Great news! There is an official information that Mayorga will fight in MMA soon. Can't wait to see it. The opponent is TBA.
http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/9/5/1016631/ricardo-mayorga-going-into-mma this guy can't be serious .
Hopefully he does well, if boxers (above club level) do well in MMA then boxings popularity may increase a bit more... from the guys I talk to it seems MMA's popularity seems to spawn from the fact that they believe in a "real" street fight an MMA guy will beat a boxer.
I don't think Mayorga will do well based on his style in the ring But you know last night they had UFC 95 on TV and I watched the main event despite it being ****ing boring just to compare it to boxing. You had two guys who were boxing for three 5-minute rounds. They boxed the whole time and barely threw a kick every once in a whle. And let me tell you something, they sucked. If that was PW in there he would have knocked both out in 1 round. They wouldn't even be able to get close to him without eating an uppercut or a jab so forget about takedowns. The elite boxers would do well in MMA and beat alot of a top fighters because MMA is still a young sport that hasn't had the evolution of boxing yet. here's a youtube clip of the fight in bad quality but just to give you an idea. [yt]npfuihu5MwA[/yt]
That's unfair for the MMA guys, now Mayorga is going to rule over their sport and they can't do anything about it :/