Floyd Mayweather
Reigning champ Floyd Mayweather made an announcement
via Twitter last night, stating he will fight fellow boxer Marcos Maidana, not
Amir Khan. Initial reports by Khan and other sources stated he had
won the fan vote Mayweather posted on his website, defeating
competition Maidana with the large percent of votes (Will
Floyd Mayweather Stick To His Promise And Fight Amir Khan).
Marcos Maidana beat Floyd Mayweather's then undefeated protégé
Adrien Broner (*in Rocky voice* "Adriennnn")
However, Khan, who had signed a contract with Mayweather Promotions last year, before the poll was announced,
began to
express his displeasure at no formal announcement regarding the
fight with the champ. Newspapers, magazines and blogs picked up the
public disagreement, via the war of words between the two and it
became a controversy.
Floyd Mayweather announced the Marcos Maidana fight last night
I'd favored Khan for the fight, as Maidana is said
to be under investigation by the Texas Boxing Commission [Floyd Mayweather Asks Fans To Decide Who He Should Fight Next Amir
Khan Or Marcos Maidana But There's A Problem... (Video)].
However, I'd heard something on February 15, 2014 from someone i
trust that the Khan bout
was "cancelled" by Mayweather. So, on February 16, 2014 I tweeted this
at Mayweather:
Previously in 2010, Khan defeated Maidana, proving
he is a more deserving opponent of the Mayweather fight. However,
Mayweather was not fond of the terms of the fight with Khan and also
wants to avenge his boxing brother, Adrien Broner, whom Maidana
beat, taking his zero, as the boxer was previously undefeated:
Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana: Highlights (HBO Boxing)
