Marcos Maidana

Marcos Maidana is one of those fighters I genuinely love watching — a pure throwback brawler from Tucumán, Argentina, who fought like he had something to prove every single time he laced up his gloves. The guy was compact, relentless, and hit with the kind of power that made you wince even through a screen. What really sticks with me is his 2013 fight against Adrien Broner, where he just dismantled a fighter the boxing world had been calling the next big thing — it was a reality check served up with both fists. He went on to win the WBA welterweight title and had two massive bouts against Floyd Mayweather, pushing the sport's best defensive wizard harder than almost anyone else did. The 2010 Ali–Frazier Award basically said it all: this man brought that old-school, give-no-ground warfare that the sport was built on. Retired at 31, never stopped, always dangerous — that's a career to respect.

Name (English)

Marcos Maidana

Name (Japanese)

マルコス・マイダナ

Reading

まるこす・まいだな

Born

July 15, 1983 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina

Height

170 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• WBA World Welterweight Champion
• WBA World Super Lightweight Champion (secondary)
• 2010 Ali–Frazier Award

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/ChinoMaidana
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%8A

Tags

• Tucumán Province
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.