Dont really post often but thought this topic is avoided as I havnt seen any posts specifically. I am not a khan fan, dont like the guy XD, and wanted him to get KTFO, may as well be honest, and when maidana got hit flush in the first round and contorted his face in agony i do believe everyone was in the same mind frame of "well this is over", props for maidana for getting up from that punch to go on and do as well as he did. Also, i still cant fathom how khan didnt fall in the tenth, or before because ( cant rem. which round ) he looked hurt in a previous round, he took some shots that before this fight i would have bet money on him hitting the canvas, no his chin isnt granite but you cant take away what he did that night because he took the shots everyone said he wasnt able to take and then some. There, think i've been fair to both fighter, they do deserve it 100%, but enough with my amature analysis, that fight is one i enjoyed, that is the purpose of this thread, wether you like/dislike khan/maidana i would like people who enjoyed this fight to post here, it was an exciting fight as it was seen that both fighters could hurt each other and that mabey a late K.O could be in the cards. Ok one last comment, i dont score rounds, seems like too much effort, but i have a rough idea what they might look like, and after the knockdown and point deduction along with some dominant rounds i expectd the scores to be reasonable in favor with khan an was reasonably suprised how they came out? But great fight i enjoyed, hopefully we get more fights like this across the board. Many thanks for reading my essay and i hope to see some positive commenting lol.
I normally don't come here on the weekends so I'm not sure what the aftermath has been like here on ESB but I'm sure it was the typical hating on either fighter. I thought it was a great scrap that had me on the edge of my seat for the entire bout. Props to Khan for taking on a guy like Marcos despite having a suspect chin. This just shows that he's not afraid of the challenge. Props to Marcos for overcoming the early KD and all the other obvious advantages that Amir holds over him. Clear win for Khan but the excitement remains for the full duration in the anticipation of the possible KO from Marcos. I can't believe Khan was able to stay on his feet like that. Both guys have gained me as a supporter. What a fight. A rematch is a must.
Maidana did a great job cutting off the ring, don't you think. It was against a tall guy with the speed to avoid him but Maidana could bull-rush. Props to Amir in getting the upper hand, staying on the gameplan and such. Also, I won't mind a rematch some years down the line. The result could be very different.
I think it was a great fight. Respect to both fighters. I think it was close but I like Maidana. It seemed like Cortez was clearly biased. He did affect the fight by constantly breaking the fighters while Maidana was still punching on the inside.
Thanks all for your comments :thumbsup, 8count - i have to admit i was impressed, khan would do some fancy footwork and open up a large gap...but maidana just kept comin and closed the gap up nicely. With concerns to the ref - he would break the inside fightng up all too easily tbh but its all on how he sees it unfortunatly lol.
