Marcos “El Chino” Maidana vs. Danny “Swift” García By M.DeTyrone

Marcos “El Chino” Maidana vs. Danny “Swift” García

By M.DeTyrone

Marcos “El Chino” Maidana 35-5 (31KO) has been calling out Danny García 30-0 (17KO) who seems to be slowly moving up to the welterweight division. Maidana is now an established welterweight that lost two fights vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Maidana is a casual fan favorite, a favorite among the Mexican-American and Mexican fan base, and there will be great fan appeal to see Danny García defeated for reasons other than boxing.

The physical comparison:

Marcos “El Chino” Maidana:  Height 5’7” Reach 69”

Danny “Swift” García: Height 5’8.5” Reach 68.5”

I would say they’re even on paper, but Maidana has been fighting at welterweight for some time now, and García has only had two catchweights in the welterweight division.

Last Six Opponents…

Marcos “El Chino” Maidana 4-2 (3KO):  vs. last six opponents’ record of 188-15-4.

Danny “Swift” García 6-0 (2KO):  vs. last six opponents’ record of 200-25-1.

Better opposition, I would say Maidana due to his two rematches vs. Mayweather Jr. and a blown up Lightweight Adrien Broner. However, García has been in with constant ex-champions outside on fight vs. Rob Salka 19-3-0. Maidana before he fought Adrien Broner in 2013, Maidana was fighting Jesus Soto Karass, Angel Martinez with a 14-3-1 record, and Josesito Lopez.

Ko’s…

Marcos “El Chino” Maidana: 31 KOs in 40 fights, 100 % of his KOs has been within the eighth round, 90% of his KOs has occurred within the first six rounds, and 74% of his KOs has occurred in the first three rounds. Maidana hasn’t KO’d any opponent past the eighth round.

Danny “Swift” García: 17 KOs in 30 fights, 88% of his KOs has been within the first four rounds, 12% of his KOs after the seventh round, and hasn’t KO’d an opponent after the ninth round.

Maidana’s only three KOs came against three opponents with a record of 70-15-4.

García’s last KO victory came against a lightweight opponent of with a record of 19-3-0.

Common Opponents:

Both boxers have faced Amir Khan and Erik Morales in the Jr. Welterweight Division. Danny García has looked better against Khan and Morales by hurting and knocking out both of them. Maidana couldn’t KO Morales and dropped by Amir Khan.

Marcos “El Chino” Maidana: In 2011, Maidana won a 12 round MD vs. a one eyed Erik Morales and in 2010 lost a twelve round UD to Amir Khan, where Maidana hit the canvas in the first due to a body shot.

Danny “Swift” García: In 2012, García fought Erik Morales twice dropping him once in their first fight, which Morales was overweight,  and then knocking him out in the fourth round of their rematch in a fight which Morales tested positive for PEDs. That same year García fought Amir Khan and won via TKO in four rounds.

The Fight:

If this fight is made then García should demand that it be at 144 or 145 lbs. and have a stipulation that Maidana could not gain more than 10 -15 lbs. after the weigh in.

Maidana is an extremely dirty boxer that throws elbows, low blows, hits after the bell, bites, and will look to rough up García. Robert García his trainer is a trainer that plays by those rules and likes to recruit all types of boxers with shady past in his stable. Only reason why he’s gained a reputation as a trainer was due to his training of the suspended Antonio Margarito. If the García team is not ready for the dirty tactics of Maidana, they best not step in that ring. Maidana is a dirty pressure boxer that will pressure García from round one with jabs and rights and will try to turn it into a brawl.

García will have his hands full if not as dirty and vicious as Maidana in the trenches. One thing about Maidana is that he’s weak in the body and García has good body attack and combinations, Maidana does have grit and can take punishment but a good boxer with stamina can defeat Maidana and have defeated Maidana with good intelligent boxing and ring generalship.

Maidana’s stamina is not great but his will power is extraordinary, and García is gaining the reputation of having bad stamina in the late rounds.

García does have a great chin but keeps taking clean right hands, which are dangerous versus a bruiser like, Maidana. Maidana heavy relies on his looping and straight right hand

Can García hurt Maidana? I think he can with a brutal body attack, if Josesito Lopez, Soto Karass, and Khan have hurt Maidana, I see no reason why García couldn’t do the same.

Can Maidana hurt García? Yes, he can if García doesn’t adjust his defense and starts to fade.

Maidana under Alex Ariza was strong vs. a blown lightweight Broner, and very aggressive vs. Mayweather Jr. in their first meeting. Once Ariza left the Maidana’s camp, you witness the same Maidana breathing heavily after the fifth round looking to land a right and bruise his opponent.

A well-prepared Garcia can win a MD with intelligent boxing just as Devon Alexander did. If García works on Maidana’s body and slows him down, he can stop him in the late rounds all depending on García’s stamina. It will likely be a very dirty fight because that’s what Maidana knows how to do.

Danny Garcia: What’s next at welterweight? M.DeTyrone

Danny Garcia: What’s next at welterweight?

M.DeTyrone

Many boxers, commentators, journalist, and fans as the weakest and the most vulnerable boxer from 140 lbs. to 147 lbs. and one of the most hated boxers regard Danny Garcia by a very vocal anti-Puerto Rican, hateful, and spiteful casual boxing fan base. Despite Garcia being victorious and fighting seven ex- or current world champions and a professional record of 30-0 (17KO) and being the undisputed Jr. Welterweight champion. I’ve commented that he’s the subject of a double standard as a result scrutinized for every financial or boxing decision and accomplishment.

You have to understand that any accomplishment by a Puerto Rican boxer is a threat to the self-esteem of a very vocal nationalistic ethnic fan base, which looks at anything Puerto Rican with animosity, resentment, racial malice, cultural, and social hatred. If you add the constant haters, the casual fans, and Danny Garcia might be the third most hated boxer in the sport behind Floyd Jr. and Broner.

I was looking for Garcia performance to tell me about his run at 147 lbs. I wrote about the fight on this blog:

“If Peterson survives the first 4 rounds it will be an attention-grabbing fight due to Peterson’s 72” reach advantage against Garcia’s 68 ½” add Peterson’s slight height advantage. What Peterson doesn’t have is a strong chin and timing, but he has decent power. I’m suspicious that Peterson will jab and counter-clinch thus evading entering into exchanges with Garcia early in the fight. Peterson will evade and try to neutralize Garcia’s dangerous left-hook at all cost. It will be interesting to see Garcia adjust and look to time Peterson the moment he opens up. Many questions will be answered about Garcia’s power and boxing as he slowly moves up to the welterweight division. If Garcia thrashes Peterson within four rounds, the welterweight division has a serious problem and the well-known welterweights should pay attention.”

What did I see during the Peterson vs. Garcia fight? I saw a small Garcia for the welterweight division that was competing against a bigger and stronger boxer with a clear weight advantage, I witness a Garcia hit by well-timed right hands, a Garcia that was out of stamina and pushed by a stronger Peterson, I saw Garcia winning eight of the 12 rounds, and fading in the late rounds. I have my doubts about Garcia at 147 lbs. unless he switches his style up and improves his fight game, because everyone sees that he relies too much on timing. In addition, he should slowly move up in the welterweight division and settle in. What I saw that is the most worrisome was the sense that Garcia has lost that killer instinct and that he has become too civilized, when he’s one boxer that many other boxers hate and wish to destroy him.

Garcia needs to seriously progress and switch things up in his camp, if he wishes to remain in boxing, and accomplish the highest level in the sport of boxing. If it means that he, need to be switching trainers to a Naazim Richardson and a brand new physical trainer.  How that will work out with him letting go of his father trainer will be a very personal decision that the two must decide what’s best. At any rate, if Garcia doesn’t improve his stamina and boxing style he’ll be in deep trouble in the 147 lbs. division.

The sharks smell blood in the water and among these sharks are Adrien Broner 30-1 (22KO) and Marcos Maidana 35-5 (31KO) who is challenging Danny Garcia for various reasons one to obtain some nationalistic revenge for the defeat of Lucas Matthysse and Sergio Martinez and pander to the anti-Puerto Rican hate by a Mexican and Mexican-American nationalistic boxing fan base.

What’s most interesting about Maidana is that he wants no part of Keith Thurman 25-0 (21KO) who holds his former WBA title. Maidana defeated Adrien Broner, earning a title shot vs. Mayweather Jr. Under the physical training of Alex Ariza, but without Ariza, he looked sloppy and without stamina in the Mayweather Jr. Rematch. Marcos Maidana has 28 KO’s in the first six rounds and 3 KO’s from the 7^th to 12^th.

 In my opinion, if Garcia prepares himself for stamina, and improves on his defense then he can out box Maidana, and possibly stop him with an accumulation of body shots. In a fight, this must be at a catchweight and limit Maidana from gaining more than 10 lbs. after the weigh-in. I honestly, would like to see Garcia vs. Devon Alexander 26-3 (14KO) or an Andre Berto 30-3 (23KO) both ex world champions with strong records and good boxing.