Khan Vs. Marquez

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Khan is taking Marquez at the right time and right situation. JMM is 37 with lots of wear and tear not to mention if the fight takes place it will be at 140. All of this favors Khan. Not to mentioned Khan is calling out Marquez but is pretty mum on guys like Bradley, Alexander, and Maidana, guys that are naturals at 140 that poses great danger. Khan is doing this because he knows he has a great shot at winning.

Khan's said he'd fight every single one of those guys.

On Maidana

"Maidana's the one i'd most like next. I've told Golden Boy to make that fight. Kotelnik managed to beat Maidana by frustrating him and that's what i'd intend to do. Victor Ortiz told me i'd take him apart"


On Bradley

"I think i'm already the biggest draw in the division but me apart, Bradley's the best name out there and it would be a good fight to see where i am and establish who's best at 140. Jose Benavidez (Khan's stablemate) went away to spar with Bradley and apparently Jose took him apart. When he came back to L.A. he told me i was miles ahead of Bradley - quicker, hit harder, better skills"

On Alexander

"I think he's seriously overrated and i know i'll destroy him, if and when we meet."


Let's not let the truth get in the way of an agenda though.


BTW i think Marquez has a great chance of stopping Khan. Marquez turned down the fight a while back anyway. Roach isn't that confident of a fight happening.

Words and actions are different. He also said he would beat Pacquiao and would take him on in the future. And he also famously said he wants to fight guys past their primes and then tried to use Oscar as an example.

You're right let's not let truth get in the way of an agenda though.

No shit. Your initial point was that Khan was keeping 'Mom' about fighting either of these guys. I presented you with quotes which suggest your initial statement was a load of fiddlesticks.

Practically every fighter out there will have a 'coming out' fight where it will be against a former world champion or a past his prime future Hall of famer, and it'll be a fight which the up and coming fighter will be expected to win if he is to go on and reach his potential. Khan's basically admitting he'd take this route if it presented itself to him. Every other fighter would do the same. All Khan is doing is being honest about it, and he is right, Oscar did do it.

Alexander did it not so long ago when he fought Corley and when he fought Witter, although Witter nor Corley were ever really that good to begin with. There's nothing wrong with it because Alexander is still young and he has plenty of time to make great fights. As does Khan.

Khan sure clammed up when Alexander and Bradley said they would take the challenge. It's over on boxingscene where Bradley said Khan could kiss his ass and took the bluff and said let's do it in December, no word yet isn't that strange? Same thing with Alexander.

And no Oscar didn't built up his career beating past their prime fighters as a young up and comer. In his 18th pro fight at 22 years old he took on Rafael Ruelas, who was the number 2 LW in the world, where Oscar was seen as the underdog, then took on the undefeated Genaro Hernandez in his next bout. Oscar didn't do the same thing. Try again.

BTW anyone else here thinks it's funny that Khan usually fights a past his prime legend that's really out of his weight class? MAB was one, and JMM is up next. Anyone remember when Khan and Roach said they wanted to fight a shot Erik Morales?

Yeah I rest my case.

Ruelas was almost knocked out by Freddie Pendleton a year before he fought Oscar. Ruelas was 34 when he fought Oscar. In the two previous fights he fought a guy with a 1-1-1 record and then he fought a gimme against Luton's own Billy Schwer, which conveniently happened to be for the vacant IBF lightweight title.

I'm unsure as to how that's any more impressive than a 23 year old Khan fighting Juan Manuel Marquez who is p4p number 3? Especially considering Khan's ability in comparison to Oscar's - given that you seem to believe Khan is a hype job.

What do you mean 'Khan usually fights a past his prime legend that's really out of his weight class?' He's done it once. Roach suggested Morales or someone of that stature would be a good TV opponent for Khan, and that was over 1 year ago.

And of course there's no word from Khan about an imminent fight with either Bradley or Alexander. That makes sense considering they're both about to fight each other. He's already stated he'll fight the winner, and he's already stated he wants to fight Maidana next. All of this was clear during the post fight interview after the Malignaggi fight.