After being in training camp for almost six months so far this year WBA Super Lightweight champion Marcos Maidana is having his deserved vacation in his native Argentina. El Chino beat Erik Morales in April and made the first defense of his title last Sept. 23 in Buenos Aires, where he stopped Russian Petr Petrov in four rounds. Now the KO artist is waiting for news about his next fight.
“I am anxious to know who my next opponent would be. The sudden cancellation of the fight against (Robert) Guerrero last Aug. 27 changed our plans a lot. But things like those happen in boxing. The good thing is I was able to fight in front of my people. That was great but now I’m ready to go back to the big leagues,” Maidana said.
“We are in conversations with Golden Boy Promotions. My advisor, Sebastian Contursi, had a meeting with Richard Schaefer last week in Los Angeles and he told me that they are trying to secure a big fight for me, maybe in February. It could be the rematch against Morales if he dares after talking that much. Or (Humberto) Soto. However, if those two don’t want to fight I think I’ll have to move up to welterweight,” El Chino added.
“Eventually, most of super lightweight fighters will end up in the 147lbs division next year, and I will be one of them. Some people ask me if I’m ready for the big guys like Mayweather. Of course! He is the best in the world, but I’m ready for anybody. And I tell you what, I wouldn’t give Floyd a kiss, like (Victor) Ortiz did. It’d be quite a tough bout but I’d bring real war to him. It’d be do or die for me. He knocks me out or I knock him out, plain and simple,” Maidana said.
“We’re exploring all the possible options for Marcos. He could stay at 140lbs or move up to get possible rematches with Ortiz and Khan or a fight against Andre Berto. We’ll probably have an answer in the next few days when I meet Richard Schafer again. But Marcos needs to fight soon,” Maidana’s advisor Contursi said.
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