by Cliff Rold - This weekend, like last weekend, appears to be all about the foregone conclusion. In back to back weeks, fans will see the literal best fighter in the world (Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko) and the mythical pound-for-pound best fighter in the world (Welterweight and Jr. Middleweight Champion Floyd Mayweather.
Alex Lepai’s chances against Klitschko were none. Marcos Maidana’s chances against Mayweather are slim.
Anyone seen slim in Vegas recently?
If slim hasn’t left town yet, it would be surprise if the car isn’t revved and waiting.
Maidana is a hard fighter not to be happy for. He fights hard, makes great shows, and arrives at the reward for his hard way of doing things.
Almost no one thinks he has a prayer.
In one of those ‘don’t ***** later?moments boxing fans rarely cop to, there was loud public outcry for Maidana to be the selection over the other name bandied about: Amir Khan. Let’s ignore that this was a phony choice from jump.
These were not the two best available fighters Mayweather could fight.
They were the two best available he would fight.
Khan, mostly inactive since a loss to Danny Garcia, aggravated some with an attitude of entitlement about a Mayweather showdown. He didn’t have the sort of emotionally resonant win that Maidana did over Adrien Broner.
In the ring, Khan would have been an underdog to Mayweather just like Maidana is. Based on physical attributes and skill sets, he also would have had a relatively better chance at the upset. Fans who are disappointed by the ease with which Mayweather likely defeats Maidana might forget that they howled at the more competitive fight on paper. [Click Here To Read More]
Alex Lepai’s chances against Klitschko were none. Marcos Maidana’s chances against Mayweather are slim.
Anyone seen slim in Vegas recently?
If slim hasn’t left town yet, it would be surprise if the car isn’t revved and waiting.
Maidana is a hard fighter not to be happy for. He fights hard, makes great shows, and arrives at the reward for his hard way of doing things.
Almost no one thinks he has a prayer.
In one of those ‘don’t ***** later?moments boxing fans rarely cop to, there was loud public outcry for Maidana to be the selection over the other name bandied about: Amir Khan. Let’s ignore that this was a phony choice from jump.
These were not the two best available fighters Mayweather could fight.
They were the two best available he would fight.
Khan, mostly inactive since a loss to Danny Garcia, aggravated some with an attitude of entitlement about a Mayweather showdown. He didn’t have the sort of emotionally resonant win that Maidana did over Adrien Broner.
In the ring, Khan would have been an underdog to Mayweather just like Maidana is. Based on physical attributes and skill sets, he also would have had a relatively better chance at the upset. Fans who are disappointed by the ease with which Mayweather likely defeats Maidana might forget that they howled at the more competitive fight on paper. [Click Here To Read More]
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