just how good is maidana?

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  1. tommyg6

    tommyg6 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm sorta new to boxing and all I keep is hearing that maidana gave a tough fight against mayweather in the first go around. So with that said, how good is maidana?
     
  2. canucks9314

    canucks9314 Iron Chinned ATG Warrior Full Member

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    Since joining Robert Garcia id say hes an A-/B+ fighter. Gave Floyd a tough fight because styles make fights and Mariana outweighed him by like 20 lbs in the ring.
     
  3. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  4. donizhere

    donizhere Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Amir Khan beat him once so did Devon Alexander
     
  5. pablinov

    pablinov Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Does he beat him in a rematch?



    :nono

    So what does that make Khan?
     
  6. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I'd pick him to beat both in a rematch. Can Khan take a dig off 147 Marcos? Unlikely IMO.

    And Alexander's pretty much there to be beaten by this improved Maidana. Again this is just my opinion.
     
  7. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes, 5 years ago.

    Maidana is a totally improved fighter and was on the best run of his career prior to facing Mayweather.

    And even in their first encounter, Khan should have been stopped or at least the fight given as a draw.

    Maidana gave Floyd a few problems, but out of their 24 rounds together, he won about 6

    Also neither Khan nor ALexander were close to 40 when the fought Maidana.
     
  8. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Maidana matches up tough against everybody, except the first Alexander fight. People forget how close the Khan fight was (revisionist history), He's not skillful he's just a raw heavyhanded fighter that want's to throw and land.
     
  9. don owens

    don owens Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well, he beat Mayweather the first time.
     
  10. boxing_master

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  11. boxfanlut

    boxfanlut Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not at boxing he didn't
     
  12. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They wouldn't beat him now.
     
  13. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Khan was seconds away from having him out of there in the first round from a body shot.
     
  14. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No. Not at all.
     
  15. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :nono