Team Maidana says Mayweather fight not a done deal

By Boxing News - 02/16/2014 - Comments

maidana7895By Allan Fox: In response to the rumors that WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) has already been locked in for the May 3rd fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas, Nevada, Team Maidana came out with an official statement on the issue. The statement says that the Mayweather-Maidana fight isn’t a done deal, and that there are still other fighters in the mix for the Mayweather. They didn’t specifically mention any names, but Amir Khan is obviously one of the other strong candidates for the fight.

The statement goes on to say that they’re counting on hearing something soon about the fight.

Here’s the the statement from Team Maidana:

“Considering that rumors have been circulating in the last few hours addressing a “done deal” fight between WBA Welterweight champion Marcos Maidana and WBC champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. we want to clarify that those versions are not accurate.

Maidana is well aware that he is indeed a firm candidate to face Mayweather Jr. next May 3rd but the fight is far from being made or confirmed as other fighters are still also in the mix. Hopefully we will have news in the next few days but in the meantime we don’t want to confuse the fans or the boxing press. Maidana of course wants to unify titles with Mayweather but for now we will have to wait.”

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN that he doesn’t know who Mayweather will be facing next, but he has a good idea who that fighter will be. Schaefer isn’t going to let anyone know, of course, because it’s Mayweather’s job to announce his opponents. He’s going to pick the right time before he reveals it to the boxing public. The fact that he hasn’t yet gives you a good idea about the long decision making process that is going on with him and Team Mayweather. He doesn’t want to rush into something and find out that he picked an opponent that boxing fans won’t pay to see him fight.

It’s possible for Mayweather to get good PPV numbers whether he faces Khan or Maidana. Mayweather will just need to add a good co-feature bout that fans are interested in seeing, and that will make up for the lack of interest from fans seeing him fight Khan or Maidana.



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