Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Plans To "Fight" Maidana, Not Run Away

[Dave Rado]

Khan has that power, not Maidana.
As soon as Maidana feels it, he's going to avoid it
the rest of the fight. Good for him if he did, but
embarrassing nonetheless seeing himself running
around contradicting his predictions.

Don't know what planet you're living on, but it sure isn't planet earth! Khan has decent power but not great power, and he rarely sits on his punches in any case. Maidana has a lot more power and sits on his punches much more. Khan has many advantages over Maidana, such as speed and footwork; but to pretend he has more power is just hilarious.

That said, speed kills, and if Roach has taught him how to hit without being hit while fighting in the pocket (which would be a new skill for him if so, but there are rumours that they have been working on this), then it is possible that he could get a KO and surprise people - not because he has more power than Maidana, but because he might be able to land the more telling punches, due to his speed. We'll see.

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WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is not planning to "run around" on December 11. Khan's opponent Marcos Maidana told BoxingScene.com that he expects Khan to "run around the ring" all night. Khan told BoxingScene that he plans to make it a real fight because he doesn't want a normal win. Khan wants to be very impressive to set up potential future fights in 2011, like a possible meeting with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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I would be HUGELY impressed, and totally surprised, if Khan took the fight to Maidana. If what Khan says is true (and I dont think it is, I see him boxing/moving to a safe UD)..... but if this was true, then I now have Maidana as a firm favorite in this fight.

Maidana is a beast, Khan dont wanna mess with Maidana on his terms, I don't know if I believe this.

Recently with a number of BS articles, the very first thing that you have to do is determine whether it is even accurate. Not dissing the writers so much, its the bull**** talk coming from the fighters/promoters/familys/etc.

[al-Xander]

Don't know what planet you're living on, but it sure isn't planet earth!

It's planet earth. Yep , when people say,
"back to reality", what they really mean is,
"back to planet earth". You're right.
I don't know where you're posting from, but
it seems like Pandora or something. But we'll
see as you said. Madonna is simply average
to me.

[English puncher]

steroids cant help your chin out. if you were born with a weak chin thats called genetics, theres nothing you can do about it. unless ariza has something in those shakes that changes your dna, thats not gonna happen

my point exactly!

[English puncher]

steroids cant help your chin out. if you were born with a weak chin thats called genetics, theres nothing you can do about it. unless ariza has something in those shakes that changes your dna, thats not gonna happen

oh and I was having a joke with it, but you returned one by taking me serious!

[BetterCallSaul]

a) Prescott couldn't land cleanly against Kevin Mitchell or Miguel Vazquez or Harrison Cuello, all of whom are B level fighters, so what makes you think he could land cleanly against Maidana, Bradley or Alexander? Plus he shook Khan badly with a jab.

b) Khan has been knocked down and hurt by several feather-fisted journeymen, including Willie Limond - who has 8 KOs out of 33 wins, and has never beaten anyone rated higher than 100 in the world.

To be fair, whilst I believe Khan has a poor chin, Kotelnik has more power than Gomez and Limond and wasn't able to hurt Khan at 140, even though he landed some big shots. I think Alexander was more bothered by Kotelnik's punches than Khan ever was. However, Maidana is a different prospect all together, and I don't fancy Khan's chances if he is eating big shots early on.

[Dave Rado]

To be fair, whilst I believe Khan has a poor chin, Kotelnik has more power than Gomez and Limond and wasn't able to hurt Khan at 140, even though he landed some big shots. I think Alexander was more bothered by Kotelnik's punches than Khan ever was. However, Maidana is a different prospect all together, and I don't fancy Khan's chances if he is eating big shots early on.

Khan's balance has improved; so has his ability to clinch where necessary, so has his ability to roll with a punch to take the sting out of it; plus he blocks punches now, which he didn't before, so the punches that land rarely land that cleanly; he keeps his chin tucked in now, whereas he used to leave it hanging out; he no longer moves blindly onto punches the way he used to, and that used to double the effective power of some of the punches he was hit with; and his whole body shape has changed for the better under Roach (he used to have an over-muscular back and spindly legs, which Roach has rectified). For all those reasons and more, he can take a punch much better now, although I don't believe he has a very good chin, even now, and he certainly hasn't proved that he has. But I was responding to an idiot who seemed to think that (a) Prescott is a world class ****er, and (b) that Khan had never been rocked before Prescott - both of which are ludicrous opinions.

I also think that if Khan eats big shots to the head against Maidana, it's likely to be late on. I think Maidana will go to the body early on, and go for the head only once Khan starts to slow down.

[Dave Rado]

It's planet earth. Yep , when people say,
"back to reality", what they really mean is,
"back to planet earth". You're right.
I don't know where you're posting from, but
it seems like Pandora or something. But we'll
see as you said. Madonna is simply average
to me.

You're funny. You presumably think every boxing journalist in the world is also in Pandora, because none of them share your opinion. But enjoy your fantasies if they make you feel good.

[BetterCallSaul]

Khan's balance has improved; so has his ability to clinch where necessary, so has his ability to roll with a punch to take the sting out of it; plus he blocks punches now, which he didn't before, so the punches that land rarely land that cleanly; he keeps his chin tucked in now, whereas he used to leave it hanging out; he no longer moves blindly onto punches the way he used to, and that used to double the effective power of some of the punches he was hit with; and his whole body shape has changed for the better under Roach (he used to have an over-muscular back and spindly legs, which Roach has rectified). For all those reasons and more, he can take a punch much better now, although I don't believe he has a very good chin, even now, and he certainly hasn't proved that he has. But I was responding to an idiot who seemed to think that (a) Prescott is a world class ****er, and (b) that Khan had never been rocked before Prescott - both of which are ludicrous opinions.

I also think that if Khan eats big shots to the head against Maidana, it's likely to be late on. I think Maidana will go to the body early on, and go for the head only once Khan starts to slow down.

Good points. I agree entirely.

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WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is not planning to "run around" on December 11. Khan's opponent Marcos Maidana told BoxingScene.com that he expects Khan to "run around the ring" all night. Khan told BoxingScene that he plans to make it a real fight because he doesn't want a normal win. Khan wants to be very impressive to set up potential future fights in 2011, like a possible meeting with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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this is after Khan was made fun of as reeboks next star athlete. run khan run!