Marcos Maidana Retirement Rumors: Former Floyd Mayweather opponent may hang up gloves at 32
At 32 years of age, Marcos Maidana is already contemplating leaving the sport of boxing for good.
"El Chino" last saw action in September 2014, during the biggest fight of his career, when he fought retired boxing pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather Jr. Prior to that fight, the two men also fought four months prior, where Maidana was able to inflict a cut on "Money May", a first in a long time.
Maidana, however, has not taken any fights since his second fight with Mayweather. In a report by Boxingscene.com, trainer Robert Garcia says he will not be surprised if one of his top fighters decided to finally hang up his gloves.
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"Look, Maidana hasn't announced a retirement and I haven't talked to him about that because it's his own life," Garcia explained. Family, his mom, he's got kids, he's got a wife that are all telling him to retire."
"So I wouldn't be surprised if he never fights again and I support him 100-percent," he continued. "He made a lot of money on the Mayweather fights and the (Adrien) Broner fight. Those fights back-to-back he made, if I'm not mistaken, close to $12 million in those three fights. So who can blame him?"
Throughout a professional career that spanned for a decade, Maidana has fought the whos who of the boxing world. He holds notable victories against former world champions such as Victor Ortiz, Erik Morales, and Adrien Broner.
He holds a record of 33-7, with 19 victories by knockout with world titles at super lightweight and lightweight.
Success may have loomed over Maidana's head when he defeated Broner and eventually got a shot at Floyd Mayweather. But according to Garcia, the Argentine sensation never really had the deep passion for the sport.
"He never had the love for the sport. It's not like he loves to do it like Mayweather who loves the attention enough to do it because of the fame and money. He's comfortable at home."
"Those millions of dollars that he made or that he took home, it's probably like a hundred million in Argentina," he continued. "So he's just enjoying life. It's not like he ever loved the sport anyways, so I don't blame him."
