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Marcos Maidana camp notes from Puerto Rico; addresses Lucas Matthyse history

On August 27th, interim WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana will find himself in a do or die fight against Gilroy, California’s Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero inside of the HP Pavilion in San Jose. It is the exact kind of fight that boxing thrives on as we will find out whether the pressure and power of Maidana will be enough to upend Guerrero, who has shown himself to be an efficient and polished boxer-puncher over the years.

Maidana had spent his recent training camps out in Las Vegas but felt that a change was in order for the Guerrero fight. For this contest he has been putting in work on the island of Puerto Rico as he trains in San Juan near the Barrio Obrero area.

Speaking from camp, the 27-year old Maidana insists that being on the island has had a calming effect on him.

“I feel great. I really enjoy this kind of atmosphere out here in Puerto Rico since we have the beautiful ocean, the beach and especially a hot temperature.  We came from a terrible cold weather in Argentina so here is paradise.  I keep my usual team with me and we are having a good camp, training hard for another yet tough fight,” Maidana told me through his advisor Sebastian Contursi recently.

It’s important for Maidana to leave a message against Guerero, as his most recent performance this past April saw him struggle towards a majority decision over come backing Erik Morales inside of the MGM Grand . On that same card, Guerrero would put forth one of his most complete performances as a professional when he carved up former title challenge Michael Katsidis to collect the interim WBA and WBO lightweight belts.

Maidana knows what he is going up against with Guerrero but don’t expect him to change up his aggressive style.

“He is a very skillful fighter,” Maidana said with respect. “Knows how to walk the ring, boxes very well and is a very smart counterpuncher.  I’ll put pressure on him as I usually do and let’s see what new things my trainer Rudy Perez has in store for me.”

I was also sure to ask Maidana about his countryman Lucas Matthyse, who was seen this past June 25th dropping a controversial split-decision to former champion Devon Alexander in St. Louis despite scoring a third round knockdown and often pressing the action. I asked Marcos if he caught the fight and what he thought of everything.

“I did,” Maidana confirmed. “I think Lucas deserved to win by a narrow margin. In the end, it happened what everyone thought it was gonna happen if the fight went the distance.

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* goseePR.com Mapped GPS Coordinates: 18.360307, -66.980537 Upper Waterfall *

The Double Waterfalls, Upper and Lower Waterfalls, are one of the best day trips that you can make.  HOWEVER, DO NOT GO OUT THERE WITHOUT A GPS AND OUR MAPPED COORDINATES.  We went through the work of mapping this place out so take advantage of it.  This is on the top of the list for hard places to find without a GPS.  However, if you take our map with you it should be a walk in the park.

Now let’s get on with the details.  As the route shows, you will come up on a gate (PICTURED) which is on the left side of the road, park next to it, but not in front of it.  Grab everything you need because it’s hiking time.  Follow the path until you hit the man made pond and building.  At this marker you can break off to the left and find the lower waterfall.  It is just a short walk down the trail from there.  If you want to go to the Upper Waterfall it is a bit further along.  At the marker instead of going down to the left, break off towards the right a bit and follow our route.  As you get close you will hear the waterfall.  The Upper Waterfall is a lot of fun because it has a rope swing.  If you are really up for adventure, there is a nearly impossible trail to find that takes you to the top of the waterfall.  If you think you found it and say to yourself, “there is no way this could be it”, well then you probably found it.  Let’s just say the trail will make you think you are Indiana Jones.  If you hit the top and don’t want to jump down there are some trails on the top side that lead out to the road.  Good luck finding it and HAVE FUN!

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