Former super-lightweight king, Amir Khan wants rematch with Marcos Maidana!
British boxer of Pakistan-origin Amir Khan has welcomed a rematch with former two-division world champion Marcos Maidana if he comes out of his six-year retirement to resume his career.
British boxer of Pakistan-origin Amir Khan has welcomed a rematch with former two-division world champion Marcos Maidana if he comes out of his six-year retirement to resume his career.
The 36-year-old Maidana (35-5, 31 KOs) is training for an exhibition match against a 47-year Argentinan kickboxer. If Maidana looks good at beating the guy, which will take place in a boxing ring, then he could restart his career.
Khan and Maidana spoke this week during a conference call for the 99th WBA Convention. During the call, the 33-year-old Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) expressed interest in facing Maidana,
Their contest took place in 2010, which saw Khan drop Maidana in the first round - but the British star came close to getting stopped in the later rounds when Maidana had him in serious trouble. After twelve rounds were over, Khan won a very close unanimous decision.
Maidana walked away from boxing in late 2014, which is when he had his last fight with a decision loss in his rematch with Floyd Mayweather.
"What do you think about giving me a rematch? It would be a good fight," Maidana said during the convention.
“Tell Maidana, let’s do it. Let’s do another fight. Come on, let’s do it again,” said Khan on a conference call for the 99th WBA Convention, as quoted by www.boxingnews24.com.
“Everybody loved the first one, so let’s do it again. It would be a fun fight, you know? It would be a fair fight again, so let’s do it. One condition you let Alex (Ariza) train me,” said Khan.
There would be a tremendous amount of interest from boxing fans in a Khan vs Maidana rematch.
