Marcos Rene Maidana Boxing News

By Jim Dower: Former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) has struggled in his last three fights to try and get wins. Luckily for him, he’s fought two of three fights at home and won both of the home fights by questionable decisions.

QUOTES FROM TODAY’S DEVON ALEXANDER VS. MARCOS MAIDANA AND ADRIEN BRONER VS. ELOY PEREZ ST. LOUIS PRESS CONFERENCE DEVON ALEXANDER “THE GREAT”, Former Two-Time World Champion “These last few fights at 140 pounds were hard for me to make weight. I’m going to be stronger and faster at 147.

By Eric Thomas: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) will be moving up in weight to face Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) next month in a fight at welterweight in the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) fights well when he’s allowed to fight at a slow pace and pick his shots in a methodical manner. But in his fights where he’s had to pick it up a little and fight at a fast pace, such as in his bouts against DeMarcus Corley, Amir [...]

STILL THE KING GBP President Oscar de la Hoya may be retired from active duty in the ring, but he’s still the king when it comes to the Guinness Book of World Records as it was announced during the WBC’s 49th Annual Convention in Las Vegas in December that the “Golden Boy” holds world records [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) still doesn’t know what he’s got himself into in facing Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) on February 25th at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) is going to really regret his choice of facing former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) in his next fight on February 25th at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) moves up in weight to face former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) in a fight in the welterweight division on February 25th in Alexander’s home city at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. Alexander must be like the spider to the fly, [...]

By Eric Thomas: The last two fighters that have chosen to fight Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) in his native Saint Louis, Missouri has lived to regret, with both Lucas Matthysse and Andriy Kotelnik losing by controversial 12 round decisions.

By Allen Fox: Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) did what he had to do to take out John Murray (31-2, 18 KO’s) in the 11th round last Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden. Rios didn’t look as impressive as he had in previous bouts, but part of the reason for that was he fighting [...]

By Dan Ambrose: According to news reports, the proposed fight between former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) and the WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) is a done deal, set for either February 18th or February 25th in Alexander’s home city of St Louis, Missouri.

By William Mackay: Marcos Maidana could wind up moving up to the welterweight division for his next fight against Devon Alexander in February of 2012. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is currently working on trying to put the fight together.

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is saying that slugger Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) and former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) have agreed to fight in a bout that will take place at welterweight instead of light welterweight.

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.

By Dan Ambrose: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KO’s) picked up another win at light welterweight tonight in stopping Adailton De Jesus (29-7, 23 KO’s) in the 4th round in a noncompetitive fight in Mexico.

By Chris Williams: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions believes that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is getting in the way of some important fights that could and should be made, such as Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez and Brandon Rios vs. Marcos Maidana.

By Williams Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) was bitterly disappointed by the offer that Top Rank recently waived in front of his nose to get him to fight their new guy WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s). Instead of offering Maidana $1 million or close to that [...]

By William Mackay: If Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) wants to increase his chances of beating IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) on December 10th, he needs to study hard to blueprints that Breidis Prescott and Marcos Maidana used in their fights with Khan in the past.

By William Mackay: It looks like Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) is going to have to wait a little while longer before he gets a shot at fighting WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s), as Maidana isn’t pleased with the offer for the fight. McCloskey and his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana believes that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has “cherry-picked” another opponent in Lamont Peterson for Khan’s next fight on December 10th.

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) is prepared to face his World Boxing Association mandatory challenger Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) next, and then provided that Maidana wins that fight, he then wants to face WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley after that.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 33 KO’s) is hoping to get a title shot against WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) in December. However, Maidana isn’t committed to making that fight with Soto in December. Maidana wants a big money fight or at least one that pays [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana has reportedly refused an offer from his promoter Richard Schaefer to defend his title against his number #1 contender Humberto Soto on November 26th on the same card as the Adrien Broner vs. TBA fight.

By William Mackay: Responding to a twitter post from IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan where Khan pointed out that Maidana has rarely been fighting top 10 guys for the past couple of years, Marcos Maidana responded back with his views on the guys that Khan has been fighting as of late, saying “See some [...]

By William Mackay: Yesterday, WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) playfully suggested that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) become his adviser after Khan critiqued Maidana’s choice of opponent for his last fight Petr Petrov, who was a last minute replacement to substitute for the injured Robert Guerrero.

By Allen Fox: WBC light welterweight champion Erik Morales (52-7, 36 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his World Boxing Council title in December in a fight that will likely take place in Morales’ home country of Mexico.

By William Mackay: Instead of recognizing that WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana is by far a much better option than facing Lamont Peterson next or taking on guys like Paul McCloskey, IBF/WBO light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) will be facing the light hitting Peterson next.

By William Mackay: Earlier today, IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan asked on his twitter page why WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana didn’t receive any criticism for fight against Petr Petrov last weekend while Khan took massive stick for facing Zab Judah recently.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is wondering why he took a lot of criticism for fighting the aging past his best Zab Judah while WBA regular light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) didn’t receive any criticism for fighting the non top 15 ranked Russian Petr Petrov (29-3-2, 13 KO’s) [...]

By Allen Fox: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) looked like a beast in destroying an underpowered Petr Petrov (29-3-2, 13 KO’s) in a 4th round TKO last night at the Sociedad Alemana in Buenos Aires, Argentina.