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Total Fights | 40 |
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Wins | 35 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 31 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 10 years and three months, Marcos Maidana fought 40 times with 35 wins and 5 losses.
Maidana retired from professional boxing with a record of 35-5, which included one world-championship elevation, one world-title win, and one successful title defense fight at the super-lightweight weight division. He had a 77.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 31 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Maidana never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 13, 2014. Maidana was fighting for the welterweight WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring titles.
Some of Maidana's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Érik Morales, Adrien Broner, Petr Petrov, Martin Ángel Martínez, Jesús Soto Karass, Josesito López, and Victor Ortiz.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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40 | Sep 13, 2014 | 31 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Loss * | UD |
39 | May 3, 2014 | 30 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Loss * | MD |
38 | Dec 14, 2013 | 30 | Adrien Broner | Win * | UD |
37 | Jun 8, 2013 | 29 | Josesito López | Win | TKO6 |
36 | Dec 12, 2012 | 29 | Martin Ángel Martínez | Win | KO3 |
35 | Sep 15, 2012 | 29 | Jesús Soto Karass | Win | TKO8 |
34 | Feb 25, 2012 | 28 | Devon Alexander | Loss | UD |
33 | Sep 23, 2011 | 28 | Petr Petrov | Win * | KO4 |
32 | Apr 9, 2011 | 27 | Érik Morales | Win | MD |
31 | Dec 11, 2010 | 27 | Amir Khan | Loss * | UD |
30 | Aug 28, 2010 | 27 | DeMarcus Corley | Win | UD |
29 | Mar 27, 2010 | 26 | Victor Cayo | Win | KO6 |
28 | Nov 21, 2009 | 26 | William Gonzalez | Win | KO3 |
27 | Jun 27, 2009 | 25 | Victor Ortiz | Win | TKO6 |
26 | Feb 7, 2009 | 25 | Andreas Kotelnik | Loss * | SD |
25 | Nov 1, 2008 | 25 | Silverio Ortiz | Win | KO2 |
24 | Aug 29, 2008 | 25 | Juan Carlos Rodriguez | Win | KO7 |
23 | Jul 11, 2008 | 24 | Esmeraldo José Da Silva | Win | TKO2 |
22 | Apr 19, 2008 | 24 | Arturo Morua | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Dec 7, 2007 | 24 | Manuel Garnica | Win | KO8 |
20 | Aug 16, 2007 | 24 | Jairo Moura dos Santos | Win | TKO2 |
19 | Jun 30, 2007 | 23 | Laszlo Komjathi | Win | TKO3 |
18 | Dec 22, 2006 | 23 | Miguel Callist | Win | TKO3 |
17 | Sep 23, 2006 | 23 | José Herley Zúñiga Montaño | Win | KO1 |
16 | Jul 15, 2006 | 22 | Ariel Gerardo Aparicio | Win | TKO1 |
15 | May 20, 2006 | 22 | Luis Gustavo Sosa | Win | KO1 |
14 | Apr 22, 2006 | 22 | Omar Leon | Win | KO1 |
13 | Feb 11, 2006 | 22 | Sergio Javier Benítez | Win | KO3 |
12 | Nov 26, 2005 | 22 | Rubén Darío Oliva | Win | KO2 |
11 | Oct 1, 2005 | 22 | Marcelo Martin Miranda | Win | TKO3 |
10 | Aug 6, 2005 | 22 | Daniel Benito Carriqueo | Win | UD |
9 | Jun 18, 2005 | 21 | Sergio Javier Benítez | Win | TKO3 |
8 | May 7, 2005 | 21 | Omar Leon | Win | TKO4 |
7 | Mar 26, 2005 | 21 | Avelino Virgilio Silveira | Win | KO1 |
6 | Jan 29, 2005 | 21 | Adolfo Espinoza | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Dec 18, 2004 | 21 | Francisco Humberto Sanabria | Win | RTD1 |
4 | Oct 23, 2004 | 21 | Ramon Alberto Marquez | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Sep 4, 2004 | 21 | Cristian Pablo Gastón Ruiz | Win | RTD2 |
2 | Jul 24, 2004 | 21 | Germán Omar Jesús Sánchez | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Jun 12, 2004 | 20 | Adán Basilio Mironchik | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Marcos Maidana (El Chino) is a 40-year old retired Argentinian professional boxer. He was born in Margarita, Santa Fe, Argentina on July 17, 1983. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 10 years — from 2004 to 2014.
Maidana made his professional boxing debut against Adán Basilio Mironchik at the age of 20 on June 12, 2004, defeating Mironchik via 1st round KO. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 23 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on February 7, 2009 after 25 professional fights, against Andreas Kotelnik for the WBA title. He lost to Kotelnik via 12 round split decision.
Maidana has won one world title at super-lightweight. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Maidana's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Maidana had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was on September 13, 2014 against American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. for Mayweather Jr.'s welterweight WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring titles. Maidana lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 9 years, 6 months, and 15 days since this fight.
Maidana had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost four.
Marcos Maidana fought for a super-lightweight world title in five fights and won once. He won one super-lightweight belt. He was elevated as world champion once, by WBA.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 14, 2013 | Adrien Broner | Welterweight | WBA | UD |
Marcos Maidana had two world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-lightweight and welterweight. He won once and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 23, 2011 | Petr Petrov | Super-lightweight | WBA (Regular) | KO |
Marcos Maidana lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 3, 2014 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Welterweight | WBA | MD |
Maidana fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
February 7, 2009: In his first world-title fight, Marcos Maidana loses to Andreas Kotelnik via 12 round split decision. He was fighting for the WBA super-lightweight title.
June 27, 2009: Marcos Maidana beats Victor Ortiz via 6th round TKO.
April 9, 2011: Marcos Maidana beats Érik Morales via 12th round majority decision.
September 23, 2011: Maidana successfully defends the WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title against Petr Petrov, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
June 8, 2013: Marcos Maidana beats Josesito López via 6th round TKO.
December 14, 2013: Maidana wins the WBA welterweight title from Adrien Broner, by beating Broner via 12 round unanimous decision.
Maidana knocked out 31 of his 40 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 77.5%. Of his total 35 wins, 31 of them were via KO (88.6%).
Maidana's first world-title win was the WBA belt at welterweight. He defeated Adrien Broner via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Maidana won one world title at super-lightweight.
Maidana had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.