Maidana vs. Morales: A win for Marcos could lead to Bradley

[Gamer]

c/p from boxingnews24
posted By Sean McDaniel: The hugely popular light welterweight contender Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) could find himself in a big money fight in the near future against WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley if Bradley can get by WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan in July. There is an excellent chance Bradley will win that fight, setting up a possible big money bout between Bradley and Maidana. Of course, Maidana still has to beat 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) next month on April 9th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morales, who is out of his class in terms of size and youth, isn’t expected beat Maidana.
Morales may give Maidana some problems for a few rounds but he’s likely to get quickly ground up into hamburger by the hard hitting Maidana before long and then taken out. Morales doesn’t have the same kinds of survival skills as Khan did in his 12 round decision win last December of Maidana. Morales doesn’t like to hold onto his opponents and he never runs. Morales has spent the better part of his career as a slugger and the stronger fighter in most of his fights. He still fights as if he’s got knockout power, but he’s lost strength in moving up in weight to the light welterweight division.
The worse thing that could happen for Maidana is for Khan to beat Bradley in July. That would be really bad news for Maidana because Khan has no intention in fighting Maidana again, even though their fight was one of the most exciting bouts of 2010. Khan instead will likely move up to the welterweight division and seek out a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and/or Shane Mosley. Maidana won’t be in Khan’s plans. This is why it’s in Maidana’s best interest that Bradley beat Khan, because Bradley will take a fight against Maidana in a heart beat. It would be the biggest fight out there for Bradley unless he signs with Top Rank and is set up with a fight against Manny Pacquiao.

[aquariusone]

Sean McDaniel is presumptuous even though he lays out a "desirable" fight map for Marcos Maidana. But the map has a flaw. The road from Maidana to Bradley is full of pot holes. The likelihood of Bradley getting past Amir Khan is very slim. Forget about Bradley's multi-million dollar dream payday against Pacquiao because the chance of that happening is as impossible as Todd dating Beyonce (Lindsay Lohan, maybe! hehehe!)

As for writing off Morales, that remains to be seen. "Styles make fights" so they say in boxing parlance. It would be great to see Morales confuse Maidana and sneak out a win. I admit the bookies will have Maidana as a heavy favorite.

[ICEMAN]

i think morales needs to take care of business in the early rounds and finish his homework because he has been fighting for many years and he is not getting any younger he will get tired real fast,,and if that happens he will lose this fight,ohhhhhhh and not to mention he gained alot of weight,he is not the same morales that we use to see years ago,,

[plastikman]

morales is my favorite boxer of all time.. He has the heart of a lion, and the only one to actually beat manny pacquiao fair and square.. Never count out morales, he is a warrior, and will give madena all he can handle in this fight... Morales is a terrific boxer, and a great brawler, i think he should try to out box madiena, instead of going in to brawl, but morales is the type of fighter that when he gets hit, he has to respond right away in an all out slug fest... And this is going to get him beat.. all in all it will be a terrific boxing match, and i am for one will be watching it.... GO MORALES GO....:yes: ALSO morales has a concrete chin, so i wouldnt be expecting no knock outs... Should be a very entertaining fight.. not like the crap that was showed on the heavyweight circuit.. what a complete mess that was... klitchko and solis... disgrace..