Anyone else find it crazy that Mayweather fought Maidana 2 times?

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  1. Mr_Harry

    Mr_Harry Guest

    I mean he won the fight clearly and he fights someone who he just beat?:patsch

    He could of fought khan than instead but no he fights maidana again.No sense of challenging himself :patsch
     
  2. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably would have fought him 3 times if he could have gotten away with it
     
  3. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    The first fight was very close and controversial to some, Maidana acted pretty disrespectful of Floyd and carried on acting like he won the fight

    I liked that he rematched him, Maidana gave him his hardest fight since Castillo and like Castillo he gave him another go

    Not to sound like a complete ***** but if he didn't rematch him he would have taken lots of **** for ducking Maidana

    Truth be told I had fight 1 7-5 and 6-6 the two times I scored it, very close fight

    Fight 2 he won clearly but it was not impressive
     
  4. heatman

    heatman Fight Game Connoisseur Full Member

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    Primary reason: The 2nd fight was an easy sell. The first fight was action packed and made ppl believe Maidana could pull off the upset. Selling any other opponent (including Khan) to the Hispanic fanbase on Mexican independence was gonna be a struggle
     
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    boxfanlut Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Khan don't fight in September last time I checked
     
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    MN_Logan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ramadan.
     
  7. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    You think there would have been no backlash if he had not had a rematch with Maidana?
     
  8. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Low risk high reward. Typical Floyd fight.
    It'd be like Pacquiao fighting Algieri twice :lol::patsch
     
  9. Stylez G.

    Stylez G. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The first fight was pretty entertaining. Furthermore, who else should he have fought? Someone else already mentioned that Khan wasn't available.
     
  10. Stylez G.

    Stylez G. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No it isn't. Khan said himself that he wouldn't be ready for a September fight.
     
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    Stylez G. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ‘I can’t be ready for that date. Ramadan doesn’t finish until the end of July and I would need three months in training camp after that to prepare for a fight of this magnitude. The earliest I can be back in the ring after my fight here is late October or early November and that will have to be against another opponent."


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/bo...aning-fight-wont-place-May-2015-earliest.html
     
  12. pjomega

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    After the first fight, everyone was saying that he should give maidana a rematch , but that he would be too scared to. Also at this time, everyone was claiming that if he fought khan, it would be a cherry pick. So He rematches maidana, and all of a sudden that turned into a cherry pick, and he should have fought the other cherry pick, which turned into a duck once he didn't fight him. I'm far from a Mayweather fan, but some of you guys are crazy . No matter what he does, you guys will change your criticisms of him. Id love to see him fight khan, and I guarantee if he doesn't fight khan next, he ll be bashed for it. If he does fight khan, he ll be bashed, and ppl will say he should fight Thurman. If he fights Thurman, it will turn into he should fight Lara. If he fights Lara, it will be he's scared of Cotto. Look at the Canelo fight, most fans, including myself, never thought Floyd would fight him. Once he made that fight, I couldn't hate on him. He stepped up and fought a top young fighter. As soon as he beats him, it's a cherry pick, Canelo was too young, Canelo was overrated, etc etc.
     
  13. keenly

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    Maidana is a bum.
     
  14. keenly

    keenly Active Member Full Member

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    Nonsense. NOBODY wanted The Maidana fight but Floyd
     
  15. STB

    STB #noexcuses Full Member

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    If people (like many on this page at the time) didnt make a fool of themselves by yelling "Maidana was robbed", then Mayweather would never had fought him in a rematch.

    Because there was a degree of public outcry of the result, there was a pressure for a rematch, which there never should have been