1. Marcos Rene Maidana was born on 17 July 1983 and is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014.
37 Facts About Marcos Maidana
1. 2.
Marcos Maidana held the WBA super lightweight title from 2011 to 2012, and the WBA welterweight title from 2013 to 2014.
3.
Marcos Maidana started his career in 2004 before turning 21 years old.
4.
Marcos Maidana fought his first 18 fights in his native Argentina over two years, winning all, including 17 via stoppage.
5.
On 2 February 2009, Marcos Maidana challenged for his first world title, the WBA super lightweight championship against Andreas Kotelnik at the StadtHalle in Rostock, Germany.
6.
Marcos Maidana was credited with landing 342 of 1241 punches thrown, with 259 of them being power punches and Kotelnik was more accurate in landing 229 of his 655 thrown.
7.
Marcos Maidana's first fight in the United States was against Victor Ortiz, that took place on June 27,2009, for the Interim WBA super lightweight title.
8.
Khan was reported to earn at least $1.5 million compared to Marcos Maidana who had a purse of $550,000.
9.
Marcos Maidana was saved by the bell but somehow regained composure and continued to battle on.
10.
Marcos Maidana rallied and midway through round 10 stunned Khan with a heavy right hand.
11.
Marcos Maidana landed a series of follow up uppercuts and rights but could not drop Khan.
12.
Khan landed 273 of 603 punches thrown and Marcos Maidana landed 156 of 767 thrown.
13.
Marcos Maidana landed multiple power punches, including an uppercut that opened a huge swelling over Morales' left eye which worsened over the course of the fight, and when the Mexican walked back to his corner having taken a large amount of punishment in the opening three minutes most observers felt their predictions were being fulfilled.
14.
The next couple of rounds continued in this fashion, with Marcos Maidana using his strength and stamina to bully Morales and the Mexican using his sharper punching and ring intelligence to land effective counters and combinations.
15.
Marcos Maidana was scheduled to defend his title 27 August 2011, against Robert Guerrero, but Guerrero suffered a shoulder injury less than two weeks before the fight.
16.
Marcos Maidana became the first boxer to stop Petrov inside the distance and successfully retained his WBA title in round 4 of a one-sided fight.
17.
Petrov got up and became a more defensive fighter for the remainder of the round until the final 30 seconds when Marcos Maidana landed a barrage of punches against the ropes, dropping Petrov again.
18.
In December 2011 it was announced that Marcos Maidana would move up to welterweight to fight former WBC and IBF light welterweight champion Devon Alexander, who was moving up in weight, on 25 February 2012, at the Scottrade Center in St Louis, Missouri in a 10-round bout.
19.
Marcos Maidana seemed uncomfortable in his first fight at the new weight as Alexander dominated the fight and went on to win a lopsided unanimous decision.
20.
In July 2012, Showtime announced that Marcos Maidana would fight Jesus Soto Karass on the Saul Alvarez vs Josesito Lopez undercard at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 15 September.
21.
Marcos Maidana won the fight by eighth-round TKO in a back-and-forth slugfest.
22.
Midway through the fight, Marcos Maidana began to tire and Karass took over.
23.
In round 7, Marcos Maidana finally had a point taken off for continuing to hit on the break.
24.
In round 8, Marcos Maidana continued to attack Karass against the ropes before referee Kenny Bayliss stopped the fight.
25.
In front of over 7,000 local fans, Marcos Maidana won the fight by KO in the third round.
26.
Marcos Maidana started off slow, but picked up the pace in round 2 before landing a powerful left hook to body, dropping Martinez for the full 10 count.
27.
Marcos Maidana stated his intention to fight Paulie Malignaggi or Robert Guerrero next.
28.
Marcos Maidana scored a TKO over welterweight contender Josesito Lopez in the sixth round of a 9 June 2013 fight.
29.
Marcos Maidana had injured his hip in the second round and Lopez capitalized, tagging his opponent with hard shots.
30.
Marcos Maidana was able to reverse the tide and hurt Lopez with an overhand right in the sixth round that dropped him to the canvas.
31.
Marcos Maidana punished Broner for the remainder of the fight, winning the fight via unanimous decision and giving Broner his first loss as a professional.
32.
Marcos Maidana had now won four consecutive fights under the tutelage of boxing trainer Robert Garcia.
33.
Marcos Maidana was the better man that night, but he didn't beat me.
34.
Marcos Maidana won the WBA title in December 2013 against Mayweather protege, Adrien Broner.
35.
Marcos Maidana is an extremely skilled fighter who brings knockout danger to the ring.
36.
Marcos Maidana was guaranteed a purse of $1.5 million, which would include TV revenue from his native Argentina and PPV share.
37.
On 9 August 2016, Marcos Maidana officially announced his retirement from professional boxing at the age of 33, allegedly moving into an advisory role.