Why haven't the WBA vacated Khan's title?

[Nel]

I read after the Salita fight that unless Khan and Maidana reached a deal within 90 days, Khan would be stripped of his title. Yet, when he moved to Golden Boy Promotions, the WBA never mentioned it again?

What the hell is going on here? If he doesnt want to fight mandatories why bother with Salita?

[Horse]

I read after the Salita fight that unless Khan and Maidana reached a deal within 90 days, Khan would be stripped of his title. Yet, when he moved to Golden Boy Promotions, the WBA never mentioned it again?

What the hell is going on here? If he doesnt want to fight mandatories why bother with Salita?

They paid Maidana stand aside money.

[MrBoxingUK2]

plus too fight two mandatory's in a row is unheard of now a days

[hitman_hatton1]

cos money talks and maidana has been paid off.

[Finn]

Maidana hasnt complained and making him fight two manditories in a row is plain stupid especially when he is an obvious cash cow.

That would be like saying your world champion now and you have the potential to earn £10 million but instead we insist you fight for peanuts against a guy called salita to keep your belt and then take a dangerous lowish money fight with maidana to keep your belt after that.

[chinny]

The WBA doesn't vacate titles anymore, it just makes new ones!

[Finn]

The WBA doesn't vacate titles anymore, it just makes new ones!

Lol you can win the interim title but still not be the maditory - they should call it the WBA conselation title lol.

[Autobarn]

I read after the Salita fight that unless Khan and Maidana reached a deal within 90 days, Khan would be stripped of his title. Yet, when he moved to Golden Boy Promotions, the WBA never mentioned it again?

What the hell is going on here? If he doesnt want to fight mandatories why bother with Salita?

They paid Maidana stand aside money.

didn't he have to sign a contract promising not to fight khan, in order to get this cayo fight on HBO?

[Horse]

didn't he have to sign a contract promising not to fight khan, in order to get this cayo fight on HBO?

Wasn't it a three fight deal? Anyway, it seems they made it worth his while.

[Finn]

didn't he have to sign a contract promising not to fight khan, in order to get this cayo fight on HBO?

Wasn't it a three fight deal? Anyway, it seems they made it worth his while.

I think Maidana got alot out of this deal as well, they've obviously offered to build him up in the next couple of fights in order to make a much bigger fight against khan early next year.

[Autobarn]

let's not skirt around the issue. khan can't fight maidana in his americna debut, because maidana could be his prescott. and the elitist yanks will not have him back if he gets blasted out in his US debut. there is simply too much risk and too much pressure on khan.

racist britain, with its big promoter, its politically correct media, stacked the deck for khan even after his disastrous PPV debut in which he was gone in 60 seconds vs prescott. racist britain, ungrateful britain, had him back on PPV right away. poor bugger, the most privileged fighter in britain and he's not happy. probably because of the low PPV sales, but if this is the case, why should a kid in his early 20s expect to be a PPV success?

though khan is really improving, i am not warming to him for playing the race card and for avoiding dangerous fights.

[iamasadlittleboy]

plus too fight two mandatory's in a row is unheard of now a days

when one was the joke that is dmitry salita...he shouldn't even count as a defence

[dondada]

let's not skirt around the issue. khan can't fight maidana in his americna debut, because maidana could be his prescott. and the elitist yanks will not have him back if he gets blasted out in his US debut. there is simply too much risk and too much pressure on khan.

racist britain, with its big promoter, its politically correct media, stacked the deck for khan even after his disastrous PPV debut in which he was gone in 60 seconds vs prescott. racist britain, ungrateful britain, had him back on PPV right away. poor bugger, the most privileged fighter in britain and he's not happy. probably because of the low PPV sales, but if this is the case, why should a kid in his early 20s expect to be a PPV success?

though khan is really improving, i am not warming to him for playing the race card and for avoiding dangerous fights.

Interesting - and brave - post, Autobarn.

[coneye]

let's not skirt around the issue. khan can't fight maidana in his americna debut, because maidana could be his prescott. and the elitist yanks will not have him back if he gets blasted out in his US debut. there is simply too much risk and too much pressure on khan.

racist britain, with its big promoter, its politically correct media, stacked the deck for khan even after his disastrous PPV debut in which he was gone in 60 seconds vs prescott. racist britain, ungrateful britain, had him back on PPV right away. poor bugger, the most privileged fighter in britain and he's not happy. probably because of the low PPV sales, but if this is the case, why should a kid in his early 20s expect to be a PPV success?

though khan is really improving, i am not warming to him for playing the race card and for avoiding dangerous fights.

Interesting - and brave - post, Autobarn.

But True

[Goz]

I read after the Salita fight that unless Khan and Maidana reached a deal within 90 days, Khan would be stripped of his title. Yet, when he moved to Golden Boy Promotions, the WBA never mentioned it again?

What the hell is going on here? If he doesnt want to fight mandatories why bother with Salita?

I think Dizzy Rascal recently covered 'Dirty Cash, Money talks' etc etc.....

Khan's US odyssey will be interesting though.

[Bob & Weave]

let's not skirt around the issue. khan can't fight maidana in his americna debut, because maidana could be his prescott. and the elitist yanks will not have him back if he gets blasted out in his US debut. there is simply too much risk and too much pressure on khan.

racist britain, with its big promoter, its politically correct media, stacked the deck for khan even after his disastrous PPV debut in which he was gone in 60 seconds vs prescott. racist britain, ungrateful britain, had him back on PPV right away. poor bugger, the most privileged fighter in britain and he's not happy. probably because of the low PPV sales, but if this is the case, why should a kid in his early 20s expect to be a PPV success?

though khan is really improving, i am not warming to him for playing the race card and for avoiding dangerous fights.

Bang on...

[Exoddus]

Even as "World Champion" Khan and his team are doing the same thing FW has been doing with Khan. Fighting none-punchers and not very good opposition. Khan has faught one puncher and got hammered and Prescott isn't very good anyway!

It's the same thing all over again with the none-punchers and ducking fighters albeit at a higher level.

We keep hearing Khan and his team saying that his chin isn't a weaknees. Yet the facts are there to be seen by everyone. If they had confidence in him. He'd be defending his title against Maidana, getting creadit for fighting a puncher from his critics and we would see how much Khan has improved when he's fighting someone who can hit back harder.

They blurted out all this rubbish that it could be Maidana, Campbell, Bradley etc. When in reality, it was always going to be Paul Malignaggi a guy with a huge 5 Kos from 30 fights.

This is still quite a big risk for Khan and his team. Malignaggi is a decent boxer and does have a chance. What would happen to Khan if he gets KO'd by Malignaggi? It'll be even harder for him to come back against that, than the KO from Prescott.

It'll be interesting if Khan wins. Surely he would have to fight someone who can punch?