 [dramatic music]
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 male announcer:
The following is a presentation
 of HBO Sports. 
- Hello again. 
I'm Jim Lampley. 
On May 7, HBO Pay-Per-View
will bring you to Las Vegas live
for a rare treat:
the middleweight title showdown
between Canelo Álvarez
and Amir Khan,
with Khan moving all the way up
from welterweight to fight
for the lineal middleweight
championship of the world. 
To help get you ready for that,
we're gonna go back
more than five years to
one of the most dramatic fights
of Amir Khan's career. 
It was his showdown
with the ultra-violent
Argentine puncher Marcos Maidana
here in Las Vegas,
and here's the way I called it
 with Roy Jones
 and Larry Merchant. 
- Give me
that towel again. 
 Lampley:
Joe Cortez is working on a spot
 where Maidana dropped
 about a quart of water
 on the canvas in the ring
 during the introductions,
 and I don't know whether
 Maidana did it on purpose
 or whether it was just
 an accident or carelessness,
 but it was--it was striking
how much water went down there. 
 Merchant: Sort of like
 a baseball manager
 watering the baseline--
[bell dings]
 The infield to stop
 the faster guys
 from prevailing. 
 Lampley: It occurred to me. 
 Yes, it occurred to me. 
 Jones:
 Khan went to shake hands
 and this cat went at Khan
 with a left hook. 
 Lampley: I don't think
 he's terribly interested
 in shaking hands. 
 Jones: No, he's not. 
 Lampley: Maidana is not
 a friendly fighter. 
 Khan wants to stick
 the jab-and-move. 
 Jab and move for the first
 several rounds is the plan. 
 Stay away
 from the right hand. 
 Stay away
 from even one right hand. 
 Jones: But he could get hit
 with that overhand, right? 
 Lampley:
 Maidana doesn't back off,
 and you see Khan's movement,
 his range,
 his height looks imposing,
 and the jab is terrific. 
 Good up-and-under
 with the right hand by Khan. 
 Excellent jab! 
 Merchant: Oh, he hurt Maidana. 
 Lampley:
Stuck Maidana right in the face
 with a perfect spear
 of a jab. 
 Merchant:
 And that got Maidana thinking
 about how hard
 he should attack. 
 That straight right hand
 suddenly rearranged
 the battle plan a little bit
 for Maidana. 
 Lampley:
 Marcos Maidana. 
 Jones: Maybe he didn't realize
that Amir Khan could punch too. 
 Lampley: Well,
 he's still coming forward,
 just not with the same
 all-out aggression
 as in the first 20 seconds
 of the fight. 
 Khan blocking the right hand
 with his glove. 
 And moving away
 from the right hand
 and firing
 a four-punch combination. 
 The hand speed difference
 is very clear. 
 And you see Maidana searching,
 searching with the right hand. 
 So far, the right hand
 has hit mostly air. 
 Jones: The hand speed
 is so different--
 is so phenomenally different. 
 Khan has so much more
 hand speed than Maidana
 that it's throwing
 Maidana off. 
 Lampley: Right,
 Maidana can't believe
 that Khan can throw
 a four-punch combination
 before he responds. 
 Jones:
 And have power on it. 
 Lampley: Incidentally, Khan
 did have 16 rounds of sparring
with Manny Pacquiao in the past
 eight weeks, and it shows. 
 Merchant: Well...
 when somebody is coming at you
 as hard as Maidana does,
 the only thing
 that's really gonna work
 is a shot in the head. 
- Hold the head. 
Hold the head. 
 Lampley:
 Coming into this fight,
 Freddie Roach said, "Amir has
 fought 51 rounds for me,
 and I think
 he's won them all." 
 In the eyes of judges,
 incidentally,
 he's won at least 49 of them. 
 Jones: Oh!  Oh! 
Lampley: And down goes Maidana! 
 What a tremendous body shot! 
 And he may not get up. 
 Now he's gonna get up. 
 Jones:
 He don't want to. 
 Lampley:
 What a body shot by Khan. 
 Jones:
 He don't want to get up. 
 Merchant: Well, if he got up,
 Roy, he wanted to get up. 
 Lampley:
 He's never been stopped. 
 Khan wants him right now. 
[bell dings]
 And hit him with a big
 left hook after the bell. 
 Merchant:
 And Maidana needed that bell. 
 Nice shot. 
 Lampley: Big time 1st round
 for Amir Khan. 
man: One down, guys. 
- What? 
Okay, take that. 
- [speaking Spanish]
- Please, the spit bucket. 
Breathe, breathe, Marco. 
- Jesus Christ. 
Jesus Christ. 
- Relax, Marco. 
- [speaking Spanish]
- All right?  Keep your--
keep your hands up over his eye. 
Lateral movement, all right,
control the ring, okay? 
All right? 
Just like that, all right? 
 Jones: Here you see Amir Khan
 punching to the head. 
He throws two wicked body shots
 to the body. 
 [whistle blowing]
 Very wicked body shots,
 the left one landed
 right on the liver,
 and that hurt him
 really, really bad. 
 As a matter of fact,
 I don't know if he can recover
 from that
 for the rest of this fight. 
[bell dings]
 Merchant: Yeah, we'll see. 
 Lampley: CompuBox numbers
 in round 1:
 31 out of 72 for Khan. 
 Maidana, 5 of 48. 
 Round 1 was a wipeout. 
 Is Khan gonna be cautious
 or is he gonna go after him? 
 Fact is, he can go after him
 while being cautious
 because of his range
 and his speed. 
 Merchant: Nobody's treated
 Maidana the way Khan did
 in that 1st round. 
 Lampley:
 Maidana's never been stopped. 
 Merchant: We'll see how hard
 he trained right here. 
 If he can recover
 from that body attack. 
- [speaking Spanish]
I don't want you
punching north. 
Hold the head down. 
 Lampley: One advantage
 for Maidana, however,
Roy Jones, the unique mentality
 of the puncher. 
 He's getting
 wiped out here,
 but his confidence
 isn't gone yet,
 because he knows
 if he lands one big shot...
 Jones:
 Anything can happen. 
 Lampley: But he's getting
 hammered to the body
 and Khan is
 putting on a show. 
 Jones: Usually, when a guy
 picks a guy to fight
 he sees something there
 that he thinks
 he can take advantage of. 
 Lampley: One, two, three,
 four, five, six. 
 Six landed punches by Khan
 before Maidana was
 able to throw. 
 Another body shot. 
 Merchant: You can see
 how much Khan has filled out
 in his upper body
 in the last couple of years. 
 Lampley: Well, he was trying
 to be a super big lightweight. 
 Now he's a normal 140-pounder
 with height. 
 That was part of
 Freddie Roach's advice. 
 135 was
 the wrong weight class. 
 Merchant: And still
 Maidana presses forward. 
 It's the only way
 he can have a chance. 
 Lampley: Roy, has Khan made
 a single mistake so far? 
 Jones: No, the only mistake
 he's making every now and then
 is coming straight forward,
 his head a little high. 
 He has to be careful
 of the hook--
 overhand right lead coming
 down the pipe like that
 because that is
 the only chance the guy got
 to land a overhand right
 is when he comes
 straight down the pipe. 
 If Khan doesn't come
 straight down the pipe,
 he has no other mistakes
 he's making. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley:
 Another vicious body shot
 with the left hand
 by Khan. 
 Maidana has taken
 a ton of punishment
 in the first two rounds. 
 Good right hand by Khan. 
 Another good right hand. 
 Maidana just walking around,
 following him,
 searching to land
 the right hand,
 and getting hit. 
[bell dings]
 Good body shot
 by Maidana,
 maybe his best punch
 in the first two rounds,
 but it's been
 all Amir Khan. 
 Merchant:
 I mentioned earlier about--
 we'll see
 how well conditioned he is...
- Yeah, boy. 
 Merchant: Because he didn't
 look very good
 in beating DeMarcus Corley
 in his last fight. 
- Deep breaths. 
- Keep moving your arms
nice and slow. 
You know how we do it, right? 
[horns blowing]
- Well, you're boxing
real well, fighting real smart. 
Keep boxing. 
Hey. 
Just use the face
a little bit more for me, okay? 
Use the face, all right? 
- [speaking Spanish]
- Keep working,
keep working. 
Try to load up
the right hand. 
Come on, pay attention and
you'll be a winner here. 
- Okay? 
- [speaking Spanish]
- Breathe deeply. 
Again, breathe. 
That's it. 
Okay, done. 
[whistle blows]
 Lampley: Well,
 as you look around the arena,
 the crowd seems suddenly
 to have become
 strikingly larger. 
 Merchant: [laughs]
 Lampley:
 Maybe Khan and Maidana
 do have drawing power
 after all. 
[bell dings]
 CompuBox numbers in 3:
 Khan, 32 out of 59. 
 What a round. 
 Maidana again landed
 five punches in the round,
 just as was the case
 in the 1st. 
 Harold, score it for us. 
 Lederman:
 Okay, right, Jim. 
 2-0,
 20 to 17, Amir Khan. 
 You gotta give him
 an extra point
 for the knockdown in round 1
 with the liver shot,
 and certainly he won round 2
 with nice boxing,
 keeps his hands up high,
 his elbows in tight. 
 Real good defense
 by Amir Khan. 
 He's--yeah, he's a pretty good
 ring general too,
 uses that ring real well
 to set up his shots. 
 2-0, Amir Khan. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley: Hard right hand
 over the top by Khan,
 and he's gone
 before Maidana can counter. 
 Good left hook by Khan. 
 Now Maidana finds him
 and lands the right hand. 
 Maidana got in
 his right-hand shot,
 and he lands it again. 
 Jones: Khan landed
 a good uppercut too. 
 Merchant: You know,
 Maidana's one of those guys
 who might
 strike out a lot,
 but he also will hit the ball
 out of the ballpark, you know. 
 [laughter]
 Lampley: And now Khan has
 tasted Maidana's power,
 and now they're both
 in the fight. 
 Marcos Maidana has survived
 the first two rounds onslaught
 and is coming back
 in round three. 
- Break it up, hey. 
Hey. 
[inaudible]
let's go. 
Let's go. 
 Jones: This Maidana's
 a game fighter,
 I'll tell you that. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley:
 Well, remember...
 Maidana was
 around three--
 or down on the canvas
 three times against Ortiz,
 and never lost confidence,
 never seemed to feel
 he was out of control. 
 Now, Ortiz was not nearly
 as dominant against him
 in knocking him down
 three times
 as Khan has been so far,
 knocking him down once. 
- Ho, ho! 
Stop, stop, stop. 
Jones: Khan seems to be getting
 a little tired here
 so he has to be careful
 not to wear himself out
 running from Maidana
 so much. 
 Lampley:
 They trade right hands there. 
 Good left hook
 by Khan
 in the middle
 of that combination. 
 Jones:
 Maidana landed a quick jab
 in that combination. 
 Merchant:
 Well, Khan wanted a test,
 and for the moment,
 he's getting it. 
 Lampley: So you're getting
 a sense already
 in this doubleheader
 of how talent-loaded is
 the 140-pound weight class. 
 Maidana, the punches. 
 Khan, the glamour boxer. 
[crowd cheering]
[bell dings]
- Careful. 
[cheers and applause]
[all speaking Spanish]
- [yelling in Spanish]
- All right? 
Let's see you do this--
jab, jab, jab some more, okay? 
And then don't forget
the body. 
You're really hurting him
in the body,
but here, you get him in--
you get it set perfectly, okay? 
- Okay. 
- All right? 
- Jabs each way,
he's breaking to the body. 
- Joe. 
- All right? 
[whistle blows]
[all speaking Spanish]
[bell dings]
 Lampley: CompuBox numbers
 in the 3rd round:
 Khan, 25 out of 55. 
 Maidana, 14 out of 72. 
 But Maidana got into the fight
 in the 3rd round,
 and because of the two
 big right hands he landed,
 Harold Lederman scored
 the round for him. 
[crowd cheering]
 Maidana paused
 to adjust his trunks
 and Khan went
 right at him. 
 Jones: [laughs] Yeah, he gon'
 quit adjusting his shorts
 while he's that close to Khan
 or Khan gonna catch him. 
 Lampley: That was
 an alert moment for Amir Khan. 
 Jones: [laughs]
 Lampley: And there's
 another good left hook. 
 and he backs away,
 because Maidana has earned
 Khan's respect
 with those two right hands
 in the 3rd round. 
 Jones:
 Yeah, but Khan is smart. 
 Now he's going
 back to the body,
 he's going up and down here,
 which is smart for him. 
 If he can land
 another good body shot,
 he'll probably get himself
 another lead in the fight. 
- All right, break! 
Break! 
No, break it, no, break it. 
Break. 
Break out clean. 
Break out clean. 
Let's go. 
All right, break! 
No, break it, break out clean. 
Let him out, man. 
Let out clean. 
Break out clean. 
Let's go. 
Box. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley: Another good quick
 left hook inside by Khan. 
 Jones: Khan fighting
 a very smart fight. 
 Hitting
 and not getting hit,
 that's how you protect
 that chin. 
- Okay, okay, let's go. 
 Merchant: But he's not--
 Lampley: The reason why
 Maidana is the big puncher
 in the 140-pound weight class,
 check out the muscles
 in his legs. 
 And he's touching Khan up
 right now. 
- All right, break, break! 
 Lampley: The muscles
 in his legs
 and also his biceps. 
- Break out clean. 
Break out clean. 
 Lampley: They show you
 where the power is. 
 Merchant: But and to hit and
 not get hit,
 Khan is sure to hit. 
 He's not running. 
- Hold on!  No, no, no! 
 Merchant: In terms of being
 able to hit the guy,
 he's willing
 to take his shots. 
 Lampley: The hand speed
 advantage remains in place,
 but Maidana now understands
 Khan's hand speed advantage
 and has adjusted to it
 in some ways. 
 Merchant:
 Quick body shot by Maidana. 
 Jones: Amir Khan has got to
 start blocking that uppercut
 that Maidana's landing
 on the inside. 
 That's not a good shot. 
 Lampley: How do you block
 an uppercut, Roy? 
 Jones: Turn that palm--
 turn it--right there. 
 Turn that palm inside
 under your chin. 
[bell dings]
- Hold on. 
- [speaking Spanish]
- Good, good, good. 
- [speaking Spanish]
- Breathe, breathe deeply. 
Breathe deeply. 
Breathe deeply. 
 Roach: It's working nice
 for you, all right? 
You got this guy reaching now. 
You got this guy reaching. 
You got him reaching for you
now, okay? 
Use the feign, make him
reach the feign, okay? 
All right?  Turn that hook
over for me, okay? 
All right? 
 Jones: Here you see
 Maidana landing that
 right uppercut right there,
 a left to the body,
 then he come with a left
 uppercut up the middle,
 and then the last one,
 he land the outside shots. 
 Another left uppercut...
 [whistle blows]
 A hook,
 and another right uppercut. 
 That's four uppercuts he got
 hit in one exchange with. 
 Merchant: That's a pretty good
 combination right there, Roy. 
[bell dings]
 [laughter]
- Hold the head down. 
Okay, let's go. 
 Lampley: Amir Khan's punch-out
 rate is dropping. 
 He threw 72 punches
 in the 1st round
 by CompuBox count,
 59 in the 2nd,
 55 in the 3rd,
 49 in the 4th. 
 Part of that could be fatigue,
 part of that could be
 Maidana's punching power. 
[crowd cheering]
 Another hard
 right hand by Khan. 
 You heard Freddie Roach
 saying that,
 "You've got him reaching
 for you." 
 He wants Khan to feint Maidana
 out of position. 
 Says,
 "Maidana goes for feints." 
 Good rally for Khan. 
 Jones: Khan just gotta be
 careful to pace himself
 and not punch himself out
 in these early rounds
 like this. 
 He has the advantage,
 but seems like
these shots to the head are not
 really bothering Maidana yet. 
 Lampley:
No, what bothered Maidana early
 were the body shots. 
 Jones: And that's what Khan
 should be going back at. 
 Lampley: Maidana has a cut
 in the eyebrow
 just above his right eye. 
 Between rounds, the Nevada
 State Athletic Commission
 told us that the cut
 was caused by a punch,
 so should Maidana's cut widen
 and become
 a factor in the fight,
 it's a competitive factor too. 
 It was not caused a blow. 
 Merchant: Which would mean
 that if Maidana can't go on,
 it would be
 a TKO for Khan. 
 Lampley: Exactly. 
 Maidana gets in
 a right hand. 
 Energetic punching machine,
 Khan manages
 to get him to lean in
 to his own right hand. 
- Ho. 
Yeah. 
[speaking Spanish]
All right? 
Time-out. 
Time-out. 
Time-out. 
Get in that corner. 
One point.  One point. 
One point.  One point. 
[speaking Spanish]
Time in, let's go. 
 Lampley: I think Maidana
 can probably forget
 about winning a decision
 here tonight. 
 Jones: [laughs]
 Merchant: Well, uh...
 the referee's decision was
that he hit him with his elbow. 
 Jones:
 Purposely. 
 Lampley:
 An old tactic in the sport. 
 People used to accuse
 Mike Tyson of it. 
 Merchant:
 Absolutely. 
 A one-two is the left hand
 followed by the left elbow. 
 Lampley:
 So the one-point penalty
 added to the extra point
 that Khan got
 for the knockdown early,
 added to the fact
 that Khan might not have lost
 even a single round
 makes it pretty prohibitive
 for Maidana
 to try to win a fight
 by decision here. 
 Jones: I don't think
 he had that in mind
 when he came in here,
 though, Jim. 
 Lampley:
 I don't think so either. 
 I don't think it was anywhere
 near his consciousness. 
 Jones:
 A good body shot by Maidana. 
[loud tapping]
 Merchant: Well, you gotta give
 Maidana high marks
 for the way he keeps coming. 
[bell dings]
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: Boy, Joe Cortez
 really wrestled Maidana
 off of Khan
 at the end of that round. 
- That's the way you box. 
Good job. 
Nice, deep breath. 
 [chimes ringing]
Now, one more. 
Okay. 
Hey, rinse. 
Here you are. 
All right. 
Now hear. 
You keep boxing him and
picking him apart, okay? 
- Yeah. 
- All right? 
You're moving, all right,
you're laying combinations. 
Aide-to-side, all right? 
Side-to-side, okay? 
Keep angles on him, okay? 
All right? 
 Lampley: All right,
 we're gonna look at a replay
 of the elbow incident
 for which
 Marcos Maidana was penalized
 a point by Joe Cortez. 
 Harold Lederman,
 tell us what happened here. 
 Lederman: Okay, Jim. 
 Well, as you see here,
 Marcos Maidana
 throwing a right hand,
 and he throws
 that follow-up elbow,
 and that seems to be
 what Joe--
 what referee Joe Cortez
 objected to. 
 In other words,
 he throws the punch
 and then wraps in
 with the elbow...
[bell dings]
 So Cortez took away one point
 for using the elbow. 
 Lampley: Khan boosted
 his punch count back up
 to 54 in that last round,
 and landed 25 of them. 
 Merchant: Did the elbow land
 on Cortez or on Khan? 
 I thought he was penalizing
 for getting--him getting hit. 
 Lederman: Well, you know,
 Larry, accepting that a bet--
 Amir Khan's corner
 talked to Joe Cortez
 before the fight about it. 
 They probably said,
 "Watch Maidana's elbow,"
 that they put some fear
 into Cortez,
 and the minute that he did it,
 Cortez took a point. 
 Lampley: First two rounds,
 Amir Khan really jumped
 on top of Marcos Maidana
 and dominated him,
 scored a knockdown
 with body shots
 in the 2nd round. 
 Then in the 3rd round,
 Maidana got back at him
 with a couple
 of hard right hands...
- No biting. 
Break it up; break it up. 
 Lampley: And since then,
 they have been fighting
 pretty effectively
 against each other,
 with Khan getting
 the better of it
 because of his hand speed
 and his greater boxing skill. 
 Jones: Yeah,
 it's a better thing to use
 his feet and his hands
 at the same time. 
 It's what allow--is
 enabling him to really fight. 
 Lampley:
 Good right hand by--
 good right hand by Khan
 in that exchange. 
 Merchant:
 The fans here from the UK--
 Lampley: Oh! 
 Left hook by Maidana. 
 Khan on the run. 
 Minute and a half still to go
 in the round. 
 Khan gets back in position. 
 Maidana's confidence
 is growing. 
 Khan lands a solid right hand;
Maidana walks right through it. 
 Merchant: Maidana is making
 Khan do what he made Ortiz do:
 get into a battle with him. 
- Let's go. 
Go. 
 Merchant: He's just
 pure relentlessness. 
- Hold on, don't hold the head. 
Don't hold the head. 
Don't hold the head down. 
Let's go. 
 Jones: That's the uppercut
 he's still landing
 against Khan. 
 Lampley:
 Khan did a slightly better job
 of getting away
 from the uppercut,
 but he's still not
 blocking them. 
 Still landing
 his combinations, though,
 and he's able to
 stop and throw. 
- No, don't hold him. 
Let him go!  Let him go! 
Let him go! 
Let him go; come on; let's go. 
No holding.  Let's go. 
crowd: Amir!  Amir!  Amir!  Amir! 
Amir!  Amir!  Amir!  Amir! 
 Merchant:
They're chanting, "Amir!  Amir!" 
 His fans are called
 Khan's Army. 
- Let's go. 
 Merchant:
They looked more like a platoon
 at the weigh-in yesterday,
 but they're--
 Jones: [laughs]
 Merchant:
 But they're very vociferous. 
 Jones:
 Oh, good shot. 
 Lampley: Maidana chasing,
 chasing, chasing. 
[loud tapping]
- [speaking Spanish]
Lampley: Every once in a while,
 he gets in a thunder buster. 
- Let's go. 
[bell dings]
[speaking Spanish]
[cheers and applause]
- Okay. 
You take a point on us,
take a point on him, please. 
[all speaking Spanish]
 Lampley: And you see
 the CompuBox numbers there
 as Khan has landed
more than twice as many punches
 as Maidana. 
 Our Punch Zone graphic
 shows you
 where the punches
 are landing. 
 Ten times already Khan
 has been touched on the chin,
 most of those
by Maidana's potent right hand. 
 So far Khan has
 weathered that,
 and meantime, he's been
 touching Maidana up
 with many more landed punches
 of his own,
 including 135 blows
 to the head,
 but what did him more good
 early on
 were the 27 punches
 to the body. 
 That knockdown
 I said was in the 2nd round,
 it was actually
 in the 1st. 
 It came
 from a Khan body shot. 
 Roy Jones, I think
 he should be going back there. 
[bell dings]
 Jones: I think he should be
 going back there too. 
 That's how you weaken the
 strength of a puncher, anyway. 
 Lampley: Halfway
 through the 12-round fight. 
 Amir Khan landed 28 punches
 out of 67 in the 6th round,
 throwing more punches than
 at any time since the 1st,
 and that--that's part
 and parcel of what Larry said
 about Maidana luring him
 into a war. 
Jones: Yeah, he gotta make sure
 that he doesn't fight
 for the fans but he fights for
 him--himself and his corner,
 because if he keeps
 on a fight for the fans,
 that's the kind of thing
 that's gonna happen to him
 right there. 
 He's getting this fight
 that he doesn't want
 to be in,
 and he's gonna get caught
 with a big shot. 
 Merchant: Well, I just think
 that you give Maidana credit
 that he keeps stalking him,
 stalking him,
 coming through
 with his punches. 
 Now he's
 cutting off the ring. 
 He's trying to
 make him fight. 
 I don't think
 Khan is doing it
 because he's trying to
 make us feel good. 
 He's trying to do it
 to make him feel good. 
 Lampley: Harold,
 I'm a minute late with this. 
 How do you have
 the fight scored? 
 Lederman:
 Okay, Jim, 58-54. 
 Four rounds to two,
 Amir Khan. 
[crowd booing]
- Look around. 
Okay, let's go. 
Lederman: Jim, I was gonna say,
 he's got two 10-8 rounds,
 so you know, that's gonna help
 Amir Khan a lot
 against this fight
 that's close. 
 Marcos Maidana spends
 an awful lot of time
 playing
 with those boxing trunks,
 and I gotta tell ya,
 Amir Khan jumped on him
 once or twice while he was
 pulling his trunks up. 
 Be as it may,
 4-2, Amir Khan. 
 Merchant: He's done that
 in other fights as well. 
 I don't know why he couldn't
 find one that fits him. 
 Maybe he--maybe his cojones
 are just too big. 
 [laughter]
 Jones: If he keeps landing
 his uppercut,
 they are gonna be too big. 
- Break! 
Break it up, break it up. 
[speaking Spanish]
Let him out; let him out clean. 
Step back. 
 Lampley:
 The relentlessness of Maidana
 is something to behold. 
 Jones:
 Yes, it is. 
 Lampley:
 And it's gotta be
 mentally exhausting
 for the opponent. 
 Even if you're beating him...
 Jones: Oh! 
 Lampley: You know that this
 stuff is coming all the time. 
 Jones: Oh! 
 He cannot let him
 keep hitting him
 with that overhand right
 like that. 
 One of 'em is gonna
 take its effect
 if he keep getting hit
 with the same punch. 
- All right, break, break! 
Okay. 
Come on, let him out,
let him out. 
Let him out, man. 
Let's go. 
 Jones: And the uppercut
 right there is killer. 
 Lampley: The uppercuts are
 doing damage for Maidana. 
 Khan is still a sitting duck
 for the uppercut. 
 He hasn't blocked it yet. 
 Jones: He better start
 blocking it soon, Jim. 
 Lampley:
 This is a Maidana round. 
 He's starting to become
 the aggressor. 
- Come on, let's go. 
Keep it moving. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley: That's a good
 momentary rally for Khan. 
 He needs something
 to get his confidence back. 
 Jones:
 Not that uppercut again. 
[loud tapping]
[bell dings]
 Lampley: Look at how much
 Maidana is trying to put
 into every uppercut. 
 Those are
 haymaker uppercuts. 
- Okay. 
Deep breath. 
Here's water. 
 Lampley: And I think Maidana
 might have won the round,
 but Khan has
 a lot of insurance. 
- All right. 
Yeah. 
- 8th round, guys. 
- I want to see you more than
ever saving the right hand. 
Just moving, all right? 
[mumbling]
Like we did all camp, okay? 
All right? 
Now, remember,
you hit the ropes,
you chase him, you get under
and out, extending, okay? 
All right? 
- It's too much. 
- Gotta hit. 
Use that jab. 
 Jones:
 Here you see his right hand
 over the top of Khan's jab
 by Maidana. 
 He's starting to land
 this repetitively on Khan,
 and it's not a good shot
 for Khan to keep
 getting hit with. 
 [whistle blows]
- Stay in the corner. 
Stay in the corner. 
[bell dings]
 Lampley: CompuBox numbers
 in that round found Khan
out-landing Maidana only 18-17,
so from a numerical standpoint,
 that was Maidana's best round. 
 And Roy Jones has pointed out
 the danger to Khan
 of the winging overhand rights
 that Maidana is firing at him,
 and I'm not sure
 I've heard Freddie Roach say
 anything to Khan
 about the uppercuts. 
 Jones: I don't think
 I've heard him say
 anything about it either, but
 the problem with me here is,
 he's landing
 that overhand right
 high on the head right now. 
 If he continues to land it,
 one time he's gonna
 catch a chin and
 it's gonna be a problem. 
 Lampley: Because the chin is
 where Khan has been hurt. 
 Jones:
 Exactly. 
 Oh, good uppercut
 right there. 
 Lampley: A little taste
 of Maidana's own medicine. 
And that would be a good answer
for Khan to Maidana's uppercuts
 is to throw his own
 when he gets the shot. 
 And there is a good
 right uppercut there. 
 Jones: Well, he's getting
 smarter, I'll tell you that. 
 Lampley: Getting smarter
 right here in the fight. 
 It's fascinating how it works. 
 Khan throws his uppercut,
 and suddenly,
 Maidana isn't as willing
 to throw his own. 
 Jones: [chuckles]
 Khan's uppercut is coming
 from the outside. 
 Maidana's uppercut is coming
 from the inside. 
 Lampley: Yup. 
 Hard right hand by Khan. 
 Maidana backed straight away. 
 You can't do it. 
 Jones: Maidana appears to be
 getting a little fatigued. 
 Lampley: As he gets fatigued,
 Khan is starting
 to dominate him again,
 with hand speed
 and combinations. 
 There's another
 launched uppercut by Maidana. 
- Whoa, no, break it, break it. 
Come on, let's go, let's go. 
 Jones: With Khan's height
 and reach advantage,
 he can allow Khan to do all
 the fighting from the outside. 
 Lampley: Now, this is
 what Roach was talking about
 when he said,
 "He's leaning into you." 
 Khan is using Maidana's
 leaning forward
 against him now. 
 Merchant:
 But Khan has showed
 what the British call
 "some bottle" in this fight. 
 He's shown
 some intestinal fortitude. 
 Lampley:
 You talked about Khan's Army,
 the fans who follow him. 
 The leader of Khan's Army
 here in Las Vegas
 is British heavyweight--
 former cruiserweight--
 David Haye. 
 Jones: Yep. 
 Lampley: He's sitting
 with the Khan family
 in his trademark
 black cowboy hat
 across the ring,
 and as usual,
 standing up and
 making a lot of noise. 
 Jones:
 And that's good for Khan. 
 Lampley: Excellent. 
 Jones: Just a bunch of
 Khan countrymen. 
 Lampley:
 You want a big heavyweight
 as your cheerleader. 
 Jones: [laughs]
 Lampley:
 Or, in the current world,
 Haye is a small heavyweight. 
 Great round for Khan. 
 Merchant:
 Good comeback round for Khan. 
 Lampley:
He has truly outclassed Maidana
 in this round. 
[loud tapping]
- All right, hold on, hold on. 
Break! 
Break out. 
Break out clean. 
Lampley: And for the first time
 in the fight,
 Maidana looks very tired. 
[bell dings]
- Time. 
[cheers and applause]
[all speaking Spanish]
 [chimes ringing]
[all speaking Spanish]
- If you want,
I'll stop the fight. 
Doctor. 
Go on that side;
he keeps running like crazy. 
What do you want,
the Englishman to win? 
I'll stop the fight. 
[whistle blows]
 Lampley:
 Khan's trainer, Miguel Díaz,
 can be a little salty
 from time to time. 
[bell dings]
 He's Argentine himself. 
 In the 8th round,
 Khan landed 24 of 65 punches
 and held Madonna--
 Maidana to 4 out of 40. 
 That's the low number
 of connects and throws
 in the fight for Maidana,
 so as we said,
 Khan truly outclassed Maidana
 in the 8th. 
 Look at the hand speed
 difference. 
 Oh, perfect uppercut
 from outside by Khan. 
 It's dangerous to throw it,
but if you're that much faster,
 you can get away with it. 
 Jones: Yeah,
 when you're that much--
 when your hand speed
 is that much of a difference
 with a guy, you can throw
 all type of shots from outside
 because he's too slow
 to do anything about it. 
- Hey, stop!  Stop! 
No, break it. 
Stop, no breaking. 
Let him out; let's go. 
Let's go. 
 Lampley: The trouble
 with throwing an uppercut
 from far away
 is he could lean
 into one of Maidana's
 right-hand shots. 
 Jones:
 Yeah, but he--
 Maidana's so slow with it
 right now
 that Amir Khan should be able
 to see it and avoid it
 before he gets caught. 
 Lampley: As he did just there,
 ducking away from it. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley: Another hard
 right hand by Khan. 
 And another. 
 Maidana was slow
 going to his corner
 after the last round. 
 Jones: If Khan was smart,
he'd still go back to the body,
 Jim. 
 You hit him to the body,
 you'll see his head shots go
 to take more effect on him. 
 Lampley: I wonder if he has
 stopped throwing to the body
 for the fear
 of getting countered. 
 Jones: [laughs]
- [speaking Spanish]
Let's go. 
All right. 
[speaking Spanish]
 Lampley:
 That's sometimes the reason
 why guys dispense
 with body shots. 
 Because when you
 drop your hands down,
 you're a little bit more
 available to the counter shot. 
 Jones: Yeah, but because
 Maidana's been down
 from a body shot already,
 he's not gonna punch
 while Amir Khan is reaching
 at his body, believe that. 
 Lampley: Oh, good point. 
 Excellent point. 
 Takes away
 the counter possibility. 
 Jones:
 Exactly right. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley: Khan thought he had
 another knockdown there. 
 Cortez is gonna
 rule it a slip. 
 Fairly close. 
 You wonder how much Amir Khan
will choose to stand his ground
 in these last three rounds
 if he makes it
 out of the 9th here. 
 He's got plenty of room
 on the scorecards,
 or so it would appear. 
 Jones: One thing I realized
 about Khan:
 he's trying to make
 a name for himself
 here in this country,
 he's trying to show people
 that he can take a punch
 from a big puncher,
 so he has everything
 to prove here tonight,
 and he's fighting like it. 
 Lampley:
 Great point. 
[crowd cheering]
 Crowd loves it. 
 Merchant:
It looked for a while as though
 Maidana was coming on
 like Zenyatta...
- [speaking Spanish]
 Merchant:
 In the stretch,
 but Khan has held him off
 right here. 
[loud tapping]
 Lampley: He has stopped
 the damage with boxing skill. 
 And he buckled down
 and showed some bottle, Larry,
 as you said. 
[bell dings]
[cheers and applause]
 Roach: Come on,
 give it to me now. 
- Come on. 
 Roach: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 
- 10th round. 
 Roach: All right. 
Nice round, son, okay? 
Now you're doing right when you
go with that right hand, okay? 
And here. 
[mumbling]
- Okay, a deep breath
through your nose. 
- Remember the jab
and the step to the right? 
- Yeah. 
- That didn't work for you. 
- Yeah. 
- Okay? 
- Now you gotta step deep enough
for me though, okay? 
All right?  Jab when he does
a step-turn right into the shot. 
Okay? 
All right? 
[all speaking Spanish]
[whistle blows]
[all speaking Spanish]
- 350 now. 
Left to right. 
[bell dings]
 Lampley:
 Khan's 34 connected punches
 in the 9th,
 his high number for the fight. 
 Maidana only landed eight,
 and he's extremely slow
 getting off of his stool
 to come out for the 10th. 
 Harold, how do you have it? 
 Lederman: Okay, Jim. 
 Six rounds to three. 
 87-82 on the across. 
 Hey, Jim,
 in the 9th round,
 did you see those six, seven,
 eight-punch combinations? 
 Shades of Roy Jones Jr.
 by Amir Khan. 
 Jones: [laughs]
 Lederman: Incredible. 
 I mean, if conditioning
 is not winning this fight,
 I don't know what is. 
Khan is in beautiful condition. 
 He lets his hands go,
 he uses that ring beautifully,
 he's winning the fight
 after Marcos Maidana came back
 really well in rounds 6 and 7. 
Amir Khan, six rounds to three. 
 Lampley: And he's in
 this kind of condition, Roy,
 despite a training schedule
 that saw him train
 four weeks in the Philippines
 with Pacquiao,
 then fly to Los Angeles,
 then fly to Dallas--
 two more weeks of training
 in Dallas with Pacquiao--
 then four weeks
 back in L.A.
 Very unusual in preparation
 for the fight. 
 Merchant:
 Well, that's because of course
 they both have Freddie Roach
 for a trainer,
 but it shows
 how much he wants it. 
 Lampley:
 Hard right hand! 
 Khan is
 tremendously wobbled! 
 Amir should be
 holding on right now. 
 Maidana clocked him big time
 with the right hand. 
 Khan was momentarily
 out on his feet. 
 And he's hurt again! 
 Maidana's got his chance. 
 Plenty of time left
 in the 10th. 
 And the left hook lands
 for Maidana. 
 Khan is--Khan is wobbling;
 Khan is almost gone. 
 Will he hold? 
 Will he hold? 
 He will not. 
 He pushes Maidana away. 
 He wants to fight
 on wobbly legs. 
 Too much heart! 
 Too much heart for Khan. 
 Merchant:
 He is a little bull--
 Wild Bull of the Pampas. 
 Lampley: Oh, my gosh. 
 Khan turns away from Maidana. 
 Maidana almost clocked Cortez. 
 Khan says, "He's hitting me
 in the back of the head." 
 He gets caught
 with another right hand. 
 Jones: I told you
 when that right hand
 hit him on the chin
 it was gonna be a problem. 
 Lampley: It's amazing
 Khan hasn't been down. 
 Merchant: It's been a problem
 for most of the fighters
 that Maidana has fought. 
 [laughter]
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley: Marcos Maidana has
 27 knockouts in 30 fights. 
 He's trying to knock out
 Amir Khan
 from way behind
 on the scorecards. 
 Merchant:
 This is what Maidana does. 
 Jones: Yeah, Maidana's
 about that too. 
 Lampley: Good job dodging
 the right by Khan there. 
 He's trying to get
 his legs back. 
 Jones: Yeah,
 Maidana's dead tired too. 
 A little faulty in his shot. 
 He may be able to get Maidana. 
 Merchant: This is high drama
 in the desert. 
 Jones: If he land
 a body shot right here,
 he could get Maidana,
 trust me. 
 Lampley:
 Khan's getting his legs back. 
 Jones: Yeah,
 if he can get a body shot,
 he can stop Maidana. 
[loud tapping]
 Lampley: Ten seconds to go
 in the round! 
 Khan is wobbly again. 
 Maidana too tired
 to land cleanly. 
[bell dings]
 Maidana can't get him
 out of there. 
[cheers and applause]
- You okay? 
- Amir, you all right? 
- Yeah. 
- You okay? 
- Deep breath. 
- Pull that out. 
[speaking Spanish]
- Atta way, Amir. 
Okay, I want you to stop taking
that heavy punishment. 
 Jones: Here you see Maidana
 coming forward
 with a overhead right
 that I've been talking about. 
 Boom, he landed it
 right on the chin,
 like I said earlier--
 if you ever land it
 on the chin, you knew
 it was gonna be a problem. 
 There's that left uppercut
 behind it. 
 You see,
 only a tap with the jab. 
 He lands another
 overhand right on the chin,
 followed by a hook
 and another overhand right. 
 [whistle blows]
 Merchant:
 Our last three events--
 Jones: And that was
 a big overhand right
 at the end of the round,
 and a body shot to follow,
 which was smart
 on Maidana's part. 
[bell dings]
 Merchant:
 Again, our last three events--
 Pacquiao/Margarito,
 Marquez/Katsidis,
 and now Khan/Maidana. 
 Lampley:
 How much of Amir Khan is left
 as he comes
 to the 11th? 
 And yes,
 in case you're wondering,
 Harold Lederman scored it
 a 10-8 round,
 so Maidana has cut
 the Khan points lead
 to the three points
 on Lederman's scorecard. 
 And Khan is once again
 backing away
 and seemingly in trouble
 in the 11th. 
 Jones: And still giving
 Maidana that uppercut,
 which he shouldn't be
 giving him. 
 Merchant: This, remember,
 is what he asked for. 
 Jones: [laughs]
 Merchant:
 This was the fight he wanted. 
 Lampley:
 He wanted a chance to prove
 he could get through this. 
 Jones: If he boxes right here,
 he'll be okay. 
 Lampley:
 He still seems wobbly, Roy. 
 Jones: Yeah, but he just
 gotta box right here. 
 If he boxes here,
 he'll be okay. 
 Lampley:
 Maidana's exhausted. 
 Jones:
 Exactly. 
 That's why Amir Khan
 should load up and throw
 a big body shot here, and
 he could drop Maidana again. 
 Lampley: Doesn't seem to be
 aware of that, though,
 as he's totally
 on the defensive. 
 Jones: That's what you want
 Freddie Roach
 to be able to tell him
 between rounds. 
 Lampley: Well, both fighters'
 weaknesses have been exposed,
 both fighters' strengths
 have been visible. 
 It's been a great fight. 
- All right, all right, break! 
Break out, break out. 
 Jones:
 Fantastic fight. 
 Merchant:
 Maidana is the kind of fighter
who is not appreciated until he
 gets into this kind of fight. 
 Then everybody says,
 "Well, maybe he's special." 
 Jones:
 Whoop, light uppercut. 
 Lampley:
 Blood from the nose of Khan. 
 Jones: Oh! 
 Lampley:
 Huge right hand by Khan. 
 Jones: And Maidana's
 almost out on his feet. 
 Lampley:
 Uppercut lands for Maidana. 
 Uppercut lands
 for Maidana. 
 A minute to go in the 11th. 
 Khan seeming to get
 some of his energy back. 
 Khan's gonna choose to risk
 and fight again! 
 Jones: Yeah, but he should be
 going to the body, Jim. 
 Lampley:
 Sure should. 
 Absolutely crazy not to be
 throwing to the body
 given what's happened
 in the fight. 
 Another show of hand speed
 by Khan. 
 Now he's moving
 more steadily on his feet. 
 Checks the clock
 on the big screen. 
- Oh, whoa, whoa, come on. 
Whoa, break, break, break,
break; no, break it. 
 Merchant:
 Now, if one hand is free,
 why is the referee
 breaking them up? 
[loud tapping]
[bell dings]
- Whoa! 
Come on, come on, hey. 
 Lampley:
 They've got one round to go. 
- [speaking Spanish]
- Come on, you've got him
hurt, you've got him hurt. 
Gain your strength. 
Let me in. 
- I decided I'm gonna let you
do that whole round, okay? 
All right? 
You're in the ropes, be clean. 
- Can't fall on the other side. 
Now blow in the cloth. 
- All right,
you're tying him up. 
- It's the last round,
touch him up. 
Give me a clean round. 
- Joe. 
Come here. 
- [speaking Spanish]
- Marco. 
Let's go, breathe. 
You're the rock out--
[whistle blows]
Let's go,
with everything. 
 Lampley: Marcos Maidana
 out-landed Amir Khan
 19-12 overall in the 11th,
 probably won the round,
 narrowing the scorecards
 once again. 
[bell dings]
 Martinez:
 Final round! 
[cheers and applause]
- Come on. 
 Lampley: It means that Khan
 leads by two points
 on Harold Lederman's scorecard
 as we come to the 12th. 
- Come on. 
Come on, get on over. 
 Lampley: Our first fight
 between Victor Ortiz
 and Lamont Peterson
 was a style contrast
 which ended in
 a majority draw. 
 A draw isn't
 out of the question here...
 if Maidana could have
 another big round. 
 He landed a low blow
 which Cortez didn't see. 
 Merchant: Could the difference
 in this be--
 in this fight be an elbow
 landed on Joe Cortez...
 Jones: [laughs]
 Merchant: That cost a point? 
- Break!  Break!  Break! 
[speaking Spanish]
Break!  Break! 
Let's go, finish the round. 
Let's go. 
Free round. 
[crowd cheering]
 Lampley:
 Uppercut lands for Maidana. 
 Uppercut lands
 for Maidana. 
 Hits Khan
 on the back of the head
 with the overhand right. 
 Cortez warns him about hitting
 on the back of the head. 
 Jones:
 Khan's hurt bad again. 
 Oh, good overhand. 
 Merchant: Khan has to stop
 and punch back. 
- Hold on, hey, come on. 
[speaking Spanish]
 Merchant: He just can't run,
because he's allowing Maidana--
 Lampley:
 Maidana takes slight--
 Merchant: To run over him. 
 Jones: Yup. 
 Lampley: Maidana's coming on
 like a truck, and Khan,
 by backing up, is giving him
 the chance to keep coming. 
 Jones: I agree with you, Har--
 I mean, uh, Larry. 
 I don't know why
 the referee was breaking them
 while his hands are free. 
- Oh, oh, stop! 
Stop! 
Come on, let's go. 
 Lampley:
 A minute and 18 to go. 
 Can Amir Khan stand up? 
 Lands an uppercut
 and backs away. 
 Maidana stalking,
 stalking, stalking. 
 Misses with the right. 
- Hey, hey, knock it off. 
[crowd cheering]
 Jones: Maybe okay now. 
 I think--
 Merchant:
 Good left hand by Khan. 
 Lampley: Marcos Maidana caught
 by the left hand. 
 Khan has stopped
 and fought again,
 now he covers up
 one more time. 
 Merchant:
 But he hasn't hurt him
 since those body punches
 in the 1st round. 
 Jones: Yeah,
 but I don't know Maidana
 can hurt him too much
 right now either. 
- Let's go. 
 Lampley:
 Well, if Khan gets the win,
 some of the luster of
the first seven or eight rounds
 will be gone,
 as the result of having to run
 to get
 out of the fight. 
 Merchant: Well--
 Lampley: Maidana should have
 started this earlier. 
 And now Khan fires
 one last combination
 in the center
 of the ring
 to try to put the icing
 on the cake. 
- Oh, stop, stop! 
Stop! 
[loud tapping]
 Lampley:
 That one last combination
 secured safety for Khan,
and this may win him the round,
 and if he wins the round,
 he may be safe. 
[bell dings]
[cheers and applause]
 Merchant:
 Gentlemen, that was a fight. 
- He needs to go. 
Go ahead. 
He needs to go. 
[indistinct chatter]
 Lampley:
 Highlights from the fight. 
 Round 1, and Amir Khan began
 in a blaze of lightning. 
 His hand speed was dominant
 in the first couple of rounds. 
 He knocked Maidana down
 with that body shot
 at the end
 of the 1st round. 
 By the 5th round, things
 had changed considerably. 
 And Marcos Maidana was
 penalized a point
 for attempting
 to hit Amir Khan--
or Joe Cortez, one of the two--
 with an elbow. 
 In the 10th round,
 Maidana caught Khan
 with that right hand. 
 You see Khan wobbling
 next to the ropes,
 and Amir was lucky to make it
 out of the 10th. 
 And in the 12th, Maidana
 was assaulting him again. 
 When Khan, in the closing
 seconds of the fight,
 stood his ground
 and fired a combination,
 and may have warded off
 the evil forces he faced
 in all these punches
 and all of the power shots
 that Maidana tried
 to hit him with
 down the stretch. 
 Incidentally, Harold Lederman
 scored the 10th round--
 or the 12th round
 for Amir Khan. 
 The judges are C.J. Ross. 
 Only 14 title fights,
 and had Chad Dawson
 a clear winner
 over Antonio Tarver,
 as did the other judges. 
 Jerry Roth,
 the most experienced
 and well-known judge
 in Las Vegas,
 had Marquez the winner
 of Pacquiao/Marquez II,
 as did many ringsiders. 
 Glenn Trowbridge,
 22 title fights,
 recently scored
 Marquez over Diaz. 
 Harold Lederman's
 final scorecard
 is gonna show 114-111
 for Amir Khan,
 I believe,
 and there it is. 
 Khan, 114-111. 
 Oh, he scored the 12th
 for Maidana. 
 Well, card I'm looking at
 shows that to me incorrectly,
 but I'm not sure. 
 At any rate,
 a final score of 114-111. 
 Harold, did you score the 12th
 for Khan or Maidana? 
 Lederman: Maidana. 
 Lampley: Okay. 
 Lederman: Jim, I thought
 he hurt him early. 
 I don't think Amir Khan
 really did enough
 at the end of that round. 
 Lampley: Okay, let's--
 I'm glad that's clear now. 
 Let's go to Joe Martinez
 for the official decision. 
[bell dings]
Martinez: Ladies and gentlemen,
 after 12 exciting rounds
 between the ropes,
 we go to the scorecards,
 but first,
 Las Vegas, Nevada,
 how about a big round
 of applause
 for the effort out of these
 two warriors in the ring? 
[cheers and applause]
 And now, here are
 the judge's scoring totals. 
 Judge C.J. Ross and Jerry Roth
 scored the bout 114-111. 
 Judge Glenn Trowbridge
 has it 113-112. 
 All three for your winner
 by unanimous decision,
and still WBA super lightweight
 champion of the world,
Amir "King" Khan! 
[cheers and applause]
 [triumphant music]
 ♪ ♪
