Why Mayweather will easily win a rematch against Maidana

By dalexander - 05/05/2014 - Comments

floyd656By David Alexander: On Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather Jr. improved to 46-0 and kept his unbeaten streak alive. Yet this fight was one of his toughest fights in his 17 year boxing career, making him uncomfortable and at times, vulnerable. Personally I scored the bout 115-113 to Mayweather. Marcos Maidana came out swinging and for the first time in a while we saw a fighter against Floyd who commanded the ring early with his awkward style and putting Mayweather on the ropes.

Few fighters have ever come as close as Maidana did to handing Mayweather his first loss. The Argentine star went on the offensive right from the opening bell and didn’t let up over the next 11 rounds. While Maidana clearly got tired as the bout went on, he never gave the champion an easy time of it. Mayweather landed crisper shots and was winning rounds in the middle of the bout.

This is why I think Mayweather will win easily in a rematch against ‘El Chino’. One word: Adjustment

Floyd Mayweather was in this situation before. It was the fight against Jose Luis Castillo in 2002. His first fight against Castillo, he had problems against ‘El Temible’. It was a competitive fight and it was truly the first test against Mayweather early in his career. Watching that fight, there were many comparisons to Maidana and Castillo. They were both relentless and awkward. They were also both underdogs against Floyd.

In that fight, many people thought Mayweather lost that fight and with good argument. Castillo brought pressure and relentless punches to Floyd. It was clearly a tossup fight and many questions were asked about the potential at that time of Floyd Mayweather Jr. The rematch was called 7 months later and Mayweather completely out boxed and out shined Castillo in an unanimous decision. I see this outcome happening to Maidana in a rematch because Mayweather, instead of fighting in the ropes and being at times disorganized, he will outbox and clearly stay out of the ropes against ‘El Chino’. He will try to stay in the center of the ring and use more of his movement to land jabs and crisper shots against Maidana. He will learn and adjust after this fight and will have an actual game plan than in the first fight. Floyd needs to make a statement after this fight, to clearly outbox and prove doubters wrong that he will have problems again with Maidana.

I have to admit Mayweather has a lost a step because at 37, he isn’t getting younger and it’s only natural (unless you’re Bernard Hopkins) to lose a couple steps. It happens in Boxing and at any sport in the world. There is however no doubt Mayweather can clearly beat Maidana, and this time there will be no controversy and truly we will see Floyd Mayweather Jr’s mastery at work. He is 46-0 for a reason and I predict he will show it in September.



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