Amir Khan could lose out on Mayweather fight to Maidana

Showtime President of Sports Stephen Espinoza is saying that Mayweather. (45-0, 26 KO’s) is highly interested in facing Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) next in May. If this fight happens, Khan, who has been talking nonstop about wanting to fight Floy Mayweather next, could find himself with nothing to show for the 8 months he’s been waiting on that fight.

Maidana’s victory over Broner this month has got Floy Mayweather now thinking about fighting him of Amir Khan. Floy is a good businessman and he must realize the potential of big pay-per-view numbers with him fighting the more popular Marcos Maidana than in facing Amir Khan, who lacks the fan base in the U.S to make a fight between him and Floy a big fight.

“Stephen [Espinoza] said 100 percent the fight [Khan-Mayweather] is not done and that, in fact, Marcos Maidana is in the picture as a possible Floyd opponent too after his win over Adrien Broner,” Rafael said to ESPN. He [Espinoza] said that win ‘got Floyd’s attention.’”

Maidana isn’t Mexican, but you have to imagine that he would have a much better chance of attracting Mexicans to purchase a fight between him and Floy on Showtime PPV than Amir Khan. I really hate to say it, but I don’t think Khan vs. Mayweather is a sell-able fight on Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend in May. That fight is likely nowhere near as interesting for Mexican fans than a Mayweather-Maidana fight, even though Marcos Maidana is from Argentina rather than Mexico.

Floy Mayweather would really surprise a lot of boxing fans if he were to select Marcos Maidana instead of Amir Khan for his May 3rd fight, because many fans feel like it’s academic at this point that Flo will be fighting Khan and they hate that fight with a passion. Mayweather would do well to flip the scrip and make fans happy by selecting Marcos Maidana instead. That’s not to say that Maidana is a great pick for Floy Mayweather, because he’s definitely flawed fighter that he’ll likely beat with ease. But if the choice is between Khan and Maidana, then the easy choice – and the smart choice – is for Mayweather to forget all about Amir Khan and instead face the sturdier Maidana. What we don’t want is Mayweather to go out there in the 1st round, time one of Khan’s wild flurries that he likes to throw, and knock him out cold with a left hook to the head. Fans will feel cheated if Mayweather faces Khan and obliterates him in the first few rounds.