Happy Birthday Marcos Maidana – “El Chino” turns 35

07/17/2018 James Slater

Rough, tough and always exciting Argentine warrior Marcos Maidana, who exited with a 35-5(31) record, compiled against fair, good, very … read more “Happy Birthday Marcos Maidana – “El Chino” turns 35”

Jose Luis Castillo, Marcos Maidana: The two fighters who came closest to besting the brilliant Floyd Mayweather?

05/04/201805/03/2018 James Slater

He is, as all fans know, a perfect 50-0 as a professional boxer, yet to this day fans point to … read more “Jose Luis Castillo, Marcos Maidana: The two fighters who came closest to besting the brilliant Floyd Mayweather?”

Ref Joe Cortez says he places “outstanding” Amir Khan Vs. Marcos Maidana battle in the Top-20 greatest fights he worked

04/20/2018 James Slater

Former 140 pound champion Amir Khan is in the news quite a bit today: from his comments regarding how Canelo … read more “Ref Joe Cortez says he places “outstanding” Amir Khan Vs. Marcos Maidana battle in the Top-20 greatest fights he worked”

Marcos Maidana: A special kind of tough

01/15/2018 James Slater

Argentine warrior (warrior with a capital ‘W’) Marcos Maidana is living like a king these days, his wealth and comfort a well-earned result of the blood, sweat and tears he left inside the ring – and the pain he inflicted. Aside from Jose Luis Castillo, did any fighter come closer to beating the sublime Floyd Mayweather; in “El Chino’s” first fight with “Money?”

Adios, Marcos, and thanks for the great fights! Maidana announces his retirement at age 33

08/10/201608/10/2016 James Slater

Just when we thought there was a chance, just a small chance, he might fight again – the rumour mill going into overdrive simply because “El Chino” stepped back into a gym – Argentine warrior Marcos Maidana has made it official: he has retired from the sport he gave so much excitement to, at age 33. The former two-weight champion wrote on social media how he no longer has the fire inside him.

Marcos Maidana thinking possible comeback?

07/21/2016 James Slater

The last time we saw Marcos Maidana in a fight, he was losing his money-spinner of a return meeting with Floyd Mayweather Junior in September of 2014. The next time we saw him after that, in a photo that was widely viewed on the internet, Maidana was carrying plenty of excess weight and had seemingly been enjoying the money he earned in his two big fights with “Money.” it seemed we had seen the ferocious Argentine warrior’s last fight.

But now, in speaking with RingTV.com, Mikey Garcia – himself having a comeback of his own – says he has a feeling Maidana may embark on a ring return some time in the future. Garcia, Ring reports, has been sparring with Maidana’s younger brother Fabian, and he says “El Chino” has expressed interest in returning to the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy to both help his brother and work out and lose some of that excess weight he picked up last year.

Robert Garcia doesn’t think Marcos Maidana wants to fight again (and fans who saw a certain photo of Maidana will know why!)

03/15/2016 James Slater

A couple of days ago, a photo of Argentine warrior Marcos Maidana surfaced on the internet and it caused quite a response, being re-posted a number of times. Maidana looks very much over his fighting weight in the pic, his stomach bloated and rings of fat evident. Immediately after seeing the picture, fans everywhere came to the seemingly obvious conclusion: the once great action fighter who gave us memorable fights with the likes of Victor Ortiz, Amir Khan, Adrien Broner and, most recently, Floyd Mayweather Junior twice will not be fighting again.

Marcos Maidana Looking at Tentative ‘Early Part of 2016’ Return

09/24/201509/23/2015 Olly Campbell

Since earning a pair of career high paydays in back-to-back world title challenges to Floyd Mayweather, Marcos Maidana has been relaxing and enjoying the good life back home in Argentina with no serious signs of return, although according his to manager, Sebastian Contursi, ‘Chino’ will indeed be back in action sometime in the early part of 2016.

It’s also possible when he does make his return that the Argentine former 2 weight champ will be looking to capture world honours at a third weight – 154lbs – making him the first Argentinian boxer in history to achieve such a feat.