Maidana v Amir Khan

[slick]

Amir Khan 1.28
Marcos Rene Maidana 3.75
Odds Bet365

Anybody any ideas on this fight as that seems hell of a price for a puncher like Maidana, I like Khan and thinks he's a very good Technical boxer but every time he gets caught with a decent punch he does struggle, call it glass chin or whatever you want , if Maidana gets one through to Khans chops he will struggle.

Khan made a wise decison in making Freddie Roach his trainer, as he has tightened up his defence and looks better fight by fight, if he can keep Maidana out with his jab and work him then I can see Khan tiring out the Argentinian but it would take a mad man to back Khan at those odds against a man who has one loss to his name which was a split decision and 27 Ko's to his name out of 29 fights.
OK, Khan beat Kotelnik (the boxer who beat Maidana) but surely Maidana stands a punchers chance at those odds and will probably have the fans behind him.

I've always thought Khan will come unstuck against a decent puncher, whether Maidana is good enough to test him i don't know, but I might have a wee bet on Maidana as he's no mug and does possess a very good right hand.

[yorkieacermark2000]

Khan to knock him out for me. Might take Khan to knock him out rounds 1-3 @ 9.6 Betfair

[slick]

I don't know about that Yorkie as the guys never been Ko'd and should last until the latter rounds on paper but you never know, If Khan knocks him out within three rounds then he's a better boxer than I ever gave him credit for.

What side is it on by the way?

[yorkieacermark2000]

Bloody sky box office i believe Over in Las Vegas i think as well so will be 3am start or something stupid. Will have a look when i get in from work tomorrow night properly, just on instinct Khan is a better fighter will look closer tomorrow.

[slick]

Fcuk box office for a game of soldiers, thats the main reason I kicked Sky into touch. I'll go and see what other channels i can watch the fight on using my big dish.

[slick]

I'll be allright as I have about 10 other channels i can watch the fight on according to lJ sport on satellite and they are usually bob on, it states a 2am start though, can anybody confirm that as i aint staying up all night as those Tyson days ar long gone.

[David_Speedie]

I'm with Yorkie on this one in terms of Khan to win by TKO.

Appreciate Maidana hasn't been stopped before inside the distance but by all accounts he was floored in the two opening rounds of his last fight before coming back to win in six.

I think Amir is just not given enough credit, yes knocked by Prescott but that was clearly a young lad who hadn't developed. His top half was about twice the size of his base.

I think Roach is a quality coach, training with Manny will help, and by all accounts they've completly reconstructed him in terms of his physic and fitness (interesting article in the telegraph).

Basically, I think he's got power and speed which will be too much, so come round 8-9 the ref will have to stop the fight.

Interestingly, Bettingzone are putting a lot of reliance on Roach saying Khan will win every round and suggesting he'll try to tactically box and win on points.

[yorkieacermark2000]

Right where are we ah yeah the fight scheduled to start about 3 right then im going with

Khan 1-3 @ 10.0 Unibet £10 Price has dived on Betfair since last night so biggest price going is there
Also put a Saver on Khan in 4th Round £5 @ 21

Basically Khan is the better fighter and is training with world class boxers all the time now. Yes everyone will say about his K.O to Prescott few years ago and his so called glass chin but ive seen him get hit much harder than that and not be fazed by it. Khan is in a different class and if he wants it over and done with quickly he can just unleash his flurry of punches and get this over with. Should be a cracking fight with the other guy knocking out quite a lot of people thus far in his career but i think it was his last match i believe he got put on his arse as well to someone much smaller than Khan. So anyway Khan to win for me and hopefully quickly not sure if im going to stay up for it got work tomorrow

[slick]

Anybody watch it as I was fcuked so went to bed about 2am, woke up about 5 and from what i heard on the bedside radio it had just finished so thank fcuk i didn't wait up for it.

I know it went the distance and Khan won but i want to know whether its worth watching a replay or not.

[yorkieacermark2000]

From what i head i went to bed about same time as you, it was a okay fight Khan got smashed a few times and showed he hasnt got a glass chin anymore and got busted open. He did lay out the other guy in round one but he got back up. Seems like Khan did deserve to win, probably not worth a watch though

[rcgills]

Not seen it myself, but apparently Oscar De La Hoya called it the fight of the year (or fight of the decade, depending on the report you read).

De La Hoya or Yorkie, who do you trust most, Slick

Amir Khan beats Marcos Maidana to retain WBA light-welterweight title | Sport | guardian.co.uk
DE LA HOYA TIPS KHAN TO DOMINATE | Sporting Life - Boxing News | Amir Khan, Dereck Chisora, James DeGale

[yorkieacermark2000]

Well Do Hoya would say that as he's Khans promoter

[slick]

I heard Khan say that too but he would wouldn't he

I'll probably download and watch it at the weekend as there have been some rave post fight reviews.