People are fooled by Maidana's last performance

Funny thing is, they trash Mike Jones who already had this guy beat. Yet praise Maidana for showing "improvements" in beating Karass.

 

Who?

 

I don't know about people saying he has improved a lot, with his newly found arsenal which is the jab and his defense.. But I can't see some dramatic changes.. I don't know, maybe its just me.. :conf

 

Soto Karass is not garbage, dude...

While I agree that Maidana is an already past prime slugger with limited ring IQ or "skills" to use to change the direction of a fight, he is certainly an entertaining fighter, still a hard hitter (how hard at 147? debatable), and I'd favor him over several ranked fighters at 147, including guys like Malignaggi, M. Jones, Bailey, etc.

 

Maidana sucks, i cant belive people got excited because he learned how to throw a jab

 

Yeah but it took Jones two tries to beat Karass.

 

Take away half of Maidana's power, put him in 16oz gloves and headgear, and put him in against some of the stylistically cutest, skilled, talented, brightest Amateurs or young pros in the game today, and he'd still find a way to land consistently on them. He may look limited and unintelligent compared to elite fighters, but he has plenty of skills of his own that aren't readily identified by the casual fan. Plenty of fighters can take a good shot and bang; he's gotten to where he has for a reason. And against Karass, he showed visible technical improvements. Your opponent doesn't have to be an ATG for you to demonstrate more dimension.

This is not a claim that Maidana is an advanced ring technician, but a defense against all rugged offensive fighters who get **** on constantly by keyboard critics for having "0 defense" and "no brain" when the truth is so far from that.

 

:deal

I still don't think this weight particularly suits Maidana and I don't want to go overboard in rating a win over Soto-Karass at this point that highly (though to refer to an earlier comment, unlike Jone Maidana beat him in one try, and getting the stoppage was far more impressive than the snoozer Jones put up against a half-blind JSK in the rematch), but it's undeniable that he looked refocused and technically improved in that fight.

 

people are always going to like maidana, he makes fights great to watch

 

What are you crying about? So what if everyone on that list beats him? He provides an entertaining fight and never gives up. He has more heart than most people in the game today.

I completely disagree with you about his lack of skill because to me he is clearly a natural fighter.

But why make a thread just to hate on Maidana? Boxing needs more guys like him.