By Mark Vester
Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga (27-6-1, 22 KOs) is still upset with having to change the catch-weight for his upcoming bout with “El Feroz” Fernando Vargas (26-4, 22 KOs), scheduled to take place at the Staples Center on November 23.
Mayorga recently shouted insults to Vargas during a conference call with the media, vowing to take him on at any weight.
"No matter what, I’ll fight you at 180. He keeps changing the weight class to fight. So no matter what weight you come, I'm going to knock you out, you fatass. My style is enough to beat Vargas. It's really a shame that I have to keep changing my contract on the way from 162 to 166. It doesn't matter to me what way he comes, I'm going to beat him no matter what," Mayorga said.
After the bout on Nov. 23, Mayorga plans to come down in weight to the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds. While not revealing the name, it was obvious that Mayorga comments regarding a title win at 154 were referring to current WBC champion Vernon Forrest, who dropped two bouts to Mayorga at welterweight.
"In any weight class I'm stronger than him. This is all about the hormones that you have in your body, and I have too many men's hormones in my body, and he doesn't. He has some girl's hormones in his body, so I'm stronger than him no matter what. I want to beat Vargas, and then I want to come down to 154 and I want to be a world champion at 154, and of course everybody knows who is my son. I just have to go in the ring and tell him give me my title," Mayorga said.
Mayorga plans to weigh no more than 164 on the day of the fight, hoping to gain a significant speed advantage on Vargas.
"Right now I was thinking of showing up at 164, which is what I was training at, and around that is what I was weighing with all the training, but who knows from here to the fight. But it doesn't really matter what weight I arrive. I may arrive less. Vargas is going to feel my hands. That's the important part here."
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