Comments Thread For: R. Mayweather: Khan is a Bigger Fight Than Maidana

[Ivanbe23]

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[The Big Dunn]

I love it !!!!!! I am on record !!!! hahahahaha

YOU are smart enough to know that JR carries all the honors of being BORING.

YOU said the first line of your post not me. hahahaha

Second line, you said Manny being boring.

my answer is Manny is NEVER BORING,,,,,,NEVER because he is there to do his thing and its ALL ACTION.

He was all action in the Rio's fight, it was boring that Rios didn't do anything back. Was that because he was scared or was that because he couldn't?

IF a Pac fight is boring , then it will never be because of PAC !!!!!

Pressure ! Not like Canelos pressure, he had it in the bag, the first two rounds jr was jerking badly at the feints from Canelo, Jr was nervous and Canelo didn't capitalize ,,,HA !!!! Even Sr had to calm JR. hahahaha

Pressure like Ruslan puts out there. Jr hits no harder than Bradley, Ruslan forced Bradley into a firefight, Ruslan will do the same to JR.

What Ruslan won't do is back off but cut the ring off and throw hammer bombs, he is quick enough to land on a faster and quicker fighter, he has power to the last bell to KO yo azzzz , he takes a great punch, and has NO QUIT having been tested.

Who can test JR :
Pac
Ruslan
Bradley
James the MULE KIRKLAND


The jury is still out on JR.

We have never seen him in the Trenches.

We have never seen him in deep water.

Jr has played on the shore line. The gathering of the hord is with him on the shore line. you are there with him, you ought to see if he will tip toe into deeper water. We want to see JR TESTED !!!!!!

Funny, I want to see manny tested as well, especially in 2009.

[turnedup]

Well if Amir didn't have a glass chin he'd be a great opponent because he's the more technically sound fighter of the two and lord knows the last time Floyd fought a technically sound fighter was Mosley. If it wasn't for the chin issues I wouldn't have an issue with this fight. Amir could give Floyd problems but he's always one punch away from being on his @ss and there is the issue.

[IronDanHamza]

Because Amir Khan is a way bigger and more well-known name than Marcos Maidana?

Is he though?

Is there anything that actually supports that other than the UK fanbase he has?

I don't think a Khan fight would do any bigger numbers than a Maidana fight would at this moment in time.

[IronDanHamza]

Khan did 1.45 vs Judah on HBO, plus an additional 150k (estimated) on primetime PPV. Many of Khan's fights has exceeded those numbers. None of Maidana's has. Except for his fight against Khan.

How many of Khans fights have exceeded those numbers?

And Maidana just did those numbers.

When's the last time Khan did? A while ago.

[IronDanHamza]

You are discounting the UK PPV market as well as other markets to which Khan will appeal.

True but Maidana will bring in the Latinos and Mexicans who are behind him. Plus of course it will be big in Argentina.

Plus he's hot at the moment as opposed to Khan who's not.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Is he though?

Is there anything that actually supports that other than the UK fanbase he has?

I don't think a Khan fight would do any bigger numbers than a Maidana fight would at this moment in time.

Globally, it certainly would.

That's why Mayweather keeps saying Khan has a "cool fanbase" because his appeal is much further reaching than Maidana.

Who would draw more in the US is debatable and probably negligible.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

True but Maidana will bring in the Latinos and Mexicans who are behind him. Plus of course it will be big in Argentina.

Plus he's hot at the moment as opposed to Khan who's not.

Argentina is not a lucrative market like the UK. They'll probably stack the undercard with Hispanic fighters anyway - maybe even Maidana himself.

[IronDanHamza]

Argentina is not a lucrative market like the UK. They'll probably stack the undercard with Hispanic fighters anyway - maybe even Maidana himself.

Globally, it certainly would.

That's why Mayweather keeps saying Khan has a "cool fanbase" because his appeal is much further reaching than Maidana.

Who would draw more in the US is debatable and probably negligible.

Good points.

I'm not sure. I think what's most important to them is the PPV numbers and I don't see Khan doing much more than Maidana.

I don't really know the in's and out's really but the Khan fights a harder sell than Maidana at the moment I would say.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Good points.

I'm not sure. I think what's most important to them is the PPV numbers and I don't see Khan doing much more than Maidana.

I don't really know the in's and out's really but the Khan fights a harder sell than Maidana at the moment I would say.

To the American audience perhaps. I don't think Maidana would do that much more than Khan in the US anyway. Mayweather is basically drawing this fight on his own in America. They could easily sell Khan by showing him beating Maidana...

The key for me is the UK market. Lets face it, people here bought Haye-Harrison lol. They'll shell out in their droves for Mayweather-Khan.