The court summons reads as follows:
Mr. Khan/Con, you are hereby summoned to appear at the courthouse, Washington, DC Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW, District of Columbia 20001. Judgment may or may not be taken against you on the tenth day of December 2011 at 11:00pm. The judge presiding on that evening will be Lamont Peterson.
Until then, let?s have a mock trial of our own?.
The Jury
The jury is boxing fans and media, the world over!
Witnesses for the Defense
The defense will call:
Paulie Malignaggi Zabdiel ?Zab? Judah Dmitriy Salita Marco Antonio Barrera
Witnesses for the State The state will call: Paul MCloskey Marcos Rene Maidana
Star Witness for the State Breidis Prescott
?All rise. Court is now in session! The state will call its first witness?. The state calls?
Paul McCloskey
The in-ring testimony shows that you had a few problems with McCloskey?s unorthodox style. Your speed was superior, as it is against most opponents. That is a fact that we cannot dispute. However, you weren?t able to hit McCloskey cleanly for most of the fight. You were a bit befuddled and some say that as Paul began to get stronger, you were beginning to breathe as if you were wearing down. McCloskey employed a middle of the ring rope-a-dope style to tire you out. It was beginning to work. History shows that you are a bit suspect in the later rounds (see 11th round vs. Kotelnik and 10th round vs. Maidana). The statement you were trying to make with your power never materialized. Your speed and busy pace gave you a lead on the cards, but evidence shows that fans were not happy based on boos heard throughout the M.E.N. Arena. The medical expert testimony given by the doctor about that night just doesn?t fly. McCloskey?s cut was no worse than any fight in recent memory that was allowed to continue. One can only wonder what would?ve happened in the later rounds.
Marcos Rene Maidana
In-ring testimony here says not only were you fortunate that the referee allowed you to finish the fight, but you were just as privileged to receive the victory. You were out on your feet. One big shot away from losing your WBA strap. At first, you talked about how solid your chin must have been to withstand Maidana?s devastating power. That?s good testimony on your part. However, the rebuttal you mustered up in the aftermath was that Maidana never hurt you. Which one is it? Is this Khan speaking or are you trying to Con us? Many felt Maidana deserved the win in this fight. The same Maidana who struggled against a dinosaur named Erik Morales and again in his hometown against a shot fighter named Chop Corley. The battle with Maidana was a chance for you to separate from the pack of contenders in your weight class. In Round 1, the body shot you landed almost put you to the top of that list. Unfortunately, this fight went into the late rounds. The question that remains is if you would?ve had Maidana in the same trouble as he had you, would the referee have stopped the bout. Hmm. The blueprint to beat you seems to be to take you into deep water and? well you know the rest?.
