“Marcos Maidana’s last performance immediately brought him to my attention. He is an extremely skilled fighter who brings knockout danger to the ring. I think this is a great fight for me and he deserves the opportunity to see if he can do what 45 others have tried to do before him – beat me,” stated Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The 147-pound unification fight will be carried by Showtime PPV and take place at a venue to be determined — either in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, the front-runner, where Mayweather has had his last eight fights, or the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., which came into the picture in recent weeks and is making a strong push for the fight.
The May 3 fight does not figure to come close to that sort of business because Maidana is not nearly as popular as Alvarez and will be an even bigger underdog. But Maidana, one of the best punchers in boxing, does possess fight-changing power.
Maidana is like the Energizer Bunny — he keeps coming and coming and you can’t stop him. After Maidana defeated Broner, Broner had a contractual option for a rematch, which he exercised. However, powerful adviser Al Haymon, who works with Mayweather, Maidana and Broner, worked things out so Mayweather could face the opponent of his choice.
“I am extremely happy to be facing Floyd Mayweather because it will give me the opportunity to show the world that I am the best welterweight in the division. I just handed a great defensive fighter his first loss and I plan to do the same to Mayweather. I don’t care whether he’s the best and undefeated. I will bring some real Latino power to him on May 3rd,” stated Marcos Maidana.
this is lame hes fighting another power puncher which hes fought his whole career was hoping to finally see him fight someone faster than him like khan
Marcos Maidana was the right choice to get the shot and earned it, but to be able to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to be another matter come May 3rd 2013.
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