Maidana: Khan Beats Alexander

Alexander schooled Maidana and won a very clear decision.
Khan beat Maidana in a very close and action packed fight.

They were two different fights but Alexander performed better than Khan against this common opponent. However, Maidana has been in the ring with both of them so his opinion holds a lot more weight than mine.

 

Thanks. I don't think Alexander is able to adjust well if he's constantly having to defend.

If you look though, Alexander wasn't really throwing to counter Bradley, so it's not as if Bradley's chin in the air would have made much of a difference. In fact, Bradley often drops his hands on the inside and sticks his chin out a bit when beasting out to the body. It was the feints and use of the jab propelled by Bradley's footspeed that had Alexander constantly backing up and eating shots.

Alexander doesn't seem like an opponent who really likes to throw with opponents. It's throw, then disengage. Kind of similar to Khan actually, only he moves better defensively and uses southpaw angles to his advantage behind a jab, and works well in a clinch.

It may not be that one-sided, but I think I favor Khan based on what I've seen. Alexander's power all but disappears when he loses the confidence to commit to his punches.

 

Khan performed better against Kotelnik than Alexander did though.

Neither Kotelnik or Maidana fight all that similar to Khan or Alexander so I don't think we can really take much away from these fights when picking the winner.

 

I'd give the slight edge to Alexander. Khan may be damaged goods. He's absorbed a tremendous amount of punishment throughout his career.

 

Right.

 

Alexander is very dependent on his ability to maintain distance to get off behind his measuring right jab. Here, Khan makes Judah pay for letting his lead right hand go in a number of ways.

Early on, he was constantly hooking over Judah's right jab & hook, and circling towards his right to maximize his range and land his jab on the inside. He was backing Judah up over and over with right-left-right, left-right-left combinations, and once he closed the distance, threw great uppercuts and body shots.

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To set up the KO, Khan slipped the right jab and landed a hard right hand up top. This is the same move Roach drilled Pacquiao to master with his left.

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Judah's left rarely made an appearance, because without his lead hand, he's less likely to throw only lead lefts. Mayweather and Rigondeaux have showed us that if you take away an opposite stance fighter's lead hand, and they aren't diverse with their rear hand or offensive footwork, their straight right/left is easier to see coming no matter what angle you're at. Alexander is already a right-handed fighter, and doesn't throw many lead lefts.

Alexander looked his worst against Bradley because of his superior offensive foot speed, and best against Urango and Maidana because of their slower foot speed.

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(First few seconds) Bradley constantly rushed in past Alexander's lead right and landed a straight right before throwing combinations inside, just like Khan did to Judah. He followed up with a left hook over the jab, and Alexander backs up, unable to get off with any accuracy. because he's too busy defending. Khan won't smother Alexander the way Bradley did out of a crouch, but he'll be able to close the distance and penetrate Alexander's loose guard in a similar fashion.

If Khan falls in frequently like he did against McCloskey, Alexander has a good chance to throw fast combinations on the inside against Khan, and can outmaneuver him in a clinch. But if Khan maintains the range and calculates his offensive lunges like he did against Judah, Alexander will have a hard time escaping and getting off.

 

At JWW I had Khan to beat him. Alexander has improved at Welter, Khan in recent fights isn't looking great. Needs more experience with this new style. Will have to see Khan at 147, but think he has the tools to beat Alexander.

 

Well, Alexander seemed to hurt Maidana on at least three occasions when they fought. Khan dropped Maidana with a body shot. Maidana is just trying to talk himself into another money fight. Alexander spanked Maidana, there would be no money or interested in an Alexander rematch. Khan, got badly hurt by Maidana then ran for rounds at a time, making it seem like the fight was close. In all actuality had Khan kept his cool, he would have beat Maidana just as wide as Alexander. Maidana is an unskilled fighter, a level up from a bum at this point.

 

That was Alexander's worst night. He seemed to freeze mentally under the big lights. Alexander is definitely better than he showed against Bradley, although he is seriously flawed in how he fights. Alexander is better now than he was then though. Supposedly he was having a really hard time making that weight. He looked really strong against Maidana, who was supposed to bulldoze him.

 

Alexander looks better at 147... Khan looked even shaky against a light puncher in diaz at 143. At 147 khan gets rocked big and stopped against anyone with remote power.

His only hope is to win from the outside ans not get caught big

 

Khan doesn't really lose too many rounds. Alexander isnt gonna try to make it a dog fight like Lamont. Alexander will have to knock him out to win

 

Kotelnik beat but got robbed blind against Devon.

if khan fights to his potential he beats Devon on points.

 

Maidana was pretty much shutout against Alexander and came close to knocking Khan out. Not that surprising he'd say this.

 

He's definitely better than he was, but he's also fighting opponents who allow him to move as he pleases. Maidana, Bailey, Purdy, all allowed him to control the pace and range.

 

if this was the Khan before the Garcia fight, then he'd put a whipping on Alexander. but it's not. he's gone backwards with his style. he's in no mans land and doesn't know what to do. he's confused right now. if he doesn't sort that **** out real quick, Alexander will not only beat him, but KO him.

i don't think Khan can get himself sorted out in time. i'm going all in with Alexander.