Amir Khan Proves He Has a Chin against Marcos Maidana

Amir Khan defeated Marcos Maidana in a 12 round decision and in doing so took Maidana's best shots and never went down once. Khan, as expected, showed he was a far superior boxer but to Maidana's credit he kept coming and never relented for the entire fight. Maidana caught Khan with some super hard shots but couldn't put Khan away. By taking shots from arguably the hardest puncher in the sport Khan showed he has an awesome chin. Khan went on to win a unanimous decision. For Khan, now is the time to move on to bigger and better fights. He should learn and grow from the Maidana fight. The ghosts of Breidis Prescott are a thing of the past. Khan is primed to become the pound for pound king and he needs to continue to grow and develop. He certainly has the work ethic and focus to do it. Khan will probably take a fight in England and then meet the winner of the Timothy Bradley - Devon Alexander tilt. That will prove who is the best at 140 pounds. For Maidana, I think a rematch with Victor Ortiz would be a great fight for the fans but I see him taking on another solid 140 pounder. He's just never going to be good enough to beat a skilled fighter like Khan unless he gets lucky. In fact, he got lucky with Khan but it wasn't enough.