Maidana vs Mayweather

What is one thing others have not done against Mayweather that would have led them to victory? They did not force the fight. Seeing his win over Adrian Broner from Saturday night, Maidana proved he can force a fight and he forced Broner to fight and we saw who the better fighter was. Not the better boxer- the better fighter. Roberto Duran I believe is the best I have ever seen at forcing a fight and taking things to the inside. He was quoted as saying that in his day Mayweather would be "just another fighter." He laid out his plan for beating Mayweather before the Alvarez fight which would be to bully Mayweather into the ropes and beat his ribs, his arms and whatever else until he got him immobile enough to work upstairs. Did Canelo do this? Of course not. As long as you box Mayweather, you will lose unless you're somebody really special at the right point in your career. "Money" knows all the tricks and has all the skills to get through any tough boxing match. However in a real fight scenario when he is forced onto the ropes and given no choice as Maidana did against Broner, I think we seethe end of the "0". Now with that said if these two do get together, I think Maidana should come out just the same as he did against Broner and beat Mayweather to the punch and push him into the ropes and make it a rough fight from the beginning. He definitely has the tools to make for a long night for Mayweather. However his one big flaw I can see is possibly stamina. He will have to be on Mayweather the whole fight. That is guaranteed. However if he can stay on him and cut the ring off effectively and make it a fight and not allow it to slip into a boxing match, "Chino" has a very good chance. Broner is no Mayweather by any means, but let's give Maidana credit here. Twenty-seven previous guys did not do much against Broner with the exception of Malignaggi. And Maidana more or less walked over him all night. Mayweather is no great mystery. He is a slick boxer and very smart business man. Hence the name "Money." However it will take a rough and tumble fighter to beat him. Not one of these guys who stays on the outside the whole time. I think Mayweather got really excited to fight Canelo after the Austin Trout fight where Alvarez fought predominantly from the outside in what was a much closer fight than the judges scored. Robert Guerrero did the same as did most others outside of De La Hoya and Castillo both of who actually could be argued to have wins over him anyway. If Maidana does get the fight, my advice to work on stamina as much as possible and go into it just like he did with Broner. He has an excellent chance and either way the fight would be great for boxing.

 

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