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Khan vs. Maidana: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Amir Khan (King) defends his WBA super-lightweight title against Marcos Maidana (El Chino). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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24
Jul 16, 2005
23-1
3
17 (70.8%)
173 cm
180 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
May 15, 2010
6m, 26d
5
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Jun 12, 2004
29-1
1
27 (90%)
171 cm
175 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Aug 28, 2010
3m, 13d
4
WBA
sLT
w1
d2
super-lightweight
Saturday, 11 Dec 2010
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana

Date

This fight between Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana took place on at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Amir Khan is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Marcos Maidana is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 180 cm, Khan also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Maidana's 175 cm. On top of that, Khan also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Maidana.

Khan is coming in to this fight with a record of 23-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 26 days ago against Paulie Malignaggi, which he won via 11th round TKO.

Paulie Malignaggi's boxing career

Maidana comes in with a record of 29-1 (27 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 13 days ago against DeMarcus Corley, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

DeMarcus Corley's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Khan will be 24 years old. Maidana will be 27 years and 4 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Amir Khan. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Khan vs Maidana.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Amir Khan may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Maidana stops Khan early.

Result

Amir Khan defeated Marcos Maidana via 12 round UD to retain the WBA super-lightweight title. Maidana's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Khan advances his win streak to 6. Khan is now 24-1, and Maidana 29-2.

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