Khan-Malignaggi in the works

[Kev]

Fukk that. Con needs to fight Maidana. Who is the interim title holder to his belt. Malignaggi might be a bigger name but he can't fukking punch. And non-punchers is all Con has been facing since he was almost decapitated by Prescott. How can he be new and improved if he's still being protected?

I think they want to go progressively. First, a big name to foster his name in the US and to see how he reacts against a quick and skilled boxers to give him more experience. Then they will probably go against an higher banger to test his limits a bit further. Actually, I think that this Paulie fight, if it happens, is a quite damn smart move from their side.

my problem with this is if Khan is not ready to fight who he is supposed to, don't be a champ. As far as I am concerned once you have that belt there is no more well lets build him into the champ we just made him.

First off, Amir isn't the champ, he's a belt holder, secondly he's only had the title for five minutes give him a chance! He's just got his mandatory out of the way against that organisation's mandatory number one contender, meaning he had to take that fight, now he wants to fight Paulie Malignaggi, a former world champ and whose only losses have come against Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, both of whom peaked at around the number 5 spot in the Ring's p4p rankings.

Thirdly, this is the junior welterweight division, who in this division is better than Malignaggi?

Bradley, I guess you could regard him as the champion at the weight, certainly he's number 1 right now. After that it's pretty much wide open with Paulie not being behind anybody else.

He's a former world champ, a tough experienced fighter, still in his prime and he's fighting in his natural weight class.

Just because he's not a banger doesn't mean he's not a challenge. He's a great matchup for Khan, a HBO regular, a marquee name and one of the best known fighters in that weight class.