I'm just happy to face Mayweather but it doesn't feel like I hit the lottery like he said. Only beating him it will
— Marcos René Maidana (@ChinoMaidana) February 25, 2014
By Allan Fox: While some boxing fans may feel that WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) won the lottery by being selected over Amir Khan to get a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) on May 3rd, but Maidana doesn’t feel that way. As you can see, he says he won’t be feeling like he hit the lottery until he beats the 37-year-old Mayweather in their important fight.
By Rocky Esposito: What an amazing ride it has been for Marcos Maidana. There have been many highs in his career, with a few heart wrenching lows/loses in between. Maidana’s very first fight in the U.S. was vs Victor Ortiz back June of 2009. Many fans might not have remembered this, but just four months prior to the fight with Ortiz, Maidana had just suffered the very first loss of his professional career. He lost an extremely close (115-113, 114-115, 113-115) split decision to Andriv Kotelnik in Germany. Many observers of the fight thought the decision should have went Marcos’ way. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan has just received the news about Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) getting picked by Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) for his next fight on May 3rd in Las Vegas, Nevada or the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and Khan isn’t sounding too cheerful judging by his post on his twitter page. Khan said “Let’s just leave everything up to God. Hope you all having a good day. Gym time for me shortly. Speak later.” 
By Rocky Esposito: Marcos Maidana is a fun fighter to watch and he is very easy to root for. He might not be the most technically skilled boxer alive, but for all that he lacks, he makes up for it with his aggressive/come forward style, his heart, and his will to win. Also, Maidana possesses a very rare trait that simply cannot be taught, and that is… He knows how to deal with and handle adversity inside the ring extremely well. Whenever he has a set back inside the ring, he does not go into panic mode or have a systems shutdown. On the contrary, he seems to come back with even sharper focus and determination.
By Chris Williams: In what could be a crushing blow to the career of Amir Khan, WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) is saying that he’ll be the one facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 3rd. Nothing has been confirmed or announced about this yet, but Maidana seems to think he’ll be the one in the ring with Mayweather. 
By Scott Gilfoid: A huge fight card fight is being talked about for May 3rd headlined by Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana with the co-feature fight being Amir Khan vs. Adrien Broner, according to 
By Chris Williams: Roger Mayweather, the uncle for Floyd Mayweather Jr., is saying that Marcos Maidana will be getting the fight with Mayweather Jr. on May 3rd and not Amir Khan. If this is true, then Khan will have won the poll on Mayweather’s website for nothing, because Khan defeated Maidana in the poll 57% to 43%, and he’s talking as if he’s got the fight in the bag now. But Mayweather Jr. is someone that can change his mind, and it could be that he decided that Maidana is the bigger money fight than facing Khan on Cinco de Mayo and risking that the fight does poorly. 
By Allan Fox: It didn’t take WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana to respond to Floyd Mayweather’s tweet from this morning where Mayweather described Maidana as being little more than a “one-piece meal with biscuit.” Maidana fired back on his facebook reminding Mayweather that he recently beat little Mayweather, Adrien Broner.