Comments Thread For: Martinez: Maidana Would Not Be Easy For Mayweather

[jbpanama]

Quite frankly neither Khan or Maidana would really have me thinking Mayweather's run at the top is in jeopardy. Both are mildly intruiging possibilities for different reasons. Khan proponents will point to the fact Khan will likely win several of the first few rounds until Floyd gets his timing down and beats him up down the stretch. With Maidana you have a slightly more flawed WW version of Lucas Matthysse with a bit less punching power P4P as well. Lets face it Maidana's only real shot here is to badly hurt Floyd early or KO him like he did with Broner. Floyd doesn't have that come forward mentality though and is a master of that philly shell that Broner novicely implements. Maidana's only shot is the KO threat but he likely doesn't land the big shot against Floyd and if he does Money will know how to escape the tense moments. Obviously Khan getting handed the fight off of 2 tune up wins doesn't look as good as Chino getting it off his 2nd career defining upset. Even if he did squeak past Marcos a couple years ago.

If Khan's Fight with CHINO, was 15 Rounds,
No way would Khan have Survived!!!

Marcos seems to have learned a Lot in the Last 3 Years...
Starts fast, and Continues Relentlessly, good Power, and
Takes a Good Wack, Too!!!

[Larry the boss]

so now all of the sudden a slow flat footed c class fighter is a challenge for floyd???lmfao

[JaYDeuce11]

Another pressure fighting style against Mayweather... Hmmm boring.

Marquez, Guerrero and Canelo did not apply any pressure to May at all. they were idiots n thought they could outbox him

But love that quote by Sergio saying "he lieks to pick his opponents /little kids"

[ADP02]

i give maidana a 30% chance of beating floyd.

amir, 0.

Mayweather-Maidana should be it.

Imagine, your 30% is higher than how they polled Guerrero (about 20%) and Canelo (about 25%)

[citynation]

In order to beat mayweather you must apply smart extreme pressure, like Duran vs Leonard 1, all 12 rounds.

[ADP02]

so now all of the sudden a slow flat footed c class fighter is a challenge for floyd???lmfao

Most will agree with you but if the fight gets made, you will be defending whatever pick Floyd makes by saying something like "Maidana was ranked top 10 and beat Berto, I mean Broner ....." and if they stick with Khan, "Khan was ranked #2 by ...."

[ADP02]

Sergio Martinez on Floyd's cherry picking:
"Floyd fight was a long shot for me because Floyd PICKS the opponents he wants fights with children"

Sergio even said he would accept a CW but Floyd was nowhere to be found.

[SlyRaccoon]

People think Floyd can't knock out Chino.. Chino will get his brains battered because he's too slow.

Floyd is going to do his homework, also he is more active now and with his dad in his corner he got much better.

[BarnBurnerBrawl]

Maidana would be an easy tuneup .. Too easy

If maidana is a tune up Khan is a oil change .

[FromBA]

Sergio is right. There is a good chance that Floyd has some trouble against Chino.

Given the wrong boxing predictions we saw in 2013, I think Broner is not the only one that needs to learn to be more humble.

Matthysse would steamroll Danny, right? And Chino... He was tailor made for Broner, he would take a beating like De Marco, right?

Maybe we should try to avoid that mental inertia...