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Larry Merchant will be the commentator for Khan-Maidana !!
It's a hard run to the 2010 home stretch for Merchant, who will also work the Dec. 11 Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana tiff in Vegas. Khan, just 23, is atop just about everyone's list as potential load carrier for the sport when this generation of superstars hang em up. Are we not perhaps laying it on too thick, anointing the Brit Pakistani prematurely, going too gaga too early?
"I'm not gaga for Khan," Merchant said. "But I did think he looked very impressive against Malignaggi (TKO11 win) in May."
I second that; in person, Khan's game looks water tight. He is a master at maintaining distance, and his jab is a game changer, a tool he can rely on exclusively, and rack up points round after round.
"There's always the question of what happens when he gets hit," Merchant said, as we all flash back to the Sept. 2008 KO loss to Breidis Prescott. To me, Khan is just about past the point where it is obligatory to reference his iffy chin. He's won five fights since, tightened up his guard immensely, and cannot be seen as having a built in achilles on his face.
"Maybe this fight will answer what happen when he gets hit hard," the HBO caller said. "It looks like Maidana is slower, not as big, and it may be that he's not the fighter people thought he was after beating Victor Ortiz in June 2009 (TKO6 win)."
I tend to think Maidana is quite overrated, certainly not the second best man at 140 as many think. I see Khan taking rounds from the Argentine handily, and then finishing him off with an uppercut. Check out this video will made Freddie Roach drool and giggle. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39kbF7DE5SI)
"I'm not gaga for Khan," Merchant said. "But I did think he looked very impressive against Malignaggi (TKO11 win) in May."
I second that; in person, Khan's game looks water tight. He is a master at maintaining distance, and his jab is a game changer, a tool he can rely on exclusively, and rack up points round after round.
"There's always the question of what happens when he gets hit," Merchant said, as we all flash back to the Sept. 2008 KO loss to Breidis Prescott. To me, Khan is just about past the point where it is obligatory to reference his iffy chin. He's won five fights since, tightened up his guard immensely, and cannot be seen as having a built in achilles on his face.
"Maybe this fight will answer what happen when he gets hit hard," the HBO caller said. "It looks like Maidana is slower, not as big, and it may be that he's not the fighter people thought he was after beating Victor Ortiz in June 2009 (TKO6 win)."
I tend to think Maidana is quite overrated, certainly not the second best man at 140 as many think. I see Khan taking rounds from the Argentine handily, and then finishing him off with an uppercut. Check out this video will made Freddie Roach drool and giggle. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39kbF7DE5SI)
I love this guy !!
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