In Round 4, Marcos Maidana had his best round so far in his rematch with Floyd Mayweather and he needed to come out in Round 5 and build on that momentum. Maidana landed a left hand and a good jab, but Mayweather landed a nice right hand.
Mayweather vs. Maidana 2 live results: Round 5
A look at the action from Round 5 of the rematch between Marcos Maidana and Floyd Mayweather.
The early action in this round was taking place in the center of the ring and that allowed Floyd to throw jabs and straight rights, but Maidana landed a good counter right and a hard jab.
Still, Mayweather controlled the first half of the round with the jab and right hand. Mayweather misses with a right hand and then slips another. Nice flurry landed for Maidana as Mayweather tried to throw a jab.
Hard right hands continued for Mayweather, and Maidana found himself on the ropes.
Maidana’s output went down considerably and that isn’t a good thing with the plan he needs to follow to win this fight.
A 10-9 Mayweather round on the SB Nation card makes it 49-46 Mayweather after 5.
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