Kevin Kelley: Marcos Maidana Hits Harder than Samuel Peter and other Heavyweights!

Maybe Chop Chop can be Sam Peters comeback opponent, then we can have a common opponent to compare the power.

If Peter could do the unthinkable and KO a guy even Maidana couldn't then I think he would have deserved a 4th fight with a Klitscko.

 

Kelley's been hit with a few too many shots to the head.

 

Kelly said Maidana has quick feet? I always felt he had slow feet, that said, Kelly has been in the ring with him so.........

 

What?!? Maidana's been his mandatory for a while. It's about time Khan fights somebody of relevance whom is actually dangerous. Barrera, Kotelnik, and Paulie are his only quality wins, please... Your posts today sound like you are content with boxers fighting nobodies for quite a while.

 

To be honest, Khan could have quite easily picked his way to the top with his star power and Golden Boy behind him. They wanted him to fight Marquez - who they thought was ripe for the taking - or Katsidis/Casamayor. Maidana is a dangerous high risk/low reward fight for him, and he wanted it.

 

I'm honestly not surprised. Maidana isn't just a 'puncher'...he looks like he's a super hitter, someone with dynamite in those hands. Combine that with Khan's delicate chin, and you could possibly have a rather terrifying knockout. Khan's defence has never been great, either -- he's improved since Prescott, but now it needs to be better than ever.

Back during his youth, Kevin Kelley was a hard puncher too, if I remember right...and he sounds like he's in awe of Maidana's punches.

 

He wanted Marquez and Nacho thought it wasn't a good idea to fight a top contender at an uncomfortable weight (again.) Then Katsidis really wanted a chance at the belt and he was Marquez's mandatory anyway, so Khan's first choices-two lightweights- were out of the picture. Then he fights a light hitter for his US debut. Now, he's fighting his mandatory who is a hard puncher. I think Khan is a great fighter who will prove himself, but it's not like he was immediately jumping for the top tier the whole time.

 

khan didnt want it, he wanted casamayor, then he had his heart set on marquez, khan told maidana to "get in the queue". maidana had to threaten to go to the wba, to get khan to fight him.

 

:rofl I could imagine a sitcom with those 2 in prison, it would be hilarious.

 

Bottom line, I want to see Khan fight real challenges like he's doing now, not proclaim he's the best without proving it in the ring. If he does beat Maidana, then it has to be the winner of Bradley-Alexander.

The end result of those will justify the status recognition that goes with the best in the sport.

 

might mean something if maidana werent so damn slow