Mayweather-Maidana 30-day weights

By Chris Williams: With less than 30 days to go before the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Marcos Maidana, both fighters were on target with the regulation weight for their fight on September 13th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather weighed 150 pounds. Maidana weighed in at 158.

The weights that they’re currently at doesn’t mean they’ll stay there by fight time. We frequently see fighters weighing in one month ahead at a considerably lower weight than the weight they come into fight with.

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Will Golden Boy drama effect Mayweather-Maidana event?

floyd777771By Raj Parmar: As the Floyd Mayweather Jr – Marcos Maidana rematch inches closer, the boxing landscape has become disarrayed at the highest levels. This past weekend, boxing fans loudly complained of the horrific mismatches taking place on the Danny Garcia-Rod Salka card on Showtime.

The venom in the air surrounding the card was not strictly coming from fans however, as tension flowed between the major power players in the sport of boxing as well.

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Will Maidana’s weight loss help him against Mayweather?

floyd656By Raj Parmar: Even before Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs) had announced he would give Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) a rematch on September 13th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Maidana’s trainer Robert Garcia was already thinking up ways that Marcos would be able to unseat Floyd from the top of boxing world.

One note he took very seriously from the first fight was Maidana’s assertion that Floyd’s punches did not hurt him at all. This has led Garcia to believe that Maidana can be more effective by weighing less in the rematch. Maidana weighed 165 pounds in the first fight and Garcia aims to have him weigh 152-155 for the rematch.

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Will Mayweather fight Maidana in New York on September 13th?

floyd00001By Gavin “Neds” O’Connor: In sports there are some truly iconic stadiums and venues the world over football has Wembley (in London, UK), F1 Grand Prix has the playground of the rich and famous, the Monaco racing circuit , New York and baseball have the Yankee stadium and boxing has Las Vegas venues and the MGM Grand the mecca of modern boxing.

It has over the year’s showcased the biggest names in boxing, records have been made and broken millions won and lost legends created and dreams shattered. And over the last few years it has become the personal domain of boxing’s biggest pay per view star Floyd Mayweather Jr, but this was not always the case.

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Mayweather vs. Maidana II formal announcement expected in next few days

maidana2By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KO’s) beat Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe to the punch on Monday in leaking the news to the media that he’ll be facing Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) on September 13th. But the official announcement for the fight should take place this week within the next few days, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

The negotiations for the rematch are still being worked on, but hopefully the fight should be announced shortly. If Mayweather wants the fight, it’s going to get done, and he clearly wants to fight Maidana again in order to show to the boxing world that he can fight a lot better than he did last May when he struggled to beat him by a 12 round majority decision.

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Mayweather’s unfinished business with Maidana

floyd777771By Anthony Mason: With the rematch between Mayweather and Maidana pretty much guaranteed, fans can look forward to one of the biggest fights of 2014. Although Maidana is the best option by default, it does not hide that Mayweather’s record is the product of a watered down era on top of his extremely low activity, with only 46 fights in 18 years.

Instead of feasting on the likes of Canelo or Maidana, he could have tried to find his inner Duran and move up in weight to fight prime versions of Paul Williams or Sergio Martinez, far more accomplished boxers than the vast majority of Floyd’s opponents. Even the accomplished boxers on Mayweather’s resume came with caveats.

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Maidana’s adviser says Mayweather’s management hasn’t contacted them yet about rematch

maidana5By Dan Ambrose: Sebastian Contursi, the adviser for former WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s), says that the rumors that have been floating around recently about a Maidana vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr rematch are totally untrue, as there’s been no contact from Mayweather’s management about putting together a rematch for September 13th.

Maidana and his team are obviously interested in that fight very much, because they feel that they beat Mayweather last May in their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. They want to prove for a second time they’re better than Mayweather.

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Has Mayweather put Maidana in his black list?

mayweather9933By Yannis Mihanos: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KO’s) after his gutsy victory over Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) earlier this month, he now seems to be close sending the hard hitter from Argentina to the unwanted list of his personal choices. It’s looking like Mayweather will pass up on the idea of giving Maidana a rematch in September.

There are two main reasons why this is happening: First is the most obvious and it has to do with the money that their fight produced on Showtime pay-per-view. Even if the official results have not yet been revealed, it is evidence the financial failure. One vague estimation comes to around 800.000-900.000 PPV buys for the fight. Obviously that’s not a satisfying number for a guy like Floyd and TV channel Showtime. The poor marketing preparation for the fight (with only two and a half months to market the fight) had an impact on the sales. The fight needed more time to be marketed.

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Maidana doubts he’ll get rematch with Mayweather

floyd8282828By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s) has doubts that he’ll be selected for a second fight against WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KO’s) for September 13th. Maidana doesn’t know for sure that he’s not going to get a rematch, but he suspects Mayweather will go in another direction and face someone else instead of him the next time he gets in the ring.

What Maidana working against him is that Mayweather’s father Floyd Sr. wasn’t too happy in watching his son get fouled repeatedly by Maidana in Mayweather’s 12 round majority decision win on May 3rd, and he’s told him not to fight Maidana again. Just how much persuasion Floyd Sr. has with Mayweather Jr. is debatable. If Mayweather wants the fight with Maidana, he’d likely take it no matter what his father says. But if he chooses not to give Maidana a second fight, it would be due to a combination of things rather than just one single issue such as him being fouled all night by him.

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Maidana Tells Trainer Robert Garcia “He’ll Retire” If He Doesn’t Get The Mayweather Rematch

maidana45By Rocky Esposito: Ring Magazine “Trainer of the Year” Robert Garcia told ESNEWS in an interview yesterday that Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (35-4 / 31 KOs) has informed him that he will retire if he does not get the rematch with Floyd “Money” Mayweather. At first, Robert Garcia’s tone and demeanor in the interview seemed to be as if he was just kidding around. He even joked and said “He (Maidana) has a 100 cows, he’s already set for life”. However, when he elaborated on the topic, he switched modes and said Maidana was in fact serious.

As a Boxing fan, I enjoy watching Marcos Maidana fight. Ever since his first fight in the United States, when he upset Victor Ortiz back on 6/27/09, you knew he was a talented, action packed fighter with a ton of heart. Also, since he has teamed up with Robert Garcia, he has never looked better in his entire professional career. I even give his Strength and Conditioning Coach Alex Ariza a ton of credit. Maidana was in the best shape of his life vs Mayweather and it showed in his performance.

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