Khan to face Salita 5th Dec

Excellent fight.

Amir by way of Wide UD.

 

Smart matchmaking...Cant see how the **** he has a big punch though, they chose him because he doesnt. No matter what Warren wants to spin.

 

Precisely, I might go to the fight if there's a decent enough undercard.

 

They didn't choose him at all. He's the mando.

 

Maidana should be the mando actually.

 

Sounds like a decent match, Khan UD.

Also Salita is Ukrainian not American.

 

:good

 

Salita is the mandatory.

 

Maidana already had a shot and lost to Kotelnik. Salita has been mandatory since April iirc, he's next in line.

 

Salita is the no1 ranked fighter...Maidana is the interim champ and by the rules of WBA (well at least they used to be), the full champ must fight the interim at the first available opportunity or be stripped. Its a rule that all the sanctioning bodies have been happy to contravene as long as they get their fees..with two champs they get double.

Maidana should get first dibs...Khan should have to fight him first. But it would be a change in trend for the WBA to follow their own rules.

 

Salita was mandatory before Maidana was bs interim champion.

 

Then Salita should have been fighting Ortiz for the interim title in June.

From the WBA's own regulations:

In this situation Khan is the champion in recess, as Maidana is the interim champion..the rules say they should fight straight away but it rarely happens these days.

 

This is the WBA we are talking about, don't expect them to stick to their rules if it means they make more money .

Winner of Khan-Salita has to fight Maidana within 90 days :good

 

Nobody should have been fighting for an interim championship. It was a bs measure to get another sanctioning fee. The champion wasn't injured or unable to defend.

Khan isn't champion in recess, he's the actual champion.