Marcos Maidana: record, next fight and profile →
Marcos "El Chino" Maidana, the world welterweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), took over the role of Santa Claus. He loaded his vehicle with gifts and took them to the pediatric ward of the Central Hospital of Reconquista, Santa Fe in Argentina. Maidana surprised several children who were suffering from various ailments.
WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26KOs) has yet to finalize an opponent for May 3rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. While Mayweather has been spending some time poking fun at Pacquiao, he also took aim at the two most likely options for his May return. Former 140-pound champion Amir Khan (28-3, 19KOs) has been mentioned as the frontrunner for several months. Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31KOs) has now emerged as a realistic candidate after winning a very impressive twelve round decision over Adrien Broner to capture the WBA welterweight crown earlier this month.
WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31KOs) has returned fire to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26KOs), the 147-pound champion of the WBC. On December 14th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Maidana pulled off a stunner when he won a convincing twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Adrien Broner, who Mayweather considers to be a close and personal friend.
WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez gives his countryman Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31KOs), the WBA's welterweight champion, a good shot to upset his WBC counterpart in Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26KOs), who is regarded as the pound-for-pound king. On December 14th, Maidana upset the odds and shook up the scene when he pulled off a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Adrien Broner, who Mayweather considers a close personal friend.
In an earlier interview, trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. advised Adrien Broner to avoid an immediate rematch with WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31KOs). One opponent that Mayweather likes for Maidana is undefeated Danny Garcia (27-0, 16KOs), who currently holds the WBA/WBO junior welterweight titles but plans to move up to 147 next year.
WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31KOs) can redeem himself by avenging the worst loss of his career, which came at the hands of Devon Alexander in February of 2012. Maidana pulled off a shocking upset last Saturday night, when he upset Adrien Broner over twelve rounds at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31KOs) confirmed the recent statements that were made by his trainer, Robert Garcia. Maidana says a "knockout victory" was the team's main strategy in order to get his hand raised last Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Last Saturday night in San Antonio, WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31KOs) became the first man to defeat Adrien Broner. Now Maidana is setting his sights on Broner's good friend, WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26KOs). The Argentine star is hoping to get in the ring with Mayweather on May 3rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum was not surprised at all with Marcos Maidana's shocking twelve round upset of Adrien Broner from last Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Arum feels Broner was a bit overhyped by the media, but still consider the once-beaten former three division champion to be a good fighter.
Floyd Mayweather Sr., father and trainer of WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., sent a warning that a fight with Marcos Maidana would be "easy." Mayweather is set to return on May 3rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The rumored frontrunner is British superstar Amir Khan, but now Maidana has placed himself in the mix with last Saturday's spectacular twelve round decision upset over Adrien Broner to capture the WBA's version of the welterweight crown.