Marcos Maidana planning comeback fight vs. a kickboxer
Marcos Maidana planning comeback fight vs. a kickboxer
Press Release
22/04/2020
Press Release
22/04/2020
Former WBA 140-pound title holder Marcos Maidana had an Instagram Live excellent chat with WBA president Gilberto Jesús Mendoza in which he spoke about his career and his intention to return to boxing and retire as a champion. Maidana is 35-5 and has not fought since a pair of losses to Floyd Mayweather in 2014. [Photos since then have shown him gaining plenty of weight, being nowhere near fighting condition]. Maidana is planning to test the waters with a fight against kickboxer Acero Cali, which will allow him to evaluate his physical condition. The Argentinian Maidana stressed that he takes the idea of a comeback very carefully because he doesn’t want to tarnish an outstanding career like his with a wrong decision.
Talking to Mendoza, Maidana reminisced about his two losses to the great Floyd Mayweather, the first one being a competitive fight. Maidana confirmed the rumor that one of his punches knocked out Mayweather's tooth. Maidana said that a friend gave him the tooth and that he keeps it today as a nice memento.
Maidan also discussed his start in the sweet science:
When he was 15 years old, while going from the countryside to the town, he found out by chance that they were practicing boxing. After leaving school one day, Marcos decided to ask about the boxing classes and immediately began to practice under the guidance of Ricardo Linari., his first trainer. Linari, gradually discovered the potential of the shy boy, but at first he didn’t pay enough attention to him. That changed when he saw the boy fight. Maidana had his first fights in Margarita and Villa Manetti within the Santa Fe province and all of them were won by KO or TKO.
Among those who trained him in his early years, he also remembers fondly a referee named Ricardo Ferreiro. One afternoon Ferreiro went to Maidana's house to take him to train with him, since Linari had left and Marcos was left training alone. Ferreiro took the young Maidana to Guillermo Serra, who trained him until he became professional. Then, as Maidana got older, he changed his trainer again.
In 2003, he participated in a national championship where he became champion by defeating another future champion, Lucas Mathysse, by a split decision. He was immediately selected to be part of the amateur team. He closed his amateur career with a record of 84 wins and only 4 defeats.
