By Dan Ambrose: Marcos “Chino” Maidana has announced his official retirement from boxing as of Tuesday, according to ESPN. The 35-year-old Maidana (35-5, 31 KOs) hadn’t fought in almost two years since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. by a 12 round unanimous decision in September 2014.
Maidana made a lot of money in his two fights against Mayweather, and he didn’t need to continue his boxing career after those two fights. Additionally, had Maidana chose to continue fighting, he likely wouldn’t have made the same kind of money that he’s gotten in the Mayweather fights.
There’s a chance that Maidana could have made good money for fights against the likes of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, but he would have been giving away a lot of weight against him.