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Marcos Maidana is a complex individual. His ferocious and relentless style inside of the ring is a stark contrast to his subdued and low key demeanor outside of the ropes but once you engage yourself in conversation with the Argentinean you get a look into the deep intellect he possesses.
When junior welterweight Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KOs) was coming up in the ranks, he considered Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KOs) an idol. He would watch Morales' fights and study his form. On April 9, Maidana will set his feelings aside to fight Morales at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Maidana has a new trainer by his side, Rudy Perez, who knows Morales very well.
Ryan Burton catches up with Marcos Maidana, who talks about his upcoming fight with Erik Morales, training camp and more.
Las Vegas, Nevada - Three of the fighter who are scheduled to appear on Golden Boy's pay-per-view on April 9th at the MGM Grand, were working out very hard at the Pound For Pound Gym. Junior welterweight Marcos Maidana is training for his main event fight against Erik Morales. Robert Guerrero, a former two division champion, is training for a hard fight with Michael Katsidis. Junior middleweight puncher James Kirkland is training for the toughest fight since his two year-layoff; he faces Nobuhiro Ishida.
New cruiserweight hopeful Rakhim Chakhkiev (9-0, 7 KOs), 28, has been just added to the stellar undercard of the fight between Argentinean terror Marcos Rene Maidana and three-division five-time former champion and Mexican icon, Erik Morales, which takes place on April 9 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Erik "El Terrible" Morales, training at the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Mexico, is getting more confident by the day. In less than two weeks, he faces Argentina's Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On April 1, Morales will finish up, and then head to Tijuana, and then Los Angeles, and then finally to Las Vegas for the fight.
Erik "El Terrible" Morales is finishing up his training camp for the junior welterweight clash with Argentina's Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 9. Morales has been training for the last few weeks at the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Mexico. He is very confident of beating Maidana, who is regarded by many as one of the most dangerous punchers in the sport.
My plans while driving down Spring Mountain road in Las Vegas, Nevada were pretty simple. I was hoping to catch up with lightweight contender Sharif Bogere at the Pound 4 Pound Gym and later hit up Roger Mayweather and Floyd's gym just down the street to gather a few sound bytes or gym shots from each man. I was a little late in trying to catch Bogere and Mayweather was nowhere to be found but I was pleasantly surprised when Pound 4 Pound co-owner Rich Barrientes advised me that former interim WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana was in town and training out of his facility.
Érik "El Terrible" Morales is finishing up his camp in the next few days and heading to Las Vegas, where he plans to fine tune his strategy for the April 9 bout with Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand. Erik "El Terrible" Morales, speaking from his training camp at the Otomi Ceremonial Center in Mexico. Morales "took the bull by the horns" and discussed the industry rumors that he has neurological problems.
Earlier this month, Brooklyn-born Zab Judah scored a significant victory in stopping South Africa's Kaizer Mabuza in seven rounds with a viscous seventh-round TKO. With the win Judah did many things as he recaptured the IBF crown that he once held as well as putting his name right back into the mix in the hot and heavy junior welterweight class.