Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana

Ortiz made no effort whatsoever to fight a smart fight. He stood toe to toe and brawled, throwing a grand total of three jabs if memory serves correctly. It's not that Khan's defensive ability is so much greater than Ortiz's, it's that he wont fight dumb and trade power shots with Maidana. Khan will win the fight with his jab, which is one of the best in boxing. He'll gradually break maidana down and by the late rounds the fight will be won.

 

Khan outboxes this dude....

 

Khan will beat Maidana in a fairly easy, straightforward fight. Then the same people who have been saying for months that Maidana would knock Khan out will turn around and say well Maidana was **** anyway.

 

Yeah! They're gonna say that Maidana has a glass jaw, was over rated and past his prime.

 

So would Khan KO1 Maidana be a 10x bigger shock than Martinez/Williams II?

 

I dont think so, given the huge advantage Khan has in speed.

 

Ooooooooooh...

 

Show me where I claimed that Victor fought the best possible fight, from a tactician's perspective, against Maidana.

However, you seem to forget that when you get tagged, as Ortiz did, you have a tendency to want to fire back. Ortiz was drawn into a slugging match in part because he got tagged a few times and wanted to administer reciprocal punishment. That type of thing happens in exhanges.

Khan has a very good jab, yes. Moreover, I suspect he will use it quite liberally. It could also be quite effective. Will it be sufficient to keep Marcos off him all night? I am not sure.

Finally, your "Khan won't sit there and trade power shots" analysis is simplisitic in the extreme. For example, what happens if Khan winds up with his back to the ropes in a given round and Maidana opens up?? Is he going to keep his gloves pinned to his ears or is he going to fire back?

And if he fires back, is his head movement and defense so superior to Victor's that we can expect he won't get caught ever in an exchange with Maidana???

 

I am not trolling, mate, I am simply pointing out what you yourself cited as possible reasons Ortiz lost. Recall you brought up conditioning with respect to Victor, as if you had some sort of insight into his training.

 

Khan out boxes maidana. Thats not to say maidana can't do anything. Everyone wants to see him test that chin which if he connects well could be trouble. But I think Khan will have enough to beat him.

 

I've been a bit harsh on Maidana. He's not as crude as we all think, offensively he's actually pretty decent. He sets up his big punches well and they're not as looping or wide as they're percieved to be, his punches are much more shorter and compact.

The problem for Maidana is, he's almost neanderthal in his defence. That's where he's really crude. He has no sense of how to be offensive and defensive minded without completely giving away one or the other.

Amir will beat him to the punch constantly. His jab and movement will be the key. Maidana struggles if you give him a different look and put a jab in his face. This is Khan's fight to lose. He has most of the advantages...all he has to do is stay on his P's and Q's defensively and he'll pitch a shutout and i think he may even get the stoppage.

He has to command the ring, be a general, control the pace of the fight and set traps for Maidana as he plods forward. I don't wanna see Khan using a lot of unnecessary movement, he must be efficient and economical. I don't think Maidana's chin is as sturdy as it should be for a pressure fighter at this level. So i'm going for a Khan stoppage, which could come at any point in the fight, but most likely mid/late in the fight.

 

Maidana by decapitation. :good

The people cleaning the venue up afterwards are gonna have a long ass night sweeping up all that shattered glass all over the place.

 

I'm picking Khan he's been working with Ariza.:deal