MARCOS “EL CHINO” MAIDANA – THE SIGHTS AND HEIGHTS OF MEXICO CITY
Camp Locations:Mexico City, Mexico (until March 15), Las Vegas, Nev. (March 16 to April 8)
In preparing to face one of Mexico’s greatest boxing legends, Marcos “El Chino” Maidana has immersed himself in Mexican culture, society and atmosphere. He is not only training in Mexico City for the first time in his career spaning 31 professional fights, but has also teamed with veteran trainer Rudy Perez, who knows a thing or two about defeating Erik Morales. Perez successfully trained Marco Antonio Barrera to beat Morales in two of their three epic battles; Morales vs. Barrera II and III taking place on June 22, 2002 and November 27, 2004 respectively.
“I am not training in Mexico to spite Morales in any way,” said Maidana. “I feel comfortable with the Mexican people. I feel accepted by them and if I knock Morales out like I know I can, it is my hope that the Mexican fans will adopt me as their own. I have been told many times that I have a Mexican fighting style and I hope to develop that more as I train in Mexico.”
In addition to surrounding himself with all-things Mexican, Maidana is taking advantage of the altitude in the capital city (2,200 meters above sea level). He rises early (5:00 a.m.) and starts the day off with intense roadwork as he adapts to the high altitude. He then returns to his apartment to eat breakfast and rest. In the afternoon he heads to either the Boxeo de Gala gym or Pino Suárez gym for sparring, strength training and to work on his technique.
Maidana, who has trained in Las Vegas for several of his recent fights, will depart his new-found Mexican home and head to the familiarity of the desert on March 15 as his strength and conditioning coach, Cruz “Pensa” García, believes that five weeks is enough time for Maidana to spend training at high altitude.
“Working out in Mexico has been a great experience so far,” said Maidana. “But a combination of the altitude in Mexico City and the familiarity of Las Vegas is what I need to get the result I want in the ring on April 9.”
I agree with Jonny, don’t see how Morales can beat Maidana, he defenatly wont be able to move around the ring like Khan did, and he almost got KO, bad fight for Morales, and now even worst with Maidana training with Rudy Perez, I think Maidana is really determine is will put to much pressure on Morales, I hope I’m wrong but don’t see how Morales pulls it off.
It will be a good fight between two warriors, just sadly I don’t see Morales winning this fight. Just hoping the man doesn’t get knocked out brutally of course I won’t count Morales out completely but I just can’t picture this older version of Morales pulling it off. I’m a fan of both and excited about the fight just hope it doesn’t end with Morales badly hurt other than that good luck to both of these warriors.
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