticism.Comment
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Pussy ass fool.lmao.............................Last edited by Team Vitaminas; 12-11-2010, 04:54 AM.Comment
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Not going to duck, gonna unify 140, huh?
****in fraud.Comment
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Marquez beats Khan, beats Maidana/alexander/bradley then I'd be interested with a trilogy..Comment
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That's the problem with alot of these young fighters. Their more
for show than boxers. When/IF Kahn finally fights a top dog and
or threat then he will get exposed again and the gravy train ends
live Victor Ortiz. I blame the promoters for trying to hype these
guys before they really been challenged. The reason why fighters
of old are so memorable and popular in the sport of boxing is because
they actually fought tough fights that got them the recognition, fame
and money. These young guys want to cash in before they get into
wars. Guys like Kahn and Berto make me laugh demanding so much
money and fans but haven't really produced any memorable performances
against prime, tough, elite competition.Comment
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I don't think Khan understands why people ACTUALLY call him chinny. Its not just Prescott bout - the guy was a big puncher and you got caught.. it happens. However, before that bout I think he was down 4/5 times against non punchers.
Guys who werent even proper light weights wobbled him and dropped him. Khans chinny but roach has helped with defence, strength in legs and 140lb moveComment
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Hopefully JMM fights Katsidis and forces Khan to fight Maidana or Ortiz.
**** would be so beautiful because it takes 2 options off the table for Khan and forces him to fight an actual Jr. Welterweight. Fights I actually want to see.
People need to **** off with this "he should move up" mentality. Not everyone has the physical tools to be able to do that. JMM is already fighting at a physical disadvatage at 135 and is winning off of sheer skills, talent, and being a badass.Comment
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