Marcos Rene Maidana Boxing News

By William Mackay: Next month, number #2 ranked WBA lightweight contender Victor Cayo (24-0, 16 KO’s) will be fighting World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. At stake is the 26-year-old Maidana’s spot at [...]

By Alexander Fugate: The junior welterweight division is probably the deepest and most talented in boxing today. Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan have been getting a lot of press lately. Edwin Valero with his 27-0 record with 27 knockouts has been campaigning at lightweight but is expected to move up to junior wellterweight for his [...]

By William Mackay: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO”s) went into a long rant about WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) on the Leave-it-in-the-ring radio show, saying “People think Khan is ducking Maidana to fight me. When you look at it from this perspective, I’m [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) was filled with excuses as to why he’s not facing the knockout artist WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO”s) next on May 15th, saying in an article at the Sportinglife “Marcos Maidana was the mandatory, but the WBA [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) was hoping to fight WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in March for the full title. Instead, Maidana, 26, will have to be satisfied with facing unbeaten light welterweight contender Victor Cayo (24-0, 16 KO’s) on March 27th. And provided [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an article at The Sun American promoter Gary Shaw, the promoter of World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, says “I tried to make a fight between Amir Khan and Timothy Bradley. His Promoters Golden Boy Promotions said ‘absolutely no chance, no way.’ Shaw went on to say “The reason [...]

By Eric Thomas: It now looks like World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) will be facing number #3 ranked WBA light welterweight contender Victor Manuel Cayo (24-0, 16 KO’s) on March 27th, in San Francisco, California. Maidana, 26, was supposed to be facing WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former light welterweight and welterweight champion Zab Judah (38-6, 26 KO’s) was contacted by Golden Boy Promotions about a fight against World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s), according to Boxing Talk. Judah, 32, said “Yeah, they reached out to my pops, but the numbers they were [...]

By William Mackay: In an interview of promoter Frank Warren at The Sun, he gives his thoughts about WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan not facing his mandatory defense against WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana. Warren, who up until recently promoted Khan and steered him to a championship against Andriy Kotelnik last year, [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan could beat former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton to a fight against Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez in a fight in April or May. Hatton, 31, is reportedly interested in fighting Marquez for his comeback bout in his next fight, but Khan, 23, [...]

By Nate Anderson: It’s bout between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana isn’t a sure thing after all. There are reports that Golden Boy Promotions is still deciding who they want Khan to fight in April, and it might not be the hard hitting Maidana. [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) has a tentative agreement to face WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) on April 17th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s looking like the 23-year-old Khan will choose to face Maidana [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s hard to forget the bleak image of Amir Khan getting bounced around on the canvas by lightweight Breidis Prescott when Amir tried his hand at stepping it up against a big puncher. It wasn’t even close. Prescott took Amir apart, hurting him with a simple jabs and then send him to [...]

By Eric Thomas: The World Boxing Association has reportedly confirmed that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be fighting WBA interim champion Marcos Maidana for a fight that should be taking place in April, likely on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. bout on the 17th. An agreement has been [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be fighting on the undercard of the fight between 40-year-olds Bernard Hopkins vs. Roy Jones Jr. on April 17th, according to news. Khan will either be facing WBA interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s), a knockout artist from Argentina and who boxing [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) doesn’t decide on vacating his World Boxing Association title rather than taking on WBA interim light welterweight title next, I see Khan getting knocked out cold by the hard hitting Maidana. That’s my prediction. Maidana hits so hard that he might be [...]

By William Mackay: Unless I hear otherwise, I’m assuming that World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be defending his title next against WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana. Khan, 23, had done a great job of turning his career around since being blasted out in one round by Breidis Prescott in [...]

By Daniel Ciminera: After having briefly mentioned this fight in a previous article when I had only had 24 hours to mull it over, I have now been away, watched the tapes, talked it over with friends and also ran over it a million times in my head. I have reached a conclusion of sorts [...]

By Peter Wells: It’s looking like like World Boxing Association Light Welterweight champion of the world Amir Khan will be forced to fight Marcos Maidana the WBA Interim champion. Khan was happy at first to take on Maidana, but his trainer Freddie Roach is sounding less than enthusiastic about the fight.
If Amir let’s [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t sound overjoyed with the prospect of his fighter World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) fighting interim WBA champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s), saying in an article at The Sun, “It’s a business and it’s about the right fights at the right time. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In an interview at East Side Boxing’s On The Ropes, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan said he’s looking to fight his mandatory challenger Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) in March. This is great news for boxing fans, because a lot people have been wondering whether Khan would choose to [...]

By William Mackay: Promoter Frank Warren recently confirmed that World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) has been ordered by the WBA to fight light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) next. This is the perfect opportunity for the 23-year-old Khan to prove himself to boxing fans in the [...]

By Daniel Ciminera: With a long and busy year of boxing ahead of us, I thought I would make some predictions for the most talked about fights that lay ahead of us. I’ll start with round two of the super six world boxing classic, as this tournament continues to excite me as it is a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) vacate watch has started, as promoter Frank Warren has corroborated the news that Khan has been ordered by the World Boxing Organization to defend his title next against WBA interim light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s). This probably isn’t the kind of news that [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan has the unfortunate luck to have a mandatory defense coming up next against the hard hitting Marcos Maidana. The thought here is that this is a great fight for Khan to show his talent to American audiences in the U.S. However, the big question [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association interim light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) is gunning for a fight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, according to news from Boxing Scene. Maidana, 26, was previously looking at a fight against WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander in March, in a fight that would [...]

By Peter Wells: First of all I hope you enjoyed my friend Michael Taylor’s articles hopefully he’ll carry on, we just worked together and he took the credit. Well now to the Light Welterweight division, it is full of great names and if all the fighters fought each other then we could have some great [...]

By Sean McDaniel: There’s talk about Ricky Hatton coming back early next year to possibly fight World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) in a comeback fight. However, I’d much rather see Hatton take on a younger fighter with more like WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s).

By Peter Wells: According to sources from Boxingscene.com, International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Juan Urango is looking at all the top dogs in the crammed light welterweight division. Those opponents are WBA number #1 contender Marcos Maidana who not to long ago ruined Victor Ortiz in 5 brutal rounds with 5 knockdowns, and Maidana [...]

By Peter Wells: According to Boxing scene.com, Devon Alexander is returning to the ring to defend his World Boxing Council Light Welterweight title. Marcos Maidana is most likely to be the next opponent but the contract is still to be signed. The fight will be televised on HBO a week before the mega fight between [...]