{"id":9850,"date":"2010-05-17T11:44:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/05\/17\/khan-overpowers-malignaggi-in-us-boxing-debut\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T16:47:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:47:01","slug":"khan-overpowers-malignaggi-in-us-boxing-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/17\/khan-overpowers-malignaggi-in-us-boxing-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan overpowers Malignaggi in US boxing debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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American journalists praise \u2018King Khan\u2019<\/h3>\n
\"\"FORMER British Olympian Amir Khan fashioned a stunning American debut, easily stopping Paulie Malignaggi in the 11th round of a one-sided fight.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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The 23-year-old Khan retained his World Boxing Association super lightweight title with a technical knockout of Brooklyn native Malignaggi.<\/div>\n

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Khan was clearly the better fighter, landing jabs and head shots. Referee Steve Smoger finally stopped the bout in the 11th round after the 29-year-old Malignaggi failed to put up a defence.<\/div>\n

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“I think with my speed I can catch any fighter,” Khan said. “I knew I was going to catch him and I could see him getting his head knocked back. I could see him get frustrated.”<\/div>\n

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Malignaggi’s face was swollen and he had to plead with the ringside doctor before the 11th round just to let him continue.<\/div>\n

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Malignaggi didn’t argue with the decision, tapping his chest and congratulating Khan on the win.<\/div>\n

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Up next in the 140 pound class for Khan could be fighters such as Marcos Maidana and fellow titleholders Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander.<\/div>\n

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This was the second title defence for Khan, who landed 132 more punches than the American.<\/div>\n

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“He knows how to win rounds, man,” Malignaggi said. “He has a lot of ability.”<\/div>\n

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Khan won the title over Andriy Kotelnik on July 18 last year and then defended the belt with a first-round TKO of Dmitriy Salita. <\/div>\n

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Khan signed up with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions earlier this year in a bid to improve his standing among US fight fans.<\/div>\n

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And he didn\u2019t disappoint. <\/div>\n

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His performance was rightly praised by a number of American sports journalists. <\/div>\n

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The New York Times said Khan \u201cjustified the hype he brought with him from England\u201d, adding \u201cKing Khan has come here and delivered. His message was emphatic.\u201d<\/div>\n

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American journalists praise \u2018King Khan\u2019 FORMER British Olympian Amir Khan fashioned a stunning American debut, easily stopping Paulie Malignaggi in the 11th round of a one-sided fight. The 23-year-old Khan retained his World Boxing Association super lightweight title with a technical knockout of Brooklyn native Malignaggi. Khan was clearly the better fighter, landing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}