Close to Done Deals: Khan-Maidana, Martinez-Williams II
by Scott Christ on Sep 15, 2010 2:28 PM EDT
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Lem Satterfield of FanHouse is reporting that a fight between Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana looks close to finalized for December 11. Golden Boy's Richard Schafer, who promotes both fighters, says the fight will probably be at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Schaefer also says that the show will be a double-header on HBO, with Victor Ortiz possibly involved in the co-feature. Ortiz faces Vivian Harris on Saturday night, and obviously would need to win that fight. Ortiz had been mentioned as a possible Khan opponent for December 11 if Maidana fell through, but nothing serious ever came of it. Putting them on the same card might be a way of setting up a future fight between the two, but that's perhaps reading into things too much.
This is a fight that lost a bit of steam recently when Maidana had some trouble with faded veteran DeMarcus Corley in Argentina. In that regard, it's somewhat similar to a potential fight between Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander, which didn't look quite as thrilling after Alexander had difficulty against Andriy Kotelnik.
But in both cases, I think you still have a terrific fight. No matter what happened against Corley, Khan has always been a better overall fighter than Maidana, and their skill levels are not even close. Maidana's chance against Khan is his big right hand. It should be the type of fight that no matter how wide a lead Khan might build, it will feel as though it could go the other way at any moment.
Mr. Satterfield is also reporting that a rematch between world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams is close for November 20, either in Atlantic City or Washington D.C.
The two first met last December, when Martinez stepped in for then-middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik and went to war with Williams at Boardwalk Hall. It was a Fight of the Year candidate the first time around, one of the most surprising fights of 2009. Since then, Williams has only fought a few rounds down at 154 against Kermit Cintron, while Martinez beat Pavlik by unanimous decision in April. HBO has backed a rematch and Martinez's promoter Lou DiBella says he's "certain that the fight is going to be a go."
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I don’t think the fight is any less interesting after Maidana didn’t look great against Corley. Nobody expected Maidana to be able to outbox Khan anyways. It’s all about his power and Khan’s chin.
exactly
His chance didn’t change from that fight.
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by Scott Christ on Sep 15, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Putting them on the same card might be a way of setting up a future fight between the two, but that’s perhaps reading into things too much.
I don’t think it’s reading too much at all and am a bit suprised that you though that maybe so.
Whether Khan or Maidana wins(Khan will take it,imo),if then there are problems with negotiations with the proposed Bradley-Alexander winner,Ortiz is a solid option for GBP for either a Khan fight or a rematch with Maidana.
If they do build for it
It will be the same way TR is building for Gamboa-Lopez. GBP sees both of them as potential future cash cows, and they’re not going to slaughter one of them just to make a single fight.
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But that’s what boxing needs to get over,imo.A loss isn’t the end of the world and a lot of fights are left too late or never made at all.
Timing is crucial and they don’t want to make them too soon in a fighters career either but guys like Khan,Bradley,Alexander,Ortiz and Maidana should all be fighting each other(and hopefully will be) in the next 18 months or so.
I’m really confident that Bradley-Alexander will happen next year. Maybe not in January, but if that gets scrapped and Bradley signs with Golden Boy, they’ll get it done. Both those fighters genuinely seem to want the fight.
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by Scott Christ on Sep 15, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
MARTINEZ
Martinez will not have any touble with Paul Williams the next time they meet. Martinez is a good fighter and so is Williams but Martinez has the tools and energy to beat Paul the next time around. At least that is my humble but highly accruate opinion from the back woods of East Texas.
I agree with your pick
though i don’t see how your opinion can be both humble and highly accurate when predicting the outcome of a fight. :)
Actually,
even though i think Martinez will win,i wouldn’t agree the he “will have no trouble” with Williams.
I agree
It seems to me like Martinez is just much better at making adjustments than Williams, and I suspect that if Martinez had come into the fight with the championship, he probably would have ended up as the winner on the cards anyway.
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Steppin' up
Khan vs Maidana is gonna be fun. The key is Khans body. Can he withstand body shots from Maidana. Because Khan is not gonna take chances with relaxing a bit, so I don’t think his chin will be open very long. Especially because of his quickness. Khan is gonna use his offense as a defense. So Maidana will try to slow him down with body shots. I think Maidana will slow him and stop him. And I’m still unsure about Williams/Martinez.
Agreed on Khan/Maidana
If Maidana goes headhunting from the start, I think Khan’s superior skill and speed will get him picked apart. Maidana’s a good body puncher (see the Cayo fight), so I think he’d be well served to spend the early part of the fight pounding Khan to the body, both to slow him down and to take a bit of zip off of Khan’s jab.
Also, as a NYC expat currently stuck in DC, I’d be psyched if Williams/Martinez ended up here.
by Verklemptomaniac on Sep 15, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I go to school roughly 45 min from AC, so if the Martinez/Williams rematch is there I might strongly consider making it my first significant live fight. Nothing really comes my way down home in rural Georgia :-(
"I need a shot of tequila and a cigarette." -- Don Frye
hey, its a pretty good first big live fight ;)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
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