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By Jake Donovan - A brief summary of the year that has been for Amir Khan:
Boxing fans clamor for a showdown between Khan and Marcos Maidana. Khan states he doesn’t care who he fights. Golden Boy Promotions – the stateside promoter for both fighters – insist that they want to build up the fight for the sake of making it a bigger event.
Maidana is given March date on HBO against Victor Kayo. Khan winds up facing Paul Malignaggi seven weeks later in stateside debut; Maidana agrees to a fight with Tim Bradley, reschedules and then pulls out altogether in favor of a hometown showcase against faded DeMarcus Corley.
Fans insist that Khan is ducking Maidana.
Maidana looks solid against Cayo, stopping him in six. Khan walks through Malignaggi, stopping the Brooklynite in eleven. Maidana gets past Corley, though the performance not particularly one for the time capsule.
With their schedules now freed up and a date available on HBO (Saturday, 9:30PM ET/6:30PM PT), Golden Boy decides time is right for Khan and Maidana to finally square off.
Fans insist that Khan cherry picked Maidana as an opponent.
Such logic appears to be par for the course when it comes to assessing the Bolton resident ever since he turned pro five years ago. [Click Here To Read More]
Boxing fans clamor for a showdown between Khan and Marcos Maidana. Khan states he doesn’t care who he fights. Golden Boy Promotions – the stateside promoter for both fighters – insist that they want to build up the fight for the sake of making it a bigger event.
Maidana is given March date on HBO against Victor Kayo. Khan winds up facing Paul Malignaggi seven weeks later in stateside debut; Maidana agrees to a fight with Tim Bradley, reschedules and then pulls out altogether in favor of a hometown showcase against faded DeMarcus Corley.
Fans insist that Khan is ducking Maidana.
Maidana looks solid against Cayo, stopping him in six. Khan walks through Malignaggi, stopping the Brooklynite in eleven. Maidana gets past Corley, though the performance not particularly one for the time capsule.
With their schedules now freed up and a date available on HBO (Saturday, 9:30PM ET/6:30PM PT), Golden Boy decides time is right for Khan and Maidana to finally square off.
Fans insist that Khan cherry picked Maidana as an opponent.
Such logic appears to be par for the course when it comes to assessing the Bolton resident ever since he turned pro five years ago. [Click Here To Read More]
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