I think this would be a perfect introduction to America for Amir Khan.. Paulie is quite a good name for Khans record that I feel alot of American's would be interested in watching. Paulie has just came off a good win over another big name of Juan Diaz. There is little risk of a loss because Khan is bigger, faster, stronger than Paulie, and Paulie is a poor puncher so no risk of Khan being KO'ed due to his glass chin... and Paulie would defo take the fight aswell because there is a world championship up for grabs! Wondering what other people think?
It would be a good matchup. Probably one of the few fights I would be willing to pay money to see Khan fight.
Khan can get around for a bit longer at 140 fighting guys with no power, he already took on Kotelenik and there's still Malignaggi and Bradley. I'd like to see Khan just man up and take on a power puncher and answer all the questions, although I know he won't. Problem here is that Paulie is actually quite good, he makes up for his lack of power, same with Bradley. Basically 140 is going to be tough.
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I think he definitely needs to step up to a power puncher again soon, but for now I want to see him continue to tighten his defensive skills. Malignaggi would probably be a great learning experience in this respect, as Khan would have to learn to deal with speed and well-timed punches.
I think it is a very good fight for both khan and malignaggi....If they promote it right and put it in MSG I think it would be good for boxing...I think both guys put on a showcase of pure skills... This a dangerous fight for khan, even if paulie is feather-fisted....the guy has a world of confidence at the moment, paulie has always had speed and movement, but now he is more mobile with sherif younan as his trainer.... The movement of malignaggi is what befuddled diaz, not so much his handspeed....Khan doesn't have that great of footwork, and I can see Paulie having his moments...I worry that Khan may be too big for paulie... Here's the problem with this fight...The WBA is hellbent on khan fighting-maidana....if he fights malignaggi he will get stripped or will vacate....which would suck, and then khan would get labeled as a ducker...Malignaggi a bigger name and good fighter....Maidana is a good fighter, but has no name at this point....