Floyd Mayweather will knock Marcos Maidana down & possibly out
Some believe that Floyd Mayweather is distracted for tonight's fight against Marcos Maidana. Members of his camp, Golden Boy's CEO, even fellow celebrities seem to subscribe to the belief that his recent split with ex-fiance Shantel Jackson and her supposed abortion of twins has done a number on him. The last week has seen pictures of sonograms, deleted social media messages, bordering on teary eyed emotional comments in interviews and All Access .... who is this man they ask!?
It's all an act.
I firmly believe that the fireworks are planned, including last night's talk of a potential fight cancellation on account of Maidana's gloves. The reason it seems more real than the usual pre-fight hype is because it's a hard sell that Maidana is in this fight any more than an 8 to 1 dog should be. Mayweather's team may be privy to early numbers from the networks on PPV numbers, or at least feel very strongly that a major drama bomb was absolutely necessary to sell this fight.
How will it play out?
Mayweather could run circles around Maidana if he wanted to but I think he will act as the matador here and let Maidana try to walk through him... we probably see Floyd fight off the ropes more than normal and turn in the kind of gritty effort like in the Cotto fight. There could even be some blood but more likely from a butt from the close quarters action but either way, Maidana is a guy tailor made for Mayweather and he very likely gets knocked down at least once in this fight, possibly stopped.
In my full fight prediction I have Mayweather knocking Maidana down in round 7 via left hook, and Mayweather holding on to win a controversial split decision (boxing after all), but I would not be surprised if Maidana is stopped and in fact I think it is more likely to see a stoppage in this fight than any other fight since 2007.
Good luck.
It's all an act.
I firmly believe that the fireworks are planned, including last night's talk of a potential fight cancellation on account of Maidana's gloves. The reason it seems more real than the usual pre-fight hype is because it's a hard sell that Maidana is in this fight any more than an 8 to 1 dog should be. Mayweather's team may be privy to early numbers from the networks on PPV numbers, or at least feel very strongly that a major drama bomb was absolutely necessary to sell this fight.
How will it play out?
Mayweather could run circles around Maidana if he wanted to but I think he will act as the matador here and let Maidana try to walk through him... we probably see Floyd fight off the ropes more than normal and turn in the kind of gritty effort like in the Cotto fight. There could even be some blood but more likely from a butt from the close quarters action but either way, Maidana is a guy tailor made for Mayweather and he very likely gets knocked down at least once in this fight, possibly stopped.
In my full fight prediction I have Mayweather knocking Maidana down in round 7 via left hook, and Mayweather holding on to win a controversial split decision (boxing after all), but I would not be surprised if Maidana is stopped and in fact I think it is more likely to see a stoppage in this fight than any other fight since 2007.
Good luck.