I've seen a couple posts where people have talked about how there's finally a top boxer close to his prime fighting in MMA...
Dude beat Vernon Forrest twice. How? That's a mystery that may never be solved, but it doesn't mean he's a top boxer any more than Sapp's two wins over Hoost made him a top kickboxer.
Mayorga is a brawler with a good chin, a hard punch, and unusually good conditioning for a brawler. But he has no skill, and his prime left him when he let Trinidad tee off on him. And then DLH and Mosley sent him even more into old fighting age.
The reason he's fighting in MMA is because he can't cut it as a boxer anymore.
Well ok...But that still doesn't change the fact that if Din tries to stand with him, Din will get ktfo. So it's still interesting.
So you're saying that losing to Trinidad, De La Hoya and Mosley means that you are not a top boxer?
If he wasn't a top boxer, he probably would have never been granted a chance to fight such opponents.
This fight is not happening, its a shame.
Din - RNC round 1, first 2 minutes.....
Munchausen - So you're saying that losing to Trinidad, De La Hoya and Mosley means that you are not a top boxer?
You're not. Fernando Vargas fought all 3 of them and lost to all 3 of them. I bet you don't even know who he is.
he beat andrew "nine-heads" lewis and fernando Vargas. both world class boxer-types.
You gave Six Heads three more and upgraded his status to "world class." Dude was never world class. He was a prospect who was exposed for having "six heads and no chin." Not my quote.
He beat Forrest twice, which is crazy. Sapp beat Hoost twice. Which is also crazy. Benji Radach got KO'd by a guy who doesn't even train. Crazy shit happens in combat sports sometimes.
Mayorga has no skill.
INDK - If he wasn't a top boxer, he probably would have never been granted a chance to fight such opponents.
He got those chances because he's marketable. He has an exciting fighting style, talks mad shit, smokes cigarettes during his post fight interviews, and holds two wins over a world class fighter, which can make people think Mayorga is a legitimate world class fighter himself. But he's not.
Ryan G -and we have a winner!INDK - If he wasn't a top boxer, he probably would have never been granted a chance to fight such opponents.
He got those chances because he's marketable. He has an exciting fighting style, talks mad shit, smokes cigarettes during his post fight interviews, and holds two wins over a world class fighter, which can make people think Mayorga is a legitimate world class fighter himself. But he's not.
lol! only on the UG can a guy be universal champ in a weight class. holding wba, wbc and ring championship at welter, go up to 154 and win a belt there and fight all the top names of his era, trinidad, vargas, de lahoya, spinks, mosely, forrest and not be a top guy.
pharochuck - lol! only on the UG can a guy be universal champ in a weight class. holding wba, wbc and ring championship at welter, go up to 154 and win a belt there and fight all the top names of his era, trinidad, vargas, de lahoya, spinks, mosely, forrest and not be a top guy.
^this
*steps away from computer, bangs his supermodel wife, does 20 reps of 1000 lb squats, gets on mazarrati and does 0 to 60 in 1 second.
Ryan G -INDK - If he wasn't a top boxer, he probably would have never been granted a chance to fight such opponents.
He got those chances because he's marketable. He has an exciting fighting style, talks mad shit, smokes cigarettes during his post fight interviews, and holds two wins over a world class fighter, which can make people think Mayorga is a legitimate world class fighter himself. But he's not.
Just because of that huh, lol.
pharochuck - lol! only on the UG can a guy be universal champ in a weight class. holding wba, wbc and ring championship at welter, go up to 154 and win a belt there and fight all the top names of his era, trinidad, vargas, de lahoya, spinks, mosely, forrest and not be a top guy.
Carlos Baldomir was universal champ and fought Clottey, Judah, Gatti, Mayweather, and Forrest. Would you call him a top guy? I wouldn't.
Mayorga's reputation rests entirely on his two victories over Forrest. Winning titles by beating Six Heads Lewis and Michele Piccirillo doesn't make you a top fighter. Lewis was overrated and Piccirillo's reputation is based off of an absolute BS decision win over Spinks. And don't even try to say the Vargas win means anything. Vargas was a shot fighter by then.
Mayorga beating Forrest is just a mystery. He's really not very good.
Ryan G do you even realise how many active boxers there are in the world? To get the top of any division must mean you are in your words a "top boxer"
Mayorga is not and never was a top boxer.... As Ryan said his wins over Forest are baffling. He has no other big wins. And he was shot after the Trinidad fight
- REPORT: MAYORGA OUT, SHINE FIGHTS CANCELLED
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - by MMAWeekly.com Staff
Mayorga has a promotional contract with boxing promoter Don King, who, early Saturday afternoon, was awarded an injunction to block Mayorga’s participation in the mixed martial arts bout.
Shine Fights promoters initially told MMAWeekly.com that they were moving forward, the injunction be damned. Late Saturday afternoon, however, reporter Karen Bryant posted on her website that Mayorga is out and Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs. David Heath will now headline the Worlds Collide pay-per-view Saturday night.
Less than an hour later, Bryant, who was scheduled to be part of the Shine Fights broadcast team, tweeted that the North Carolina commission overseeing the event in Fayetteville allegedly pulled the plug on the entire event.
Shine Promotion officials were unavailable at the time of publication to verify the change.
(UPDATED at 4:10 p.m. PT on May 15 to note reported cancellation of the entire event.)
soldave - Ryan G do you even realise how many active boxers there are in the world? To get the top of any division must mean you are in your words a "top boxer"
You obviously don't know how boxing works. Mayorga signed with Don King and suddenly got ranked #1 in the world, therefore guaranteeing a title shot against Six Heads Lewis, who was hyped up. Mayorga whooped his ass. Later fights proved Lewis was never as good as advertised.
The WBO once ranked a dead guy in their top 10. Seriously. These organizations are so corrupt and incompetent it defies explanation.
RedCoat - I think the only people you heard saying Mayorga was at his prime were the people inside your head.
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=forum_framed.posts&forum=1&thread=1642206&page=1&pc=35
He's a very successful boxer. That doesn't necessarily mean he possesses top level SKILL. as stated above, he went pretty far on his chin, bravado and cardio, but "top level" boxer, as far as pure skill, he isn't. He's a brawler.