maidana is nothing special

[soul_survivor]

That's very true, he was much bigger than his opponents. That's probably why people (such as myself lol) were led on to believe that he was a much heavier puncher than he is. Either way, I'm looking forward to Maidana vs Broner, hbu?

I'm looking forward to it too. In my eyes Broner is the fav but Maidana is tough as hell, hits hard and has a great chin. It's the toughest fight of Broner's career thus far and I for one want to see how he comes through it. After that, the world is at his feet....unless he ducks every credible opponent.

[Southpawology]

Broner is gonna beat Maidana up really bad. Worse than Alexander.

Alexander hugged him all night

[KeepItObjective]

Indeed I don't get why people rate him so highly on here, he is a very one dimensional straight up and down fighter.

[KeepItObjective]

Broner doesn't have that great power. He has faced guys who are B calibre at best, and that includes Paulie. Demarco is a C level fighter to me.

Broner has speed and strength, but IMO his power is overrated. He always had huge size advantage (Build) over the guys he has faced. He has got a great body for making weight though, his frame is huge. Perhaps he has non dense bones or something.

The more muscular a fighter is at the lower weights, the less dense his bones are.

[MrClutch85]

Maidana is a good fighter Broner will KO him with a body shot

[Russian Crushin]

He's a decent contender at best. He's never won a title for a reason, he's not good enough

[shenmue]

He's a decent contender at best. He's never won a title for a reason, he's not good enough

A bit unlucky to not win the WBA vs Kotelnik, SD loss which could have easily gone his way,. after he beats Broner i guess he will be good enough.

[FromBA]

A bit unlucky to not win the WBA vs Kotelnik, SD loss which could have easily gone his way,. after he beats Broner i guess he will be good enough.

I agree. Broner, for example, has won titles for a reason: he has enjoyed the easiest road. We still don't know if Maidana is or is not "good enough", but he has had to face many hard tests.

[shenmue]

I agree. Broner, for example, has won titles for a reason: he has enjoyed the easiest road. We still don't know if Maidana is or is not "good enough", but he has had to face many hard tests.

I give a bit of credit to broner for his 135 title as at least Demarco is a decent fighter but his 130 vacant title win vs a bum shouldn't even count. his 147 title win wasn't great either but its decent.

To say maidana isn't good enough to win a title is a bit harsh as against Kotelnik he came really close, same as vs Khan, the judges gave him at least 5 rounds.

Maidana would have beaten Pauline at 147 for the title IMO, Pauline doesn't clinch and doesn't hit hard enough to last the 12 vs Maidana. He can beat broner as well for reasons I've already stated in this thread.

The problem is Maidana is very beatable if he can't KO you.

[Bushbaby]

I simply don't see how anyone can say Maidana isn't anything special and then turn right around and say "Broner will box his ears off".

Implying Broner is some superb boxer I guess. All I've seen him do is stand in front of smaller guys and out-muscle them. $h!t will not fly with Maidana.