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Two-Time World Champion Marcos Maidana Retires from Boxing
- Updated: August 9, 2016
After two consecutive losses and having not competed for nearly two years, popular slugger Marcos Maidana officially announced his retirement from boxing Tuesday afternoon on his official Facebook page. Maidana, one of Argentina’s greatest boxers, took on some of the greatest of his generation and captured the WBA super lightweight title along the way. After coming up short twice for the belt (via decision to Andriy Kotelnik in 2009 and then to Amir Khan the following year), he finally won his gold by edging Mexican legend Erik Morales over 12 rounds to nab the interim title, which eventually became the regular WBA belt. Maidana’s reign as champ didn’t last long, though, as he relinquished his crown to move up to welterweight. He lost his divisional debut on points to Devon Alexander before going on a three-fight knockout streak that saw “El Chino” wipe out Jesus Soto Karass, Martin Angel Martinez and Josesito Lopez. In his next outing, he conquered then-unbeaten Adrien Broner in a thrilling war to win the WBA welterweight strap in December 2013. From there, Maidana cashed in his terrific career by taking on pound-for-pound king and all-time great Floyd Mayweather Jr. the following May. Maidana took it to “Money” for 12 rounds but came up short in losing a majority decision to the future Hall of Famer. With the fight …
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