Marcos Maidana will be confirmed as Mayweather's May 3rd Opponent, Khan is Out

[IMDAZED]

Why beg to get shot down? Think.

Canelo.

Oh yes. Mayweather chose Canelo because Dan Rafael tweeted it and his minions agreed. Not because it was the most logical and lucrative bout since forever. You're on the right path with sort of sleuthing, buddy.

[Cinci Champ]

now people will say maidana dont deserve the fight and hes ducking khan lol

[IMDAZED]

Then you underestimate/misunderstand how insecure Floyd Mayweather truly is.

Wouldn't be the least bit surprising. Dan Rafael went on a one man crusade on Twitter the other day to try and shame Team Mayweather into picking Maidana by posting Youtube clips of Khan getting knocked out with messages like "Floyd is going to fight this guy??" Knowing how weak of a stomach Floyd has I sort of figured that's all it would take.

For one, I've referred to the people at Showtime/CBS. Repeatedly. Not Floyd. You can't seem to keep up either.

[kombayn]

Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana
Adrien Broner vs. Lucas Matthysse
Erislandy Lara vs. Ishe Smith
Sakio Bika vs. Badou Jack

Book it!

[turkas]

don't believe it; Floyd takes money over merit

That would be picking Maidana IMO. The Khan fight sells overseas, but not very well here. Sure it sells around 200K in the UK, but that will be at about half the price of the the US PPV and Maidana easily offsets that with bringing more US buys.

Fighting Khan would probably make this Floyd's lowest selling PPV since before the Oscar fight. Khan doesn't have any credibility here and with guys like Dan Rafael bashing the fight it will make a very difficult sell. I just can't see an argument for Khan bringing in a lot more money than Maidana let alone more period.

Like it or not Broner was one of the biggest names in the sport when Maidana embarrassed him and the Hispanic community here would gladly get behind him to see if he can do the same to big brother. Plus no common fans remember Maidana's last loss to Alexander, but a lot remember Khan getting blitzed by Garcia just 3 fights ago, which would make this an even tougher sell.

[The Tase]

That would be picking Maidana IMO. The Khan fight sells overseas, but not very well here. Sure it sells around 200K in the UK, but that will be at about half the price of the the US PPV and Maidana easily offsets that with bringing more US buys.

Fighting Khan would probably make this Floyd's lowest selling PPV since before the Oscar fight. Khan doesn't have any credibility here and with guys like Dan Rafael bashing the fight it will make a very difficult sell. I just can't see an argument for Khan bringing in a lot more money than Maidana let alone more period.

Like it or not Broner was one of the biggest names in the sport when Maidana embarrassed him and the Hispanic community here would gladly get behind him to see if he can do the same to big brother. Plus no common fans remember Maidana's last loss to Alexander, but a lot remember Khan getting blitzed by Garcia just 3 fights ago, which would make this an even tougher sell.

please, who are you kidding?

Maidana is not mexican. Khan/UK fanbase is bigger than Maidana argentinian fanbase.

[Spoon23]

Results of the four independent polls:

Fightnews: Maidana 78% -- Khan 22%:
RingTV: Maidana 57% -- Khan 43%:
ESPN Deportes: Maidana 82% -- Khan 18%:
ESPN: Maidana 62% -- Khan 38% (Total votes: 66,948)


...and
The Mayweather Promotions poll gave: Khan 57% -- Maidana 43%. (Total votes: 35,579)

Hmm.. Fishy. Seems to me Floyd rigged his, but its back firing. There is no money fighting Khan.

[toshmurph]

10 rounds to 2 Mayweather unanimous decision. I would be MORE THAN HAPPY to be wrong, just don't think I will be.

Canelo Part 2.

I'm sure you're score prediction would most likely be right, but it sure as he'll wouldn't be Canelo part II...

Maidana is a mauler, You think he'd try to go the Canelo route and box with. Mayweather!? That would never happen

[Spoon23]

now people will say maidana dont deserve the fight and hes ducking khan lol

Naah, people will still say Floyd should fight someone more talented. Both aren't in the same league. Hard sell. Hard truth.

[shenmue]

I'm sure you're score prediction would most likely be right, but it sure as he'll wouldn't be Canelo part II...

Maidana is a mauler, You think he'd try to go the Canelo route and box with. Mayweather!? That would never happen

Yep, not saying he will have much success (but who knows , maybe he will) but Maidana won't fight anything like Canelo did (don't understand those who say he will) and he offers way more threat that RG did who isn't a KO man especially at the higher weights..