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Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
Perhaps not a "gimme" fight depending on how you define "gimme, "but this is a very easy fight for Floyd. How many times has he beat guys with Maidana's style?
I'm not saying I'm picking Maidana or even that I think Floyd ISN'T going to win a lopsided decision.

What I'm saying is that Maidana is a world class prizefighter with big punching power and an incredibly aggressive style and he's not going to beat himself. Floyd's going to have to go in there and work for it. These guys aren't coming in to make Floyd look good, they're coming in to cash in a lottery ticket and dethrone the biggest name in the sport.

On paper does this look like another lopsided decision for Floyd? Sure. But I don't like hearing people talking about "easy" wins, especially with a guy like Maidana.

People were saying the same shit about Maidana when they announced he was fighting Broner. People were accusing Broner of cherry-picking Maidana to look good. Maidana is a rough customer.
What would be an "easy win" for you? For my money, Canelo was not an "easy win," nor was Cotto.

Guerrero, Ortiz and Baldomir were easy fights for a champion like Mayweather. Those aren't easy fights for most other people, but for Mayweather, they're easy fights.

Lepai beat up Boystov who was a world-level competitor to get himself into the ring with Wlad. Lepai is a relatively accomplished professional, but, I'm sorry, that was an easy fight for Wlad. Lepai is still a big Samoan with a big punch, but the outcome was predetermined. Maidana is a tougher opponent in a p4p sense than Lepai, but he's an easy opponent nonetheless.

Maidana presents nothing Floyd hasn't seen before. There is no suspense as to what the outcome will be like there was at least a little bit with Canelo. He's not faster; he doesn't punch harder; he's not smarter; he's not bigger; and he's not more technically savvy than Floyd's previous opponents. In every single category you would look at to compare with Mayweather, Maidana loses.

Maidana was a tough outing for Broner, but so was Paulie. Broner is no Mayweather.