How about a Maidana vs Keith Thurman Showdown!

[BrokenHat]

Maidana is a ducker and cherry picker like the rest. As, has been noted, he's already said no to a Thurman fight. And he openly admitted to ducking Bradley even after his management team agreed to the fight, and he supposedly signed the contract.

Thurman is a huge welter, and would dance around Maidana landing power shots. And Maidana's shots will hurt, but against Thurman? He can handle them.

[boliodogs]

I voted Maidana by KO since you had so few options in your poll. It's a great even fight to me and I hope it happens and there is no reason it shouldn't happen. Your poll should have included options for either man winning on points, a draw, and a too close to call option.

[John Locke]

Thurman would wreck Maidana.

[hhs661]

Yeah, Maidana wants Floyd, can't blame him. Thurman fight could happen though as Thurman is a name now. But in 2012 he wasn't at all, he had no fights on TV.

And neither was Soto-Karass when Maidana fought him.

[Nicolino]

Maidana is a ducker and cherry picker like the rest. As, has been noted, he's already said no to a Thurman fight. And he openly admitted to ducking Bradley even after his management team agreed to the fight, and he supposedly signed the contract.

Thurman is a huge welter, and would dance around Maidana landing power shots. And Maidana's shots will hurt, but against Thurman? He can handle them.

He didn't want Thurman because he was coming from a loss and it was his second fight as a welter, can you blame him? i think if Floyd fight doesn't happen he should fight Thurman, is 50/50 fight, FOTY candidate.

[FerFAL]

Jesus, its Broner all over again. Its two different fighter levels, Maidana is proven, he's been fighting at the top of he food chain for some years now. Thurman is looking great but just not on that level yet.
Once he faces some elite fighters and wins with authority then you can have a better idea of how he can do against A level fighters. I dont think Thurman is ready for Maidana yet, and Maidana sure has better fights he could get, that would get him more money, than Thurman. Maybe in a year or two, with Thurman beating some big names, sure, I'd love to see that fight.

[FerFAL]

Maidana is a ducker and cherry picker like the rest. As, has been noted, he's already said no to a Thurman fight. And he openly admitted to ducking Bradley even after his management team agreed to the fight, and he supposedly signed the contract.

Thurman is a huge welter, and would dance around Maidana landing power shots. And Maidana's shots will hurt, but against Thurman? He can handle them.

Thurman was hurt and close to losing against Diego Chaves. He adjusted and won by KO, but Chavez trains in a shantytown, poor diet, poor training, all heart and guts. Maidana can throw like Chavez best punches, and he can do it all night long as seen against Broner, and fight smarter than Chaves too. If anything Thurman just isnt at Maidana's level, at least not right now.

[UTEP]

Man i hope this fight is next, Chino beats the brakes off Thurman!

[-Makunouchi-]

I voted Maidana by KO since you had so few options in your poll. It's a great even fight to me and I hope it happens and there is no reason it shouldn't happen. Your poll should have included options for either man winning on points, a draw, and a too close to call option.

Sorry man, I really expected this fight if it happens to end in a K.O. and nothing else.

My bad for not putting points

[-=Shade=-]

This is not me saying Thurman is a bum-- He's not. He's big, he's young, and he's talented offensively. With that being said, he does have a tendency to brawl, his head seems to be 'right there', and there's something about the way he goes back. Devastating and skilled puncher, and generally skilled guy, but...

Then put up Chino's resume.

Then note how everybody always underestimates Chino.

I think it would be a fight of the year candidate, and would likely end in a KO, and I'd love to see it, but I'd give the edge to Chino though I wouldn't put money on it. That youth, power, and size of Thurman vs some of the known and still existing problems in Chino's game.

I'd actually repeat most of my criticisms of Thurman for GGG minus the sometimes sloppy brawling and that GGG is a cut above Thurman at this point... Though they're both fighter's I'd make time to see.