The fight for the WBC Welterweight title between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana is set for Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The always confident 37-year-old Mayweather announced that he would be keeping his title as his birthday present to himself. Mayweather has 45 wins and 0 losses with 26 knockouts while Maidana has 35 wins and 3 losses with 31 knockouts.

In addition to WBC Super Welterweight Champion and WBA Super Middleweight Champion titles, Floyd Mayweather Jr. holds the Ring Magazine pound-for-pound Champion, Welterweight and Jr. Middleweight Champion titles. He has fought and beaten 20 world champions, including Oscar De La Hoya, Carlos Baldomir, Zab Judah, Juan Manuel Marquez, Ricky Hatton, Victor Ortiz, Shane Mosley, Saul Alvarez and the late great Arturo Gatti.

The Argentine Marcos Maidana, known as El Chino, has fought boxers Josesito Lopez, Erick Morales, Jesus Soto Karass, DeMarcus Corley and Victor Ortiz but was beaten by Amir Khan and Devon Alexander by decision.

This boxing match seems to be a fight between a boxer versus a puncher. Although Maidana is a perilous puncher, the fight is not likely to measure up to the caliber of an Ali vs. Frazier match or a Hagler vs. Leonard fight. This fight would be more likely be like a Mayweather vs. Hatton boxing match, where a hard-hitting puncher is outmatched, outshined and skillfully out-boxed by Mayweather.

Prediction

It is possible that Mayweather will win this fight via technical knockout in a late round. Maidana will be moving back and forth throwing lots f power punches and will attempt to catch Mayweather off guard. Mayweather, on the other hand, will use his counter-punching and defensive skills to rub away Maidana. Maidana will be in trouble if he comes up defenseless and would most likely be taken out by Mayweather in the last rounds in a TKO win.

Tickets for the Mayweather vs. Maidana boxing match can be bought from different online ticket sites like vividseats.com, ticketnetwork.com, etc. You get a money back guarantee if you purchase via ticketnetwork.com. Ticket prices range from $409 to $433. The most popular bets (they vary by casino) are Mayweather (1/10), Maidana (8/1), Draw (38/1). The WBC Welterweight title match will be produced by Showtime PPV.