Aamir Khan said that he was very happy for the title. "I was hard hit by Maidana but I stood until last moment of the fight", said Khan.

The judges scored the bout 114-111, 114-111 and 113-112 in favour of Aamir Khan.

Khan, 24-1 (17 KOs) dropped Maidana at the end of the first round with a left hand to the body. But the hard-hitting challenger recovered and pressed forward for much of the fight.

Maidana (29-2,27 KOs) landed a huge right hand that hurt Khan badly in the 10th round, and a series of punches had the champion in trouble but Khan stayed on his feet and survived the round.