Mayweather vs. Maidana 2 Round by Round: How to Catch Live Updates Online

The May encounter between Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Marcos "El Chino" Maidana was one of the most intriguing fights in recent memory. The rematch on Sept. 13 may be even more highly anticipated after what happened four months ago, though.

Mayweather improved his record to 46-0 with a victory, but it was by majority decision as one of the judges scored it a draw. Mayweather clearly wasn't at his best, and there is no question that Maidana's style gave him some problems.

Although Maidana probably had the better game plan in their initial meeting, Mayweather was the more efficient fighter and was ultimately able to win more rounds. If Maidana employs a similar strategy this time around, it will be interesting to see if Mayweather to grind through it again.

Each and every round will be of the utmost importance in this fight, and here is all the information you need to get round-by-round updates throughout the bout.

Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas

When: Saturday, Sept. 13 (Card starts at 8 p.m. ET)

Watch: Showtime PPV

Round-by-Round Updates

Follow Bleacher Report's live blog for updates throughout the night as well as round-by-round analysis of the main event between Mayweather and Maidana.

Breaking Down Potential Results

Decision

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With 26 career knockouts to his credit, Mayweather is perfectly capable of stopping his opponents. With that said, many of his knockouts came early in his career against inferior competition. Six of Mayweather's past seven fights have gone the distance, and going all 12 rounds probably represents his best opportunity to beat Maidana yet again.

Even though Mayweather wasn't at his best during his first contest against Maidana, he still came out ahead on the scorecards of two judges. Mayweather at his very best would have picked Maidana apart and eliminated all doubt regarding the result.

After being a little too close for comfort in the first fight, there is no question that Mayweather will go to great lengths to make adjustments. Because of that, Chris McKenna of the Daily Star sees Mayweather vs. Maidana II being a one-sided affair:

It is nearly impossible to outbox Mayweather, so Maidana is in a position where he may have to get even more aggressive and go for the knockout. His tactics kept things close last time, but doing the same thing in the second fight still won't net him a decision victory.

Look for Mayweather to focus on winning this fight on the scorecards yet again but certainly in a more emphatic fashion.

Knockout

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Of Maidana's 35 career victories, 31 have come by way of knockout. The Argentinian star has more pure power than almost anyone else in the sport. He is the type of fighter who can end a bout in one punch, so Mayweather certainly has to be wary of that.

At the same time, Maidana's power wasn't overly apparent in May. He seemed more worried about disrupting Mayweather's rhythm than hitting him with clean shots and hurting him. That has to change in order for Maidana to have a true shot at victory. Based on his comments leading up to the fight, Maidana plans to take a slightly different approach.

According to EastSideBoxing.com, Maidana intends to stop Mayweather in his tracks.

"First, I'm going to give him a beating, and then I'm going to knock him out," Maidana said.

Maidana's manager, Sebastian Contursi, concurred with his client's assessment, per Elie Seckbach of EsNewsReporting.com:

Knocking out Mayweather is a nice goal to set, but nobody has ever been able to do it before. Mayweather is so difficult to hit consistently with power punches that most fighters abandon that strategy. 

If they try too hard for a knockout, though, they leave themselves susceptible to Mayweather's deceptively powerful counterpunching.

A knockout of Mayweather would be a historic moment, and it would establish Maidana as one of the best fighters in the world, but it is likely nothing more than a pipe dream.

Draw

There is no more unsatisfying decision in boxing than a draw. Fans hate to see them, but there are certainly times when two fighters are locked in a stalemate. Many thought that was the case in the first fight between Mayweather and Maidana. In fact, one judge agreed, but the other two felt as though Mayweather did enough to earn the win.

If the second fight is a carbon copy of the first one, then it is entirely possible that a draw will be the result. Different judges view fights in a different manner. Boxers are competitive by nature, though, so neither Mayweather nor Maidana will enter Saturday's bout looking for a draw.

Something will have to give in all likelihood with Mayweather trying to pick Maidana apart and Maidana trying to knock Mayweather out. Now that Money knows what to expect out of his pesky opponent, he figures to be better prepared to deal with his tactics.

Because of that, Mayweather will win by decision once again, but this time it will be in unanimous fashion.

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