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Khan wins a unanimous but close decision Amir Khan   (24-1, 17 KOs) of England successfully defended his world junior-welterweight title with a close but unanimous decision over   Marcos Maidana   (29-2, 27 KOs) of Argentina on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas . Lance Pugmire of The Times was ringside and gave a round-by-round account. Here it is (scoring is unofficial): Round 1:   Maidana blows off the touching of the gloves to throw a right at Khan. Some big early power by Maidana. Nice response of power by Khan, good rights. Khan's speed is obvious. Good right by Maidana. Big flurry by Khan. Khan ducks an attack. Big jabs and left body blow drops Maidana. He's back up but Khan goes for kill with wicked right landing at bell.   Khan wins round, 10-8 . Round 2:   Big flurry by Khan. Maidana accepts hard right to face. He can't keep up. Solid combos by Khan to head and body. Jab, jab, jab. Big right by Khan backs up Maidana. Good right by K...

KHAN EDGES VEGAS CLASSIC Bolton boy keeps his title in a titanic Vegas blockbuster Last updated: 12th December 2010   Amir Khan turned in the performance of his career in the fight of the year to show America he is here. And here to stay. The boy from Bolton retained his world title after a furious 12 rounds in which he had   Marcos Maidana   down, was out on his feet himself before somehow digging deep to take a pulsating points win. In the end the margin - 114-111, 114-111, 113-112 - was almost irrelevant. Few in the Mandalay Bay had got their breath back by the time   Khan   was confirmed the winner. If ever there was away to announce yourself to the watching American public, then Khan found it. It was not perfection by any means and there were alarming flashes of the Breidis Prescott performance as he dabbled with danger time and time again. But he came through it. He took some horrendous shots from a massive puncher in Maidana. He was out on his feet ...