Khan: Maidana is getting knocked out! Margarito too!

[marqi_20]

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WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is confident about his ability to become the first boxer to knock Marcos Maidana out.

Khan defends his title against Maidana on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Khan, along with his trainer Freddie Roach, have studied tapes on Maidana and worked out a strategy to win impressively.

"Maidana is going to get knocked out. I'm going to box him. I'm not going to make the same mistakes as the other fighters make when they fight him. I'm too clever for that. I have to move and be smart," Khan told FanHouse.

Khan spent the last few weeks in the Philippines, training with Roach and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Khan had the opportunity to spar with Pacquiao over the last few days. He believes the Filipino champion is going to win by knockout, when fights Antonio Margarito on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

"Manny is going to be strong and sharp. Manny is going to beat him. Manny is training hard. He's looking good. It's going to be exciting. He brings the excitement. When we sparred, the whole gym would stop. We should have charged people. Manny is going to knock Margarito out. Don't get me wrong, Manny is knocking Margarito out," Khan said.

[Kehlpao12]

In my opinion, the fight between maidana-khan will be more competitive than the pacquiao-margarito fight.

Margarito is a heavy-handed fighter with great power, no doubt. But according to rodela, a fighter who has sparred with both manny and margarito, claims that manny is the stronger puncher aside from having a clear advantage on speed, footwork, ring generalship and stamina. I see no way for margarito beating pacquiao.
Now, im not counting him out. But he will simply be eating manny's punches all night. This fight will be nothing but a replica of the delahoya-pacquiao bout.
To the khan-maidana fight. This fight has the potential to be the fight of the year. Both fighters are at their prime, having only a loss with extremely high knockout percentage on their victories. Khan, a fighter handled by freddie roach (manny's trainer), is a very well rounded fighter who has given manny big troubles during their recent sparring for mannys preparation for the margarito fight. And ive got to say, khan is nearly just as great as manny.
But i have also witnessed the fights of maidana. And he is a tremendous puncher with his record proving it. And hes got a heart of a lion, shown in the fight against victor ortiz. Grabe. I will definitely not miss this fight.

My predictions

Margarito-pacquiao: Pacquiao by 7th round tko!
Maidana-khan: Khan by UD.