Maidana targeting Mayweather, Khan, Morales for next bout

By Boxing News - 10/21/2011 - Comments

Image: Maidana targeting Mayweather, Khan, Morales for next boutBy Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) has a list of potential fighters he’d like to take on next and on top of the list is unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. trailed by rematches against Amir Khan and Erik Morales.

However, the odds of facing Mayweather and Khan are pretty much zero, as Khan has shown no interest in all in fighting Maidana again after struggling to a 12 round decision last December.

Mayweather just made a nice bundle in beating Victor Ortiz in September and will likely be going into his hibernation mode for the next year where he doesn’t fight. This leaves only the 35-year-old Morales, who Maidana defeated by a 12 round split decision last April.

According to ESPN, Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, spoke to Morales about a Maidana-Morales II rematch and he’s currently thinking about it. If Morales agrees to it the fight will possibly be coupled with a rematch between Jorge Linares and Antonio DeMarco. That fight would take place next year and Schaefer really likes the idea of putting that fight card together.

Maidana hasn’t done much since beating Morales. He was supposed to fight Robert Guerrero in September. However, Guerrero injured his shoulder in sparring and Maidana opted to fight little known Petr Petrov, stopping him in the 4th round in a terrible mismatch. Morales offered to step in and fight Maidana but Maidana didn’t like the idea of fighting Morales on one week’s notice. He wanted more time to train for Morales’ style.

Morales obviously likes his chances in a rematch with Maidana. But Morales wants to fight DeMarco next to try and capture the WBC lightweight crown. Schaefer thinks that the World Boxing Council may order a rematch between Linares and DeMarco. If that happens then Morales will have to look in another direction.



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