Weekend Roundup: Maidana, Barrios win in Argentina

by SC on Nov 22, 2009 11:18 AM EST in News Analysis Comment 18 comments

Marcos Maidana retained his interim 140-pound title with a win in Argentina.

You surely know the particulars from Oakland by now, as Andre Ward routed Mikkel Kessler, and if you go one post down from this one, you'll find out that Rodel Mayol upset Edgar Sosa to shake up the 108-pound division, and that young Marvin Sonsona had an off-night in Ontario, drawing and leaving the 115-pound division behind.

It was a busy Saturday around the boxing world, so let's look at some of the other results.

Marcos Maidana KO-3 William Gonzalez (Sunchales, Argentina)

Maidana (27-1, 26 KO) acquitted himself quite nicely as a known commodity, stopping his Panamanian challenger in three. Maidana retains the interim WBA junior welterweight title he won against Victor Ortiz in June. Gonzalez falls to 22-6-1 (7).

Jorge Barrios TKO-5 Michael Lozada ... Lucas Matthysse KO-4 Florencio Castellano (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Barrios' improved to 2-0 on the year by stopping the veteran Lozada in five. The big-mouthed Argentine wants a fight next with lightweight titlist Edwin Valero, but we'll see. I think he's exactly the type of guy Valero torches, but Barrios on paper does not lack for guts, nor has he in the ring. I'm not sure he really wants to fight Valero, though. Barrios is now 49-4-1 (35). Matthysse (25-0, 23 KO) continued his impressive streak of beating up nobody.

Chad Bennett UD-10 Aldo Rios (Newcastle, Australia)

Not really a notable fight, to be honest, but you might remember the 35-year-old Rios, another Argentina fighter, from past losses to Stevie Johnston (1999), Artur Grigorian (2001), Ricky Hatton (2003) and Isaac Hlatswayo (2006). Throw in Bennett, 36, a regional fighter, and you've got all of the losses on Rios' sheet. You also have pretty much the only notable fighters he's ever fought. If the Bennett win wasn't home cookin', Aldo should probably stick to Argentina from now on, because Bennett isn't quite in league with the rest of those guys.

Giovanni Segura KO-1 Sonny Boy Jaro (Merida, Mexico)

That should just about do it for Jaro in top-level fights. The Filipino is only 27, but going down in one to Segura -- a good fighter, no doubt -- is pretty rough. Segura is, in my view, one of the more underrated fighters out there.

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Maidana

Unfortunately, I think Maidana is going to be fighting lesser-knowns like Gonzalez for all of next year. I really don’t think that anyone like a Khan/Holt/Bradley will take him on in their next fights (assuming they all win in December).

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by Josh Trull on Nov 22, 2009 11:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Golden Boy is working with Maidana, so that might help, and heaven knows he’s TV-friendly. I really do think a Maidana-Ortiz rematch might happen in 2010, but maybe not.

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by SC on Nov 22, 2009 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I would love to see that rematch.

I will also be very surprised if Khan ever fights him.

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by Drunken cutman on Nov 22, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Maidana v. Ortiz

I think Ortiz is going to be pretty protected through 2010, with a real effort made to rebuild his confidence. I don’t see them having Ortiz in with a banger like Maidana again for a good long while.

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by Josh Trull on Nov 22, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ortiz has been pretty loud about wanting the rematch. If he can get a couple of good wins back under his belt and just not fight as dumb, he probably beats Maidana.

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by SC on Nov 23, 2009 8:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I would imagine Warren would have Khan drop his belt before facing Maidana

And Khan’s a big enough draw at this point that he could probably get another title shot based solely on being the biggest money fight out there for a guy.

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by Brickhaus on Nov 22, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

doesnt this win make maidiana khans mandatory, what are the chances hes actually gets that fight?

by Eploos on Nov 22, 2009 3:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Zero

No way that they put Khan and his soft chin in with Maidana. Unless a chance for some good money out of the fight opens up (which I don’t think it will), Khan will avoid him forever.

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by Josh Trull on Nov 22, 2009 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Even if there is an offer for good money this won’t happen. They are still building Khan’s career and a KO loss to Maidana will ruin that cauing Khan to lose out on lots of potential money in the future.

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by Drunken cutman on Nov 22, 2009 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

whoa no one has any faith in Kahn, i actually think he’d have a good chance to outbox him and win a fairly wide ud, kahn seems to be developing pretty nicely

by Eploos on Nov 22, 2009 4:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Khan's chin

really is that bad. Combine perhaps the worst ever champion chin with a big hitter like Maidana and you are going to see Khan on his back.

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by Drunken cutman on Nov 22, 2009 5:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Khan

He’d need to have Mayweather-like ability on defense to survive and win a fight with Maidana. He does not have that type of ability right now. Most likely, he never will.

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by Josh Trull on Nov 22, 2009 7:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not that I have no faith in him

But that he’d pretty easily beat almost anyone in the weight class who doesn’t have good power, but once his opponent has any kind of punch, it becomes a 50/50 fight. I think he’d obliterate Devon Alexander, for example.

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by Brickhaus on Nov 22, 2009 7:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Dear Barrios

Please stay relevant because your sh*t talking is epic!
“When you are done beating women, you should take on someone your own size.” -Barrios to Valero
Just plain wow!
I really want Barrios to move up to 147 so that there can be the Barrios v. Mayweather for the sh*t talking championship of the world!

by waldo47 on Nov 22, 2009 5:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs