Marcos Maidana has the power to change boxing's tired narrative

Marcos Maidana believes he can settle the increasingly hostile dispute between boxing's leading factions.
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The Argentinean power puncher will face Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 3 and has been the unwitting fall guy in an acrimonious battle involving the sport's two biggest promoters, its most important networks and its highest-profile fighters.

Top Rank chief Bob Arum blasted the Mayweather camp and its broadcast ally Showtime last week in a vitriolic rant in which he accused the pound-for-pound king of cherry-picking weak opposition instead of squaring off with Manny Pacquiao.

While Arum's method of delivery came under scrutiny – he repeatedly used the term "thug" to refer to the Mayweather crew and urged fans to boycott the broadcast – Maidana was caught along in the crossfire of the 82-year-old's rant, which attempted to minimize his credentials as a legitimate opponent.

Although few give Maidana a chance to win, he believes he can settle the argument of whether Mayweather is picking opponents of sufficient quality.

"It doesn't frighten me what Bob Arum has to say," Maidana said during a conference call on Wednesday. "A lot of times I have been the underdog and won fights. Bob Arum should know better than that.
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"He is just trying to prevent us from having a great night and a great pay-per-view. I am training to beat Floyd Mayweather and after I do that no one will be saying that he takes easy fights anymore."

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