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Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-19T12:39:45Z

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*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Light Welterweight Title'''

==Build Up==
On 9 March 2010, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and former light welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi will hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 15 May at the Madison Square Garden in New York. This was Khan's first bout in the U.S. The fight was for the WBA light welterweight title, which Khan won in the 11th round. Immediately after the fight, Khan stated he wanted to fight Marcos Maidana next and unify the light-welterwight division, suggesting that the way to do this would be for him to fight Maidana, and then go on to face the winner of a Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley match.
Maidana, after failing to challenge undefeated WBO Junior Welterwight champion Timothy Bradley, postponed the fight to June 19 due to a back injury suffered by Maidana.
On May 3, Maidana pulled out of the fight yet again, still citing his back as the problem. The fight had already been rescheduled from June 19 to July 17, and Bradley went onto fight Luis Carlos Abregu on July 17, instead of Maidana.
After failing to secure the fight with Bradley, Maidana's camp announced that he would fight former-WBO junior welterweight champ DeMarcus Corley, on August 28, 2010 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maidana went on to go and win by unanimous decision.
Khan was looking for lightweight boxers to next challenge him for his title. One of his possible opponents was Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez decided not to move up in weight and stayed at lightweight.
Maidana then stated his intention to fight Khan: ''"Stop looking for possible opponents for next Khan December 11 in England. Stop looking for lightweight boxers and face the real 140-pounders. I'll go to Khan's home soil to take the other portion of the WBA title that belongs to me."''

==The Fight==
The HBO-televised fight took place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Khan successfully defended his title for the third time against WBA Interim Champion and mandatory challenger, Marcos Maidana on 11 December 2010 in Las Vegas. Khan dominated the fight early and knocked down Maidana in the 1st round with multiple body shots. However, Maidana recovered and battered Khan with a furious barrage in the tenth, sending him wobbling toward the ropes. Khan withstood Maidana's late resurgence and the fighters held serve in the final two rounds. Khan escaped with the victory on the strength of his performance in the early rounds and a point deduction against Maidana for throwing an elbow in the fifth. The fight was called one of the 'fights of the decade' by Oscar De La Hoya.

==Alternative bout summary==
Two body shots dropped Maidana to his knees near the end of the first round. Referee Joe Cortez deducted a point from Maidana in the fifth round, after Maidana threw an elbow which hit Cortez in the chest as he was attempting to break up a clinch. Maidana landed a huge shot early in the tenth round, which had Khan wobbly and in serious trouble, but Khan managed to hang on and survive the round.

The fight was awarded the '''[[Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year]]''' award.

Amir Khan

2011-02-19T00:10:28Z

Ollieweaver:

[[file:Khan.Amir.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
[[file:Khan_Kotelnik.jpg|200px|thumb|Khan dethroning WBA champion Andreas Kotelnik in 2009]]

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'''Amir Iqbal Khan''' born 8 December 1986 in Bolton, Greater Manchester is a British boxer of Pakistani descent, and currently the WBA World super lightweight champion. Khan won the belt at the age of 22, making him Britain's third-youngest world champion after Naseem Hamed and Herbie Hide.
He was previously in the lightweight division, where he held the Commonwealth, WBO Inter-Continental and WBA International titles. He also became the youngest British Olympic boxing medallist when he won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics at the age of 17. He is commonly known by the nickname "King Khan".

He is currently mananged by [[Golden Boy Promotions]] and was previously managed by [[Frank Warren]].

'''Trainers:''' [[Oliver Harrison]] (-2008), Jorge Rubio (2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2008-)

== Major Titles Won ==
* [[WBA]] Light Welterweight Title

== 2004 Olympic Games, Athens ==
Khan captured the Silver Medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in the Lightweight (60 kg) class. Khan's results:
*Round of 32: Defeated [[Marios Kaperonis]] of Greece (RSC-3)
*Round of 16: Defeated [[Dimitar Stilianov]] of Bulgaria (37-21)
*Quarterfinals: Defeated [[Jong Sub-Baik]] of North Korea (RSC-1)
*Semifinals: Defeated [[Serik Yeleuov]] of Kazakhstan (40-26)
*Gold Medal Match: Lost to [[Mario Kindelan]] of Cuba (22-30)

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[[Category:2004 Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]
[[Category:British Olympians]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-19T00:01:06Z

Ollieweaver:

<fight>1540572</fight>
* '''[[World Boxing Association]] Light Welterweight Title'''
 
==Build Up==
On 9 March 2010, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and former light welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi will hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 15 May at the Madison Square Garden in New York. This was Khan's first bout in the U.S. The fight was for the WBA light welterweight title, which Khan won in the 11th round. Immediately after the fight, Khan stated he wanted to fight Marcos Maidana next and unify the light-welterwight division, suggesting that the way to do this would be for him to fight Maidana, and then go on to face the winner of a Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley match.
Maidana, after failing to challenge undefeated WBO Junior Welterwight champion Timothy Bradley, postponed the fight to June 19 due to a back injury suffered by Maidana.
On May 3, Maidana pulled out of the fight yet again, still citing his back as the problem. The fight had already been rescheduled from June 19 to July 17, and Bradley went onto fight Luis Carlos Abregu on July 17, instead of Maidana.
After failing to secure the fight with Bradley, Maidana's camp announced that he would fight former-WBO junior welterweight champ DeMarcus Corley, on August 28, 2010 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maidana went on to go and win by unanimous decision.
Khan was looking for lightweight boxers to next challenge him for his title. One of his possible opponents was Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez decided not to move up in weight and stayed at lightweight.
Maidana then stated his intention to fight Khan: ''"Stop looking for possible opponents for next Khan December 11 in England. Stop looking for lightweight boxers and face the real 140-pounders. I'll go to Khan's home soil to take the other portion of the WBA title that belongs to me."''

==The Fight==
The HBO-televised fight took place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Khan successfully defended his title for the third time against WBA Interim Champion and mandatory challenger, Marcos Maidana on 11 December 2010 in Las Vegas. Khan dominated the fight early and knocked down Maidana in the 1st round with multiple body shots. However, Maidana recovered and battered Khan with a furious barrage in the tenth, sending him wobbling toward the ropes. Khan withstood Maidana's late resurgence and the fighters held serve in the final two rounds. Khan escaped with the victory on the strength of his performance in the early rounds and a point deduction against Maidana for throwing an elbow in the fifth. The fight was called one of the 'fights of the decade' by Oscar De La Hoya.

The fight was awarded the '''[[Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year]]''' award.

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-18T23:59:11Z

Ollieweaver:

<fight>1540572</fight>
* '''[[World Boxing Association]] Light Welterweight Title'''
 
==Build Up==
On 9 March 2010, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and former light welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi will hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 15 May at the Madison Square Garden in New York. This was Khan's first bout in the U.S. The fight was for the WBA light welterweight title, which Khan won in the 11th round. Immediately after the fight, Khan stated he wanted to fight Marcos Maidana next and unify the light-welterwight division, suggesting that the way to do this would be for him to fight Maidana, and then go on to face the winner of a Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley match.
Maidana, after failing to challenge undefeated WBO Junior Welterwight champion Timothy Bradley, postponed the fight to June 19 due to a back injury suffered by Maidana.
On May 3, Maidana pulled out of the fight yet again, still citing his back as the problem. The fight had already been rescheduled from June 19 to July 17, and Bradley went onto fight Luis Carlos Abregu on July 17, instead of Maidana.
After failing to secure the fight with Bradley, Maidana's camp announced that he would fight former-WBO junior welterweight champ DeMarcus Corley, on August 28, 2010 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maidana went on to go and win by unanimous decision.
Khan was looking for lightweight boxers to next challenge him for his title. One of his possible opponents was Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez decided not to move up in weight and stayed at lightweight.
Maidana then stated his intention to fight Khan: ''"Stop looking for possible opponents for next Khan December 11 in England. Stop looking for lightweight boxers and face the real 140-pounders. I'll go to Khan's home soil to take the other portion of the WBA title that belongs to me."''

==The Fight==
The HBO-televised fight took place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Khan successfully defended his title for the third time against WBA Interim Champion and mandatory challenger, Marcos Maidana on 11 December 2010 in Las Vegas. Khan dominated the fight early and knocked down Maidana in the 1st round with multiple body shots. However, Maidana recovered and battered Khan with a furious barrage in the tenth, sending him wobbling toward the ropes. Khan withstood Maidana's late resurgence and the fighters held serve in the final two rounds. Khan escaped with the victory on the strength of his performance in the early rounds and a point deduction against Maidana for throwing an elbow in the fifth. The fight was called one of the 'fights of the decade' by Oscar De La Hoya.

The fight was awarded the [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year]] award.

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-18T23:57:22Z

Ollieweaver:

<fight>1540572</fight>
* '''[[World Boxing Association]] Light Welterweight Title'''
 
==Build Up==
On 9 March 2010, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and former light welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi will hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 15 May at the Madison Square Garden in New York. This was Khan's first bout in the U.S. The fight was for the WBA light welterweight title, which Khan won in the 11th round. Immediately after the fight, Khan stated he wanted to fight Marcos Maidana next and unify the light-welterwight division, suggesting that the way to do this would be for him to fight Maidana, and then go on to face the winner of a Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley match.
Maidana, after failing to challenge undefeated WBO Junior Welterwight champion Timothy Bradley, postponed the fight to June 19 due to a back injury suffered by Maidana.
On May 3, Maidana pulled out of the fight yet again, still citing his back as the problem. The fight had already been rescheduled from June 19 to July 17, and Bradley went onto fight Luis Carlos Abregu on July 17, instead of Maidana.
After failing to secure the fight with Bradley, Maidana's camp announced that he would fight former-WBO junior welterweight champ DeMarcus Corley, on August 28, 2010 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maidana went on to go and win by unanimous decision.
Khan was looking for lightweight boxers to next challenge him for his title. One of his possible opponents was Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez decided not to move up in weight and stayed at lightweight.
Maidana then stated his intention to fight Khan: ''"Stop looking for possible opponents for next Khan December 11 in England. Stop looking for lightweight boxers and face the real 140-pounders. I'll go to Khan's home soil to take the other portion of the WBA title that belongs to me."''

==The Fight==
The HBO-televised fight took place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Khan successfully defended his title for the third time against WBA Interim Champion and mandatory challenger, Marcos Maidana on 11 December 2010 in Las Vegas. Khan dominated the fight early and knocked down Maidana in the 1st round with multiple body shots. However, Maidana recovered and battered Khan with a furious barrage in the tenth, sending him wobbling toward the ropes. Khan withstood Maidana's late resurgence and the fighters held serve in the final two rounds. Khan escaped with the victory on the strength of his performance in the early rounds and a point deduction against Maidana for throwing an elbow in the fifth. The fight was called one of the 'fights of the decade' by Oscar De La Hoya.

The fight was awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of America for Fight of the Year.

Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year

2011-02-18T23:54:07Z

Ollieweaver:

The Boxing Writers Association of America give the "[[Muhammad Ali]] and [[Joe Frazier]] Award" annually to the participants in the "Fight of the Year." (Previously named the "[[Harry Markson]] Award," 2002-2008)

*2002 - [[Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward (1st meeting)]]
*2003 - [[Vassiliy Jirov vs. James Toney]]
*2004 - [[Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera (3rd meeting)]]
*2005 - [[Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo (1st meeting)]]
*2006 - [[Mahyar Monshipour vs. Somsak Sithchatchawal]]
*2007 - [[Jermain Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik (1st meeting)]]
*2008 - [[Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez (3rd meeting)]]
*2009 - [[Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz (1st meeting)]]
*2010 - [[Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana]]
See also, [[Boxing Writers Association of America]]

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-18T23:51:10Z

Ollieweaver:

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-18T23:43:47Z

Ollieweaver:

<fight>1540572</fight>
* '''[[World Boxing Association]] Light Welterweight Title'''
 
==Build-up==
On 9 March 2010, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and former light welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi will hold a press conference in London to announce their world title bout set for 15 May at the Madison Square Garden in New York. This was Khan's first bout in the U.S. The fight was for the WBA light welterweight title, which Khan won in the 11th round. Immediately after the fight, Khan stated he wanted to fight Marcos Maidana next and unify the light-welterwight division, suggesting that the way to do this would be for him to fight Maidana, and then go on to face the winner of a Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley match.
Maidana, after failing to challenge undefeated WBO Junior Welterwight champion Timothy Bradley, postponed the fight to June 19 due to a back injury suffered by Maidana.
On May 3, Maidana pulled out of the fight yet again, still citing his back as the problem. The fight had already been rescheduled from June 19 to July 17, and Bradley went onto fight Luis Carlos Abregu on July 17, instead of Maidana.
After failing to secure the fight with Bradley, Maidana's camp announced that he would fight former-WBO junior welterweight champ DeMarcus Corley, on August 28, 2010 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maidana went on to go and win by unanimous decision.
Khan was looking for lightweight boxers to next challenge him for his title. One of his possible opponents was Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez decided not to move up in weight and stayed at lightweight.
Maidana then stated his intention to fight Khan: ''"Stop looking for possible opponents for next Khan December 11 in England. Stop looking for lightweight boxers and face the real 140-pounders. I'll go to Khan's home soil to take the other portion of the WBA title that belongs to me."''

Fight:1540572

2011-02-18T23:32:20Z

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Amir Khan

2011-02-18T23:26:10Z

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[[file:Khan.Amir.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
[[file:Khan_Kotelnik.jpg|200px|thumb|Khan dethroning WBA champion Andreas Kotelnik in 2009]]

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'''Trainers:''' [[Oliver Harrison]] (-2008), Jorge Rubio (2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2008-) 
 
== Major Titles Won ==
* [[WBA]] Light Welterweight Title (2009)

== Minor Titles Held ==
* [[WBA]] International Lightweight Title (2008-09)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Lightweight Title (2008, 2009)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Lightweight Title (2007-08)

== 2004 Olympic Games, Athens ==
Khan captured the Silver Medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in the Lightweight (60 kg) class. Khan's results:
*Round of 32: Defeated [[Marios Kaperonis]] of Greece (RSC-3)
*Round of 16: Defeated [[Dimitar Stilianov]] of Bulgaria (37-21)
*Quarterfinals: Defeated [[Jong Sub-Baik]] of North Korea (RSC-1)
*Semifinals: Defeated [[Serik Yeleuov]] of Kazakhstan (40-26)
*Gold Medal Match: Lost to [[Mario Kindelan]] of Cuba (22-30)

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before=[[Andriy Kotelnik]]|
title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]|
start=2009 Jul 18|
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Amir}}
[[Category:2004 Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]
[[Category:British Olympians]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]

Amir Khan

2011-02-18T23:24:58Z

Ollieweaver:

[[file:Khan.Amir.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
[[file:Khan_Kotelnik.jpg|200px|thumb|Khan dethroning WBA champion Andreas Kotelnik in 2009]]

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'''Trainers:''' [[Oliver Harrison]] ( - 2008), Jorge Rubio (2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2008-present) 
 
== Major Titles Won ==
* [[WBA]] Light Welterweight Title (2009)

== Minor Titles Held ==
* [[WBA]] International Lightweight Title (2008-09)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Lightweight Title (2008, 2009)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Lightweight Title (2007-08)

== 2004 Olympic Games, Athens ==
Khan captured the Silver Medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in the Lightweight (60 kg) class. Khan's results:
*Round of 32: Defeated [[Marios Kaperonis]] of Greece (RSC-3)
*Round of 16: Defeated [[Dimitar Stilianov]] of Bulgaria (37-21)
*Quarterfinals: Defeated [[Jong Sub-Baik]] of North Korea (RSC-1)
*Semifinals: Defeated [[Serik Yeleuov]] of Kazakhstan (40-26)
*Gold Medal Match: Lost to [[Mario Kindelan]] of Cuba (22-30)

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{{Incumbent succession box|
before=[[Andriy Kotelnik]]|
title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]|
start=2009 Jul 18|
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{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Amir}}
[[Category:2004 Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]
[[Category:British Olympians]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-18T17:06:37Z

Ollieweaver: moved Amir Kahn vs. Marcos Rene Maidana to Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana: Amir Khans surname was spelt wrong.

<fight>1540572</fight>
* '''[[World Boxing Association]] Light Welterweight Title'''
 
==Notes==
Two body shots dropped Maidana to his knees near the end of the first round. Referee Joe Cortez deducted a point from Maidana in the fifth round, after Maidana threw an elbow which hit Cortez in the chest as he was attempting to break up a clinch. Maidana landed a huge shot early in the tenth round, which had Kahn wobbly and in serious trouble, but Kahn managed to hang on and survive the round.

Fight:1540572

2011-02-18T17:04:18Z

Ollieweaver: Redirected page to Amir Kahn vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

#REDIRECT [[Amir Kahn vs. Marcos Rene Maidana]]

Fight:1540572

2011-02-18T17:03:52Z

Ollieweaver: Redirected page to Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

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Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

2011-02-18T16:42:46Z

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