Amir Khan won’t be fighting in July, but could be facing Marquez next
However, because the fight will conflict with the world cup competition, promotional company Amir Khan’s , Golden Boy Promotions, want Amir Khan to fight in November instead. Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy, is hoping to put Amir Khan in with Juan Manuel Marquez or the perhaps Juan Diaz, if he beats Marquez in their fight next month on July 31st.
Schaefer is also interested in matching Amir Khan with WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana, although the interest in that fight seems to be less than the Marquez fight. That’s understandable. Maidana is a young, powerful knockout puncher who is a legitimate light welterweight and not an undersized lightweight like the 36 year old Marquez.
Maidana would have a very actual chance of knocking Khan out if he was to be matched against Khan, which is likely why he has been skipped over previously. In contrast, Marquez is more of a featherweight, who has moved up in weight in the late states of his career currently to lightweight. He doesn’t look nearly as good at that weight as he did at featherweight and super featherweight.
To ask Marquez to then come up in weight another division to face the much taller and faster Amir Khan would be a huge advantage for Amir Khan. It might not even be a fair fight because of the size advantage that Amir Khan would have.
Incredibly, Schaefer was planning on ,making Khan’s July fight a pay-per-view bout, which is kind of shocking given that Khan has only fought once in the United States, beating the weak-punching Paulie Malignaggi. I think a fight with Khan as the headliner would do incredibly poor unless he was matched against a known star and I doubt Marquez would be enough of a star to make up for Khan’s still unknown status with casual boxing fans.
A bout between Khan and Casamayor would have probably been totally ignored by boxing fans on PPV, at least in the U.S. It might do well in England, but it would be asking a lot of fans to have to pay to see him fight the 38 year old Casamayor, who hasn’t been all that active since being stopped by Marquez two years ago and who has fought most of his career until currently at the lower weights.
It’s disappointing that Khan is being steered into fights against smaller fighters rather than ones from his own weight class. Khan may build up a name by fighting the smaller guys and avoid getting knocked out again, but he could be badly exposed again when they finally do put him in with a good fighter from his own weight class, whenever that happens.
On Khan’s Twitter page, Khan said “Guys, Casamayor is one of four names, but if the fight did happen, and we get the date, don’t be surprised if it isn’t him. I have another name in the bag.” I can only assume that the other name is Marquez, since if it was Maidana, Khan would instantly start talking about it.
Again, I don’t think Khan’s management is going to get him anywhere near Maidana anytime soon, if ever. The guy hits too hard and smothers his opponents with his pressure. He gets in close and batters his opponents into submission.
Khan has no inside game whatsoever and would be a sitting duck for Maidana. Freddie Roach, Khan’s trainer, needs to try and teach him how to fight on the inside instead of just how to stick and move because Maidana will likely nullify Khan’s movement almost instantly and knock him cold in a round or two.
Schaefer is also interested in matching Amir Khan with WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana, although the interest in that fight seems to be less than the Marquez fight. That’s understandable. Maidana is a young, powerful knockout puncher who is a legitimate light welterweight and not an undersized lightweight like the 36 year old Marquez.
Maidana would have a very actual chance of knocking Khan out if he was to be matched against Khan, which is likely why he has been skipped over previously. In contrast, Marquez is more of a featherweight, who has moved up in weight in the late states of his career currently to lightweight. He doesn’t look nearly as good at that weight as he did at featherweight and super featherweight.
To ask Marquez to then come up in weight another division to face the much taller and faster Amir Khan would be a huge advantage for Amir Khan. It might not even be a fair fight because of the size advantage that Amir Khan would have.
Incredibly, Schaefer was planning on ,making Khan’s July fight a pay-per-view bout, which is kind of shocking given that Khan has only fought once in the United States, beating the weak-punching Paulie Malignaggi. I think a fight with Khan as the headliner would do incredibly poor unless he was matched against a known star and I doubt Marquez would be enough of a star to make up for Khan’s still unknown status with casual boxing fans.
A bout between Khan and Casamayor would have probably been totally ignored by boxing fans on PPV, at least in the U.S. It might do well in England, but it would be asking a lot of fans to have to pay to see him fight the 38 year old Casamayor, who hasn’t been all that active since being stopped by Marquez two years ago and who has fought most of his career until currently at the lower weights.
It’s disappointing that Khan is being steered into fights against smaller fighters rather than ones from his own weight class. Khan may build up a name by fighting the smaller guys and avoid getting knocked out again, but he could be badly exposed again when they finally do put him in with a good fighter from his own weight class, whenever that happens.
On Khan’s Twitter page, Khan said “Guys, Casamayor is one of four names, but if the fight did happen, and we get the date, don’t be surprised if it isn’t him. I have another name in the bag.” I can only assume that the other name is Marquez, since if it was Maidana, Khan would instantly start talking about it.
Again, I don’t think Khan’s management is going to get him anywhere near Maidana anytime soon, if ever. The guy hits too hard and smothers his opponents with his pressure. He gets in close and batters his opponents into submission.
Khan has no inside game whatsoever and would be a sitting duck for Maidana. Freddie Roach, Khan’s trainer, needs to try and teach him how to fight on the inside instead of just how to stick and move because Maidana will likely nullify Khan’s movement almost instantly and knock him cold in a round or two.
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