Haven't made up my mind on this one yet, I'm impressed by Khan's offense but can't help going back to him being rocked by Limond let alone the Prescott debacle ..... I'm gonna wait until I see them go eye-to-eye at the weigh-in then go with my gut ... Looking forward to it as it should be good either way ..
I think this is evenly matched and will give the edge to Khan who's become an exceptional boxer/puncher that knows how to take advantage of using his reach and fight at a distance. Maidana, though as crude as he seems, has an impeccable timing no one mentions. He throws wide open bombs, but he's not a slowpoke when he does it and doesn't take long to load on his punches like most punchers do. That is very noticeable in the Kotelnik fight. Kotelnik is a very solid fighter, but Maidana found Kotelnik many times and I think Maidana did enough to at least warrant a draw. Khan will have to be very careful of Maidana's power especially the right. As for Maidana, he has to land his right over Khan's left and punch with him even if he's missing or he'll get outboxed.
Has there ever been a successful professional indian boxer ever? There's over 1.3 billion indians worldwide. That's 1 in 6 of the world's population
It's the same case with Amir Khan fights. So you witnessed a moment of some guys being racist. I could pick out many to when I went to Murray's recent fight where i heard a bunch of white guys shouting "Murray will murder the Paki (referring to Amir). Like I said dude, you get that sort of behaviour everywhere. If they act like prats, does the type of behaviour actually matter? Your point and way of thinking is seriously flawed.
I can't deny that I am a little worried about Maidana's power and I am wondering how Khan will react to a big punch, but If I had to put money on it; Khan TKO 9th. I think he will have to much for him and smother him in the later rounds.
Indians have got legends who would smash the likes of Haye, Ali, Louis and Dempsey all in one round, hasn't anyone heard of the legendary Sugar Ray Manmohan Singhania or Sunny "Destroyer of the Worlds" Deol? The latter was known all around the world for his ability to break down and destroy the Great Wall of China and Knock Out 150 Million people in his neighbouring country (watch the classic bollywood documentary "Gadar") and you'll see what I mean.