Khan being offered to fight JMM and wants it

[generalbulldog]

I would favor Khan in this one. JMM is 36, will be 37 this year, and fighting at 140 against someone who is sleek of hand and foot. Yes JMM was the lineal champ at 135 but he had to really dig deep against Casamayor and Diaz to win those fights. I feel 140 is a tad too much especially against an younger and bigger guy.

Roach knows when to take certain fights when the other guy looks weak or finished. See Delahoya-Pac, Khan-Barerra, as prime examples. Roach knows when certain guys are ripe to be picked.

[KKisser]

I would favor Khan in this one. JMM is 36, will be 37 this year, and fighting at 140 against someone who is sleek of hand and foot. Yes JMM was the lineal champ at 135 but he had to really dig deep against Casamayor and Diaz to win those fights. I feel 140 is a tad too much especially against an younger and bigger guy.

Roach knows when to take certain fights when the other guy looks weak or finished. See Delahoya-Pac, Khan-Barerra, as prime examples. Roach knows when certain guys are ripe to be picked.

same here. at 140lbs i think khan is too fast and too big for marquez.

[amat]

This is a huge risk imo. I mean I'd almost rather see Khan-Maidana just because either outcome is bad imo. Khan is tailor made for Marquez though honestly I think Marquez would take that matchup. I like the work Khan has done is rebuilding his career and he was good against Salita. However, to me the Kotelnik fight he just didn't settle in. I don't think he looked all that comfortable on the outside, he's not the sharpest puncher and Marquez is among the sharpest counter-punchers in the game. Marquez just isn't going to be overwhelmed with physical ability by Khan when he just went 12 rounds with Mayweather.

Don't know why they wouldn't want to try to beat Maidana before someone else does.

[zbolt]

This is a huge risk imo. I mean I'd almost rather see Khan-Maidana just because either outcome is bad imo. Khan is tailor made for Marquez though honestly I think Marquez would take that matchup. I like the work Khan has done is rebuilding his career and he was good against Salita. However, to me the Kotelnik fight he just didn't settle in. I don't think he looked all that comfortable on the outside, he's not the sharpest puncher and Marquez is among the sharpest counter-punchers in the game. Marquez just isn't going to be overwhelmed with physical ability by Khan when he just went 12 rounds with Mayweather.

Don't know why they wouldn't want to try to beat Maidana before someone else does.

kotelnik already beat maidana

[amat]

This is a huge risk imo. I mean I'd almost rather see Khan-Maidana just because either outcome is bad imo. Khan is tailor made for Marquez though honestly I think Marquez would take that matchup. I like the work Khan has done is rebuilding his career and he was good against Salita. However, to me the Kotelnik fight he just didn't settle in. I don't think he looked all that comfortable on the outside, he's not the sharpest puncher and Marquez is among the sharpest counter-punchers in the game. Marquez just isn't going to be overwhelmed with physical ability by Khan when he just went 12 rounds with Mayweather.

Don't know why they wouldn't want to try to beat Maidana before someone else does.

kotelnik already beat maidana

I know that. However, Maidana's career is rolling in a way now that it never has before. He just had the biggest win of his career, scrapping a top prospect. It's to good of a deal to pass up for Khan I'm suprised he's doing this.

[zbolt]

This is a huge risk imo. I mean I'd almost rather see Khan-Maidana just because either outcome is bad imo. Khan is tailor made for Marquez though honestly I think Marquez would take that matchup. I like the work Khan has done is rebuilding his career and he was good against Salita. However, to me the Kotelnik fight he just didn't settle in. I don't think he looked all that comfortable on the outside, he's not the sharpest puncher and Marquez is among the sharpest counter-punchers in the game. Marquez just isn't going to be overwhelmed with physical ability by Khan when he just went 12 rounds with Mayweather.

Don't know why they wouldn't want to try to beat Maidana before someone else does.

kotelnik already beat maidana

I know that. However, Maidana's career is rolling in a way now that it never has before. He just had the biggest win of his career, scrapping a top prospect. It's to good of a deal to pass up for Khan I'm suprised he's doing this.

khans career is also on a roll with his wins over kotelnik, barrera, salita. i think khan is going for more popular big fish and jmm is one of those

[ono]

This is a huge risk imo. I mean I'd almost rather see Khan-Maidana just because either outcome is bad imo. Khan is tailor made for Marquez though honestly I think Marquez would take that matchup. I like the work Khan has done is rebuilding his career and he was good against Salita. However, to me the Kotelnik fight he just didn't settle in. I don't think he looked all that comfortable on the outside, he's not the sharpest puncher and Marquez is among the sharpest counter-punchers in the game. Marquez just isn't going to be overwhelmed with physical ability by Khan when he just went 12 rounds with Mayweather.

Don't know why they wouldn't want to try to beat Maidana before someone else does.

kotelnik already beat maidana

I know that. However, Maidana's career is rolling in a way now that it never has before. He just had the biggest win of his career, scrapping a top prospect. It's to good of a deal to pass up for Khan I'm suprised he's doing this.

That's the thing though. I'd imagine Maidana isn't known at all in England by the casual sports fans. Even the casual boxing fans probably don't know much about him.

He isn't going to take on another unknown ko artist 18 months after losing to Prescott. He's trying to make a career and a living out of the sport. I'm not saying he wouldn't beat Maidana because i think he would, but it would be career suicide of epic proportions if he were to get ko'd by another largely unknown fighter. At least if he loses to JMM, it's credible.

[Fenster]

This is a huge risk imo. I mean I'd almost rather see Khan-Maidana just because either outcome is bad imo. Khan is tailor made for Marquez though honestly I think Marquez would take that matchup. I like the work Khan has done is rebuilding his career and he was good against Salita. However, to me the Kotelnik fight he just didn't settle in. I don't think he looked all that comfortable on the outside, he's not the sharpest puncher and Marquez is among the sharpest counter-punchers in the game. Marquez just isn't going to be overwhelmed with physical ability by Khan when he just went 12 rounds with Mayweather.

Don't know why they wouldn't want to try to beat Maidana before someone else does.

kotelnik already beat maidana

I know that. However, Maidana's career is rolling in a way now that it never has before. He just had the biggest win of his career, scrapping a top prospect. It's to good of a deal to pass up for Khan I'm suprised he's doing this.

Maidana is the epitome of a fighter everyone dodges. He's a dangerous nobody. An Argentinian with zero following.

Marquez has been one of the best fighters in the world for years. He's been in a million selling PPV. Beat Pac twice (). He's 50-years-old and naturally two weight divisions smaller than Khan.

Anyway It wont happen yet. Golden Boy will want Khan to start off with a win in America. That means picking a fight he's at least 70-30 favourite in.

[Pugilistic]

I still think Marquez stops Khan even though Khan has the speed and size advantage and Marquez is on the decline.

[HattonTheHammer]

I still think Marquez stops Khan even though Khan has the speed and size advantage and Marquez is on the decline.

same here

How the hell can anyone justify believing khan will beat marquez. Marquez isnt MAB and is far from over the hill.The main problem for him will be bulking up enough to compete as solidly at 140 than he did at the lower weights.

Khan starts brighter but it soon becomes abundently clear ala:hatton-pac that marquez is getting through too often on the inside and landing big. By 5-6 khan starts taking bigger more sapping punches and reverts to a more defensive strategy. By the end of the 12th marquez has done more than enough to justify a big points win but ends up having to take a narrow decision.

[generalbulldog]

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