Sorry but I think Dudey could win this. I imagine him putting on a Kotelnik type fight and winning a hometown decision against Maidana. Yes Maidana & khan went through a war, but Disco Dudey could pose as an awkward target with all that break dancing he did against Khan. I'm not a Dudey fan, but I do think people forget how Kotelnik beat / robbed Maidana. After seeing what happened to poor Prescott - I wouldn't be surprised of Dudey doing the same. Cheated, not Defeated.
I think even mccloskey realises he lost that fight did you see how arrogant he seemed during the lead up of the fight, he was taking credit for khan beating judah, if he knew he genuinely beat prescott i'm sure we'd have heard a few cocky statements by mccloskey in the press.
I don't think you can point to the Prescott fight for evidence that he is world class, I thought Prescott won and McCloskey didn't look good. I don't think he's on the same level as the top guys at 140 and at his age, with his style, I don't see him improving a great deal at this point. I think Maidana beats him comfortably too as crude as he is, he would walk straight through McCloskey's pot-shots and would stop him in all likelihood IMO. You can't blame the guy for chasing the best in his division but I think he's caught in a no-man's land between being a bit better than European level and not quite good enough at world level.