Who is marcos maidana

I've really never imagined getting this far when I put on a pair of gloves for the very first time when I was 15 in my native Margarita City. I think I was able to put the name of my country Argentina very high after winning two world titles, winning and losing against the best fighters of the world.

I am a very happy man with my family and friends by my side these days. I know many of you think that I still have things to do and battles to fight. And I respect them. That is something that I had in my mind in the last few months. But only those who really know what a real challenge is, like the ones I always had, may understand that you have to be absolutely motivated to approach them. And I always wanted to win. Today I do not feel motivated enough, do not have the fire inside me to intend to climb those mountains again.

That is why I announce my retirement. At this time when I take a look back at my career I want to thank so many people that helped me to have what I call a successful career. I will never forget that chanting: 'Chi-nooooo, Chi-nooooo! Maidana , 31 KOs fought the first two years of his career exclusively in Argentina before signing with now-defunct German promoter Universum and fighting on its cards in Germany, including his first world title opportunity, a split-decision loss to Andriy Kotelnik for a junior welterweight belt in February But in his next fight, in June , Maidana made his American debut with Golden Boy in rock 'em, sock 'em style.

But in a wild, frenzied fight of the year contender, Maidana survived three knockdowns in the first two rounds, dropped Ortiz in the first and sixth rounds and made him quit in the sixth to win a vacant interim junior welterweight belt in an epic fight.

Maidana's fights became must-see TV. He won his next three and then found himself in another barnburner, albeit it a close decision loss to Amir Khan in a world title bout in December that was voted fight of the year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. He then beat future Hall of Famer Erik Morales in another slugfest for a vacant interim title and was later elevated to a full titleholder, defending once against Petr Petrov in an Argentina homecoming bout.

When Maidana moved up to welterweight he suffered a controversial round decision loss to Devon Alexander. But then Maidana won his next four fights, including exciting battles against Jesus Soto Karass and Josesito Lopez and the biggest win of his career, a punishing decision in an upset of Adrien Broner, whom he knocked down twice and embarrassed, to win a welterweight world title in December It was the superb showing against Broner that drew the attention of Mayweather, whom he first fought in May in a welterweight title unification bout.

Maidana gave Mayweather one of the toughest fights of his career, but Mayweather won a majority decision, prompting him to give Maidana a rematch four months later. Our best contract is our word. We had contracts with fighters who left us, and we allowed them to leave. We want everyone to be part of this, and we want the best version of our boxing. We are looking forward to have the best fights out there, and start doing all those mythical fights that were commonplace in our time. For now, Maidana Promotions has two platforms in which they can develop their fighters.

Maidana aims to continue that tradition and build upon that, and so far he has succeeded. And he was aided by a massive exodus of fighters who see in his company a viable alternative to the current situation.

With all this, Maidana is surely making his competitors look bad, and given the fact that the FAB is in business literally with them, some kind of blowback should be at least expected. I get a kick out of laughing in their faces. Maidana, who punched his way to a welterweight belt and two lucrative bouts against Mayweather and finished his career with a record of with 31 KOs, knows a thing or two about not giving up in the face of adversity.

He understands full well that he would have never reached the heights he did if he had stayed signed within the Argentine way of doing things, and now he is, so far, putting his money where his mouth is. He has moved his operative base to Las Clavelinas, a sprawling compound controlled by a local labor union, where he hosts fighters traveling from all over Argentina, sometimes with their families as well, and where he has installed a large gym for them to train.

Due to the restrictions caused by the COVID pandemic, the gym is transformed during the weekends in the actual venue for his televised fights, giving him the advantage of literally having his entire operation under one roof.

Still, that is only the beginning. If he wants to best his competitors he will need much more than. It was a brilliant shot and last year, Maidana claimed that he was still in possession of the tooth and has now had it made into a pendant for his chain. Mayweather quickly responded to Maidana's claim, the year-old stating on Instagram Live that his tooth was NOT knocked out in the third round.

Not at all! Floyd was never going to admit that Maidana was wearing one of his teeth as an accessory, was he?