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lets remember Maidana hadn't fought in 5 months, was marred with problems due to his promoters and manager taking advantage of him, i'm not saying that there's an excuse to look crappy against Corley of all people, but it could have been just that fight, he's looked great against guys that would mop the floor with Corley
To be fair though, it's all well and good making excuses like that, but nobody went easy on Khan losing to Prescott despite the fact he was actually fasting, which is far more detrimental than being inactive for 5 months...which is fairly normal for most fighters.
I know I've said something similar before, but I think the difference with Khan is that the Prescott KO was the culmination of a glaring weakness which was apparent throughout his career. It wasn't like he had an off-night and struggled against a lesser fighter, he was knocked out because his chin is his achilles heel. I like Khan, and I was cheering for him long before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon, but this situation, like the Alexander - Kotelnik fight, are totally different IMO than the Prescott KO. If Maidana, and Alexander, continue to struggle against less opposition, then they will be deserving of the type of doubts and criticisms which plague Khan.