Same but I'm glad he is retired...did you see his last fight? Shame he wasted so many of his somewhat viable years down the stretch w/ DKP.
Mosley's girl definitely was over acting Mayorga is a loose cannon though. It came off like WWF but Mayorga's recent hijinks seems like something he would do.
I don't miss him as much as some of you guys. I don't think he produced as much as he hyped up fights.
I also miss him, but honestly it would have been better if he smoked/drank less and trained more. The outrageous trash talk is a lot more fun when you can win more than 50% of your fights. Although, most of his losses came against really tough opponents and he gave Mosely and Cotto both much tougher fights than expected. As for Mosley Slap-Gate: how often does one fighter's girl/wife conduct the face off? Also, it seemed a little far-fetched that the girlfriend just so happened to bend over directly in front of Mayorga, knowing his history of unhinged behavior.
Underrated fighter imo he was one of those fighter's who does great in only one division (147) moving up in weight was the worst decision of his career, he was a beast at 147 and could've done more if he never moved up in weight...
''I had a dream last night that I threw a rotten orange at Fernando Vargas and hit him in the chin. And he went down. And he didn't get back up. That's what is going to happen on September 8th.'' ''You better start injecting steroids again, cause you are going to need it against me'' ''I'm not going to lay down. You're going to lay your wife down to me'' ''I have been sparring with live chickens as they emulate chicken De La Hoya best. They run just like he does. Most people don't understand that of all the fighters in boxing, Oscar is the one I like least. He's a pretty boy and it makes me want to defeat him.'' ''I am upset because he did not call me for Father's Day. I am going to give him a whipping because I did not get my present'' ''After I kill Vargas, I will volunteer to be the step-dad to Vargas kids after his death.'' ''After I knock you out Oscar, I look forward to drinking the warm milk from your wife breast.'' ''You are as fat as my 11 year old son ass'' ''You remind me of an old lady that's past her prime that should be sitting home in a rocking chair doing nothing'' ''All my fans, especially my Latino fans and Nicaraguan fans, I promise you I will become world champion. After I become world champion Piccirillo can go back to Italy and make pizza or pasta or whatever it is he does over there.'' ''Spinks, you are a f****t (rhymes with maggot), I want to sew a pair of nuts on you so you can stand and fight in front of me next time like a man.'' This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
I was at Boardwalk Hall that night when it took a genuine spoiler in Corey Spinks to barely engage with the aggressive, crowd pleasing showman like Ricardo Mayorga...and the result, unfortunately, was a pretty dull affair where the judges surprisingly favored the challenger Spinks’ negative style over the champ. Mayorga, to his credit, did what he could to make it a fight...but he was limited. But then I was at MSG about 2 years later for Tito’s comeback fight against Mayorga at 160. And the fireworks that they delivered that night more than made up for the letdown against Spinks. Fun to watch, even in defeat...Mayorga, for all his flaws, was must see TV for me.