Mayweather Jr. could fight Maidana next, says Roger
November 27th, 2011
By William Mackay: Instead of Manny Pacquiao or Amir Khan getting the next fight against World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr, it could end up being WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s), says Mayweather’s trainer Roger Mayweather.
Roger told examiner.com “I think he [Mayweather Jr.] could probably fight, I think , would be a Maidana. The one who beat [Victor] Ortiz. I think that would be a better match than fighting a [Erik] Morales. He’s an aggressive type of fighter and he has a win over a major fighter.”
Not only is Maidana an aggressive fighter, but many boxing fans think Maidana would have beaten Amir Khan if it hadn’t been for referee Joe Cortez, who stepped in and kept getting in the way of Maidana after he had badly hurt Khan in the 10th round.
Cortez wasn’t much of a fixture earlier in the fight, but after Khan was hurt and Maidana was trying to finish him off, Cortez was in the way often and did a lot of separating of the two when Maidana was trying to work in close. There’s no telling what would have happened had Maidana been able to work without the constant breaks in the action or having to try and get around Cortez to land punches against Khan.
Maidana would be the perfect opponent for Mayweather to fight. Maidana has power similar to Manny Pacquiao, and the same kind of pressure style of fighting. He would make for an exciting fight he’d test Mayweather’s chin in this fight. He wouldn’t resort to headbutting like Victor Ortiz did, because he’s someone that usually stays composed while attacking. If Mayweather’s blocks his shots, Maidana will keep throwing until one of his punches get through. He’s not going to get frustrated and start fouling.
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i told u why should floyd accuse pac of steroid..its because floyd was scared….floyd will not fight pac…its just a mind game of floyd fighting no way..
if pacquiao and mayweathere,not going to happen,BOYCOTT ALL MAYWEATHERE FIGHT”
Marcos Maidana will trouble & if not knockout Mayweather Jr. I have never been a fan of sluggers, but this kid is unbelievable!!!
Every shot he throws is power shots…Mayweather`s defence is the best in the buisness, but all it takes is one punch to finish a chin or a vicious body shot!!! I`m taking Maidana in this fight all the way, it will be an upset!!!
Well I don’t think it’s worse than the Ortiz fight anyway. Skills or no skills, fighting such a hard puncher is never a breeze. So I’d like to see it.
Maidana deserves this fight more than anybody. He beat down Ortiz…He beat down Khan AND IF YOU SEEN THE FIGHT YOU WILL AGREE. He is my favorite fighter right now. I don’t know anybody who wants to fight him really.
maidena is strong but strenght alone is not enough,
I believe this kid has a future, but for now I dont think he should fight floyd
white rice says:
November 28, 2011 at 1:21 pm
@Hotprince28 … no matter what, you haters still wont give mayweather his dues.this man aint talking about fighting no damn maidana, yet its fools like you that will run with anything you here…….BUT ONE THING WE DO KNOW AINT ON ONE CALLING THAT OVERRATED ROID TAKING LIL BUM PACQUIAO’S NAME….THEY ALL WANT THE REAL #1p4p fighter and thats mayweather..
White rice you are a fool let’s hope it’s true that Floyd what’s PAC man you dummy
Maidana is deserving. That would be a lesson for all those who keep calling Floyd out for the big pay check.
Floyd fighting Maidana is like saying: Khan, you talk way too much, no gravy on your potatoes.
Its intresting people are saying “oh this is an easy fight”
Its Maidana just shows how amazing Mayweather is haha
only erik “el terrible” morales is down to fight this man.
Who really cares anymore. PAC and may are exactly what’s wrong with our sport. Correction arum and may promotions. Yes people, may has a promotion company that leads his decisions.
Ufc puts on arguably the biggest heavy weight championship of all time for there sport for free on spike and yet these two very little men at 145lbs can’t fight for lack of ruining there brand with a loss.
Give us fans a break. The last 4 ppv’s I’ve ordered have been a waste of money. Put up or shut up already. May should fight manny, Martinez, canelo or winner of cotto vs Margs.
Manny should fight Floyd, Martinez, Kahn, maidana or a very last Jmm.
Maidana is way too small for Floyd. And if you think different then you don’t know boxing.
-the end
Maidana vs. Mayweather = boring
maidana? hahaha!
loudmouth wants an easy win! just shows what a coward he is.
Get off the crack roger,you slippery c@nt..
Manny Pacquiao needs to be a man for once in his life and go to Bob Arum, and DEMAND TO FIGHT FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.
I have never seen a grown man behave and be treated like a slave and servant as Manny Pacquiao does to Bob Arum.
IT’S SICKENING…
BE A MAN! SIGN ZE DAMN PAPERS….
Midgets, if you want the “Lil Fella” to face Mayweather, tell Pacquiao to be a man for once in his life, go to Arum, and DEMAND TO FIGHT MAYWEATHER!
I have never seen a grown man be treated like a slave and servant to another human being the way Pacquiao is to Bob Arum.
IT’S SICKENING….
SIGN ZE DAMN PAPERS!!!
even alex ariza…. came out and said they have not been trying to make the mayweather fight ,and that it was bob arum whos the one that had been preventing the fight from happening. alex ariza doesnt work for mayweather,so why would he be lying? its a shame how they are forgetting about pacquiao already!
what a joke fight. Maidana is a C fighter and a bum with a pea sized head.
@Hotprince28 … no matter what, you haters still wont give mayweather his dues.this man aint talking about fighting no damn maidana, yet its fools like you that will run with anything you here…….BUT ONE THING WE DO KNOW AINT ON ONE CALLING THAT OVERRATED ROID TAKING LIL BUM PACQUIAO’S NAME….THEY ALL WANT THE REAL #1p4p fighter and thats mayweather..
maayweather all talk says all this im calling out paquaio n blah blah blah hahaha joke both camps can say all they want but lets just see the contract signed
wont face maidana he lost to khan and went life and death with morales. Khan martinez manny or alvarez only people i see him facing.
A true welter huh? Was/is Marquez? Is Floyd a true welter? What is the (your) definition of a “true welterweight”? It sounds like you will hate and not be happy no matter what! Every guy is either too big, too small, too bloated, too shrunken, too new, too old,….just saying..Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
lacem up says:
November 28, 2011 at 11:02 am
Yea look hard they interview PAC man in his country many times and he came on their tv calling out mayweather you fool tell mayweather to fight a true welterweight and stop talking
You are right he is part of the camp, I miss spoke. What I meant to say is that Floyd has said, do not take what both his Uncles say to the bank. All of Floyds camp is questioned 24/7 about future foes. Floyd is the only one you can take as truth. When a relative says that Floyd MIGHT fight a certain fighter every one jumps on it as truth. Floyd will say who and when himself.
maidena is not a welterweight, he has no chance of winning. khan maybe, but khan must probe himself in 147 lbs. yet.
I just went to you tube and searched “Pacquiao calls out Mayweather”
I got nothing! ZERO!
I got several hits of Mayweather calling out Pacquiao.
Maybe I need a different search?
All I have ever heard Pac say is “I would fight Floyd” I have never heard him say “I want Floyd as my next fight in May” or whatever. It is always I leave it to my promoter. I will check out you tube right now. I hope Pac is calling him out. Pac does not have many options after Juan Marquez schooled him again. The gig is up!
You guys are obviously not real boxing fans. Floyd would beat them three guys on the same day. Them statues were just what Pac needs to look good, statues that are durable so Pac can punch away reckless all night.
lacem up says:
November 28, 2011 at 11:02 am
And yes PAC man been calling him out lacem go to you tube and stop talking trash my son
Haaaaaaa mayweather is fighting another light welterweight are you’ll serious lol but PAC man fights realllllll welterweight haaaaa but you’ll talk trash about PAC man but maywether look good agaisnt light weight are you’ll serious tell mayweather to fight cotto and margatio or clottey Oo yea I forgot PAC man destroy them lol mayweather grow some balls wow and fight a real welterweight at 147 lol
Pacman calls out Mayweather? I must have missed that one like the rest of the world! I have seen Pacquiao say a million times on camera that he leaves it to his promoter! If he is calling Floyd Mayweather out, good.
Uncle Roger is NOT Mayweathers camp. Floyd has said that himself on camera. Please get your facts straight. Floyd called out “the little fellow” before Pac got beat by Marquez again!
Where is the link of Pac saying this? I am sure it is on you tube by now.
So Pacman calls out Floyd in press conference, and Floyd’s camp responds by calling out Khan’s leftover. What a fraud and cherrypicker! It’s understandable that Floyd is scared of Pacman, but there are other capable fighters at welterweight Floyd can fight rather than going to fight a small, slow, unskilled fighter.
We all know why floyd wont fight canelo. He only fight little guys comin up or bigger guys that are old.example maidana he just has his people come out and make the excuses
If Floyd is not a fraud he should fight 1. Manny 2. Amir Khan… 8. Maidana
miss pacman an her fans are the biggest frauds in boxing history,
Gorrila says:
November 28, 2011 at 9:30 am
FMJ should retire now cause people will fell asleep to watch his fight ..
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no one is forcing you to watch any fight pactard!
do not be a jealous hater!
maidena the way he fought morales has no chance to win.
FMJ should retire now cause people will fell asleep to watch his fight ..
Pacfans
Why yall still up here talking shyt about FLoyd still? Yall are scarce on the site for a reason. PACQUIAO IS NOT GREAT, he is just a good fighter but without that juice, he is one dimension. Floyd callin him out and yall believe what Bob Arum says. Bob Arum? Bob Arum is the devil and if you dont believe me, google bob arum and $100,000 bribery lawsuit
@HoyPinoyAko
d#mb congressman?
who are you?
calling out smaller guys? “ei! light welterweight, come up in welterweight and face! pathetic
Right after I have these cherries. Yes sir, I love me some cherries. Uhmmmm….
Maidana is only the backup plan for if Manny and Arum can’t come to an agreement about a fight with Floyd.
Mayweathers whole crew is scared of Khan
who’s the Boy that Floyd calls for is it the LW Maidana or another small fighter, why dont he call out the name Manny so fans know who he really want to fight on May5th….or his not sure yet of himself after htat bad performance of Manny but still manage to gave JMM face bad mark showing he really hit hard than him…
No one wants to see this.
dont believe on what ever this maywearther clan says, until its happen, anyway maidana is another lightweight! floyd like fighting blotted fighters!!!
This whole “Manny vs Floyd” episode is pure B U L L S H I T from both sides, until the day they actually get in the ring.
If they BOTH desired the fight…they’d make it happen. It will NEVER happen…so please don’t believe the pur bull from both sides anymore.
If khan outboxed Maidana what woudl floyd do? tourue him i guess floys will outbox khan the same way Khan did to Maidana
Manny is a time waster. How can you ask somebody with a big ego like Floyd t play the waitingg game? Floyd waits for nobody. Floyd has so many options for good fights. I can see Manny retiring soon.
So Floyd do not want to fight Pac, he even does’nt want to fight Pac leftover like Morales, he just want to fight Morales’ leftover.
Just simply a scared coward. Is this for another cheap shot?
Maidana would get owned! Maidana is slow and this type of fighter is made for floyd. Yes maidana has power but he needs to land it for it to be effective, against floyd its too slow to get through his defense! Maidana will get KO’ed and thats coming from a guy who isn’t the biggest floyd fan!
floyd is afraid of khan.
If only Pac will stop running from Floyd, if he will stop hiding behind Mommy Arum and Aunt Koncz,… and accepts that he needs to be blood tested the proper way,… maybe he will earn the right to get beaten and shamed by floyd. LOL.
It’s about time somebody put this d#mb congressman where he belongs.
This is great, Khan will never get that payday, greed is in his blood, maidana on the otherhand is poor. This is great 4 boxing. We all saw the Khan maidana fight and know exactly wat the real outcome should of been.
to you dumb fraud fans
Please tell me the names of the so called talented counter punchers fraud has faced… cos Judah is not one nor Mosley, Hatton Ortiz and Marquez never even tried fighting like a counter puncher. Your all deluded
And now the little man has turned out to be Maidana hahaha
You lot love to sprout off about how Manny fought this guy Manny fought that guy, catch weight, shot lmao and you don’t realize that Fraud is doing the exact same thing..You are the laughing stock of the boxing world as are all the incohearant Mayweather clan
Another cheap fight for may weather no one will watch this boring fight
Blame Bob Arum
You know what I would like to see that. I am a big fan of Maidana he is a WARRIOR he comes to fight everytime. I think he could give Mayweather a lot of Problems. At 147 Maidana could be stronger, If he carries the weight well. He could be the first person to stop Mayweather.
I want to see Mayweather Jnr vs Cotto
Hey Izzy, Manny does want to fight Floyd!!
But Maidana is bigger than Pacquiao… whywant the Manny fight yet Manny is even smaller??? Floyd wants Manny n Manny is running… I wouldnt blame Floyd coz Maidana is exciting n he has a punchers chance just as Manny does.
here again Floyd is dammned if he does or if he dont….
So once again, Floyd wants to fight a smaller man who he can outbox. Maidana make be a pressure fighter but most of his punches are wide, and Floyd will pot shot him all day. No big threat for Mayweather.
Floyda sure win, if he cant another cheap shot win
@ferdiemarcos …so where is Floyd? Manny has been calling him out; is the best response is Maidana.
What a Fraud!!!!!
So the “little fellow” is Maidana… well, I’m not really surprised.
@boxing: u r estupid for believing everything u read! or just acting like u do believe because knowing the little fella would get his butt kicked by any primed fighter!
@Bob … it Floyd fault… he was easy money and protect his record.
He still is afraid of Manny!!!!
Because pacquiao and bob arum dont want the fight. Geez stupid pilipino. Pupu eater
maidana has a pacman style so did ortiz these are warm up fights for pac this fight will be so much more exiting than khan vs may id rather watch maidana stalk mayweather trying to take his head off than watch princess khan run rd in circles with help of maidana floyd could have a fight of the year
Introducing the most overrated, most overhyped, and biggest cherrypicker of them all, Manny “fighting has beens” pacquiao!
if manny wasn’t a filipino, do you think he would get the same recognition he would be getting? probably not, because bob wood feed him to the lions if you know what i mean…
The promoter of the little fella wants nothing to do with Floyd.
easy win for floyd no doubt
Prove what guts y’all talking down in him where’s all this manny talk if it ain’t one fighter it’s another ain’t nobody beating that man
Say it ain’t so… That’s OK. We already know he’s the biggest Ducker in boxing history anyway. I hope Maidana lands one of his hayemakers on this fraud.
floyd mayweather shoul fight the winner of cotto vs margarito to prove some guts : cotto will be happy to fight in a catch weight 150 pounds with floyd . maidana it’s a very hard puncher but that’s all he has got; lack of difence and speed could penalize maidana to the point that few round could be enough for floyd to do the job. i think mayweather style give trouble to anybody. there are so many guys out there that they deserve the mayweather fight better then maidana: khan , bradley,guerrero , pacquiao,matthysse will be a better option for floyd but still going to win:the cotto vs margarito winner (cotto）will give to mayweather the fight of he’s life.
Not enough speed, size, boxing skills to make it a challenging fight. This would be a total mismatch; not a PP fight.
@boxingdawg
how does this make mayweather a fraud? every fighter he fights has a different style manny has only faced two counter punchers his whole career JMM and erik morales every body else was slow, old, weight drained or willing to trade shots… and most of them were all four… mayweather has proven he can beat any typ of fighter manny has not
What nonsense. Maidana hits hard but seriously lacks boxing skill. This is just an easy payday for Floyd.
Has Manny and Arum gone in hiding?
Maidana too small for Floyd People won’t bite this. Floyd should fight him at 140 lbs. to make it competitive. Another safe fight for Floyd the supreme cherry picker par excellance. 300,000 PPV sales tops, if he can fight four more times next year then he can easily make a million PPV sales total.
Khan
Rather watch this fight than mayweather vs than
its coward choice no danger no excitement I play vedeo game that day.
LOL!!! It’s hard to understand Roger; he probably was talking about ‘Manny’ not ‘Maidana’
If this is true … the Floyd is the biggest FRAUD in boxing history!
I really hope this fight gets made. There are few fights that I belive Mayweather should take and this is one of them. My guess fight of the year maybe even upset of the century. Maidana should at least have one or two fights at welter before taking on floyd. But like the writer said Maidana brings out the best in a fighter whatever happens it will be exciting for however long it lasts
lets get it on it will be good figth and i think Marcos Maidana deserves bring it on