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Nah that was the toughest one sided fight you'll see, he buzzed Floyd with both head and body shots, Burton even when hit knew how to move his head in time to not get hit cleanly full impact, and Floyd had issues here as he there 4 kitchen sinks out there that fight.....
Burton/Augstus kicks this fundamental less generations ass.....He had the true Floyd blueprint, which is Chin, and keep throwing with him, Cotto chin failed him here, and he was able to fight Chino off...The thing is you open yourself to a career threatening ass whooping from Floyd giving so; watch the Cotto fight the other day with Cotto being carried to the locker room with knots all over his head stumbling....Last edited by sbbigmike; 06-10-2020, 12:45 PM.Comment
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Let’s not forget that Mayweather paid Maidana to use power lock gloves instead of the Mexican Style gloves!Comment
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It does matter. One punch changes a fighter completely. Victor Ortiz rightfully deserved the Andryi Koltelnik fight at 140 pounds, but the WBA robbed him of the opportunity and gave it to Khan at his first fight at 140. I feel that because Khan knew what to expect from Maidana, he was able to beat him. Ortiz was the sacrificial lamb at 22 years old and that Maidana fight might have ruined him permanently.Comment
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A Classic HBO fight , it was a summer fight too I remember watching this live ahhh memories. Maidana was supposed to come in as cannon fodder as they were grooming ortiz into the next de la hoya but maidana spoiled the show.Comment
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I was at this fight live, it is the hardest i have heard punches, especially the thudding shots from Maidana.
Ortiz lost 3 rounds in a row and was getting battered, he might have been ahead on points but he wasn't going to win.
Quitting after being dropped yet again just denied us a proper stoppage, it was coming for sure.
Ortiz did well to bounce back to win a title and get the floyd fight but his career since has been a disaster.Comment
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What do you think would have happened if Ortiz fought Koltelnik instead and Khan fought Maidana for the interim?
I think Khan got really lucky in seeing Ortiz fighting Maidana to come up with his own game plan. No one knew how dangerous Maidana’s power was until he fought Ortiz.Comment
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Khan was at the fight, i saw him taking pics with fans after the fight, heard him say both guys were bad dudes, a hard nights work for him he said.
Ortiz would have beaten Kotelnik on points in USA, Maidana arguably beat him in Germany earlier that year, close fight but i had Maidana 7-5.
Khan in 09-10 was the much more skilled than Maidana, When they did fight in late 2010, Khan was more suited to the weight, was in his best shape and Maidana was pretty much just looking for wild hooks, later on in his career he set up his attack much more intelligently, feights, jabs to the head and body.
Khan would not have fought him at 140 in 2009 in his first fight at that weight, he only fought him a year and a half later because he had to or be stripped of the title. Main reason he went to 140 in 2009 was because he saw Kotelnik has an easy stylistic match up and a easier route to a world title.
Khan vs Maidana at 147 a few years later i am convinced Maidnaa gets him out of there, just a much smarter fighter, he would have landed easier and more. Even at 140 against the less skilled version, he was getting tagged plenty, that first round bodyshot probably won him the fight, took a bit out of Maidana.
Khan vs Ortiz would have been fun, drama and action packed fight more than likely.Last edited by shenmue; 06-10-2020, 04:52 PM.Comment
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That was a great fightComment
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