Comments Thread For: Maidana: I Was Very Surprised By Mayweather's Poll

[Det. Conan]

If they wanted the poll to hold any weight at all it would have been set up on a reputable independent 3rd party website like ESPN not some random website that I had never heard of until Mayweather posted the link. The fact that the ESPN unofficial poll they did had 20k more votes and had Maidana well it front make me think hard weather to trust lockerdome at all.

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Is Mayweather’s Khan-Maidana poll a way of taking heat off of him when he selects Khan as his next opponent?
By Jeff Sorby | Published February 8, 2014 | 200 Comments

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While boxing fans have been getting really excited about the poll on Floyd Mayweather’s website Mayweatherpromotions.com that let fans vote for his next opponent on May 3rd in a choice between Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana, this poll is seen as a just a way for Mayweather to take himself out of the target area for criticism from fans when/if he selects Khan as his next opponent.

As you might already know, Mayweather have received a tremendous amount of criticism about the idea floated about him fighting Khan on May 3rd instead of the more deserving WBA welterweight champion Maidana. Fans don’t want Khan to get the fight because he’s lost half of his last four fights, looked bad in all of them, and turned down a fight against Devon Alexander last December that he could have used to to redeem himself.

Khan appeared to think he had the Mayweather fight in his pocket, and so he said no to the Alexander fight. The problem is that without a win over Alexander, Khan has no real victories over quality opponents since his win over Zab Judah in 2011. Khan’s last two victories have come against an over-the-hill Julio Diaz and little known lightweight named Carlos Molina.

“Fans are already perceiving the poll to be rigged where Khan will be the eventual winner so that it gives Mayweather some cover for picking an unpopular opponent [Khan] for his next fight,” writer Chip Dee at ************.com said.

So is the winner of the Khan-Maidana poll a predetermined one with Khan ending up as the eventual winner even if Maidana wins the vote? I guess we have no way of knowing, because the poll isn’t being controlled by an outside agency. It’s at Mayweather’s website. So without having an outside company in control of the poll, it’s impossible to know for sure whether Maidana was given a fair shake in the poll.

Dan Rafael of ESPN sees the Khan vs. Maidana poll as little more than a publicity stunt and nothing more than that. He doesn’t see it as having any real say so for who Mayweather will eventually fight on May 3rd. Rafael doesn’t say who he believes will be the one selected by Mayweather for the fight, but it’s likely that he sees Khan as being the one that will be ultimately be given the fight.

It would be quite sad if the poll was created just to make Mayweather not look like the bad guy for fighting Khan instead of the arguably more deserving Maidana. Mayweather should do the right thing and select Maidana based on him being the busier fighter than Khan in the last couple of years, and having accomplished more than him. Maidana beat Adrien Broner to capture the WBA welterweight title last December. Khan has been beaten by Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia, and he hasn’t beaten anyone good since his win over Judah in 2012. Golden Boy Promotions stepped Khan back from quality opposition by matching him against Molina and Julio Diaz in order to get Khan to stop losing. It worked for Khan, because he beat both guys, but these weren’t quality welterweights. Molina is a lightweight, and Diaz’s best days took place a decade ago.

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[Garrett3]

Should have said, WHEN....

FRAUD Dosent have "IT", NO MAS!!!

Chino has the Pop to EXPOSE FRAUD's WEAK WHISKERS!!!

Maidana would be picked apart by Floyd and after the fight you'd call Mayweather a cherry picker... That's how it goes... Flat footed Madaina lacks skills and speed... Floyd would pot shot to an easy UD just like he did against Canelo... Maidana can have all of the power he wants but he can't hit what he can't touch... I want to see the best fights possible as well but I'm not blind... I don't act ****** like most on these websites and post stuff like "Chino would beat Floyd" because the truth is Floyd is a damn good boxer... Step 1: you say Floyd is scared of Maidana... Step two: you say Maidana beats Floyd... Step 3 Floyd schools Maidana... Step 4: you accuse Floyd as cherry picking a weak opponent... Rinse and repeat

[Ray*]

They have been negotiating with khan for over 2 years now, they have never done any type of negotiating with Maidana in anyway shape or form and I don't expect them to start negotiating for a Maidana fight when we are already in February... And the fight is due for May 3.

[junior gong]

We werent surprised, Marcos. Just more typical floyd nonsense.

[PabloEuropa]

Yep, that poll was a joke, what a cheap ****ty way to generate publicity and then not even run an honest vote. Maidana won every independant poll. Mayweather is such a snake oil seller. I for one am not buying his soiled goods.

[Money_May]

If he beat Mayweather, he'd consider retiring? Wtf

[chargerhemi06]

But, Khan is a young, strong champion doe. Khan is a good fighter, you know, he's a very good fighter and it's obvious he done something right thus far to get to this point doe. I mean, you don't get to this level by not doing something right, so I know I can't overlook him doe. I gotta stay focused and push myself to the limit in training camp doe.

Lol....except you forgot one thing and that's he repeats each sentence twice because of his stutter. In his head he is trying to figure out how he can convince the fans to buy this fight.

[AVDB]

[FerFAL]

Ha Ha Ha Ha, FRAUD knows He's Done,
and CHINO might be the Cat to put The Fork, in His A$$!!!

So Khan Won the "POLL"....Just the DUCK being the DUCK!!!

Duckman strikes again! taking the least dangerous fight
Can anyone remember another all time great boxer that admits to taking the easiest fights on camera? Jjajaaaa!! Priceless.

If they wanted the poll to hold any weight at all it would have been set up on a reputable independent 3rd party website like ESPN not some random website that I had never heard of until Mayweather posted the link. The fact that the ESPN unofficial poll they did had 20k more votes and had Maidana well it front make me think hard weather to trust lockerdome at all.

But he didnt do any of that, and he has no legal responsabilty so he can tamper the numbers all he wants. That poll is a joke. After all, its entertainment and its just buisness. Besides, Fraudtards are ****** enough, even with a rigged poll, even with Fraud saying yes, my team cherrypicks, yes, I do pick the easiest guy, even then Fraudtards keep hanging to his nuts like koala bears.

[FerFAL]

JAaaaajajjaa!!

Amy the Can Man is up in the polls!!!???? NOOOOOO!!!!

So its all just because of that poll that Fraud ends up fighting the crappiest boxing giraffe with a glass chin? That's amazing.
You know, a guy that lives in my street boxes a little maybe Fraud could fight him after Can man. Ops! Sorry, my bad, just called him and my neighbour won his last four fights, so he's out. Hey, maybe I could ask him about the guys my neighbour beat, maybe THOSE are good choices for Fraud and he can make a poll with them to see who he fights next!