Closet Classic: Vernon Forrest vs Ricardo Mayorga 1

Didn't vernon severely **** up his left shoulder? I remember hearing him saying his jab was never going to be the same again.

That fight just goes to show you on any given night anyone can get it. Vernon was a very good boxer, mayorga looked like he trained boxing for 6 months. No footwork, wild ass looping punches, almost no jab, no head movement etc.

 

That mayorga would've ko'd Floyd in 4 rounds

 

he had shoulder problems for a long time since the mosley fights, he was at wildcard training with Eric Brown for one fight cant remember the bums name he fought though it was prior to the Quartey fight.... he was acutally recovering from surgery when he arrived at wildcard to train for that fight I think it was Rios

 

No it wasnt he told me he started to have problems with his shoulder going into the first Mosley bout, he never done anything about it, and that he hurt it most in the Mayorga fight early...

Now I know your going to throw your opinion out there and suggest I am bullshitting you, but its the honest to gods truth, Vernon was one of the most approachable star fighters who ever came into that gym, you could sit down and talk to him about nearly anything **** it still to this day blows my mind that he is gone....

I keep remembering he would get on my ass about my floor work... Still have the signed glove he gave me.. and still bump that Twista, Lets Go track he used to play all the time in the gym.......

 

My point is your guessing when his shoulder problems happened I am telling you when he said they happened