Vargas vs. Mayorga now a SMW bout

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

both fighters will look like **** in this one, i think mayorga should come in at around 160, much fitter than he would be at 168 and try to take vargas into the later rounds. fatty should be dead on his feet by r9

Yeah, but is anyone paying for this fight expecting or wanting to see these two fat ****s humping each other for 12 rounds?

Nahmean?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Oscar slowly and tactifully took him apart bit by bit in a way that was 10 times more elegant than Mayweather/Gatti. It was a style's fight, and Oscar was the exact perfect fighter for the 2 color-rubix cube that is Mayorga.

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You are remembering those fights in a way that I do not.

Mayorga, after the first round, had pulled himself back in. Oscar was starting to struggle and FMS was screaming at him to get his ass in gear and go KO Rico. Mayorga was actually landing shots on Oscar.

By contrast, PBF shut Gatti down from minute one, and Arturo did not land anything meaningful all night. Gatti would go 30 - 60 seconds without landing a single punch. It was a clinic in how to take apart a slugger.

[ForemanCrossArm]

jeez.. I doubt they're going to be in worse shape than 95% of the HW field, and people always pay for those fights.

plus, vargas didn't look too bad at 162 v. Joval. Hell, he may of weighed 168 by the time of the fight. Y'all just need to take a moment, step back, realize that there is a difference in moving up 10 or so pounds as compared to James Toney Supersize Me 100 pound move up.. Okay? These dudes have been training for quite a while, especially Mayorga. I think it's going to be all right in the end. It's still going to be a KO win for someone, now it's just going to be later in the fight, thus you get even more **** for your buck.

[ForemanCrossArm]

You are remembering those fights in a way that I do not.

Mayorga, after the first round, had pulled himself back in. Oscar was starting to struggle and FMS was screaming at him to get his ass in gear and go KO Rico. Mayorga was actually landing shots on Oscar.

By contrast, PBF shut Gatti down from minute one, and Arturo did not land anything meaningful all night. Gatti would go 30 - 60 seconds without landing a single punch. It was a clinic in how to take apart a slugger.

Mayweather Sr. was constantly shouting for him to jab, not to finish him, mang. He had him fighting a technical, countering fight off of his jab. It was one of FMS's better managed fights, IMHO. Oscar had Mayorga shut down before the fight even started.. And with the constant rememberance to keep jabbing Mayorga never stood a chance. Where as in the Gatti fight there were times where Gatti took punches to move close enough to cause damage but then basically gave up and backed back off, only to take more punches and back off again, put Mayorga in that situation and he would've kept forcing and probably landed a few decent shots. Gatti got owned, but still, not in the way Oscar did it to Mayorga. Anytime Mayorga got close and through the jab ODLH backed him down with solid counters, punches at angles, or a combination. Gatti/Mayweather is a hard fight to watch because Mayweather is playing Matador and Gatti doesn't know if wants to be a bull or not. Mayorga is going to be a bull against Vargas, and Vargas will probably try and be a bull back. I don't think it's going to work.

[Fox McCloud]

I'll put 10K on Mayorga if anyone is interested.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Gatti/Mayweather is a hard fight to watch .....

Whenever I feel down, I pop that DVD in, and it lifts my spirits immediately.


Every time Arturo Gatti gets pummeled, and angel gets her wings.

[bigdlb12]

they should just go ahead and move to HW, lol
whats another 30 lbs,lol

[mrrupo]

I wish Mayorga would have canceled the vargas fight when it got postponed and Cintron made him an offer to fight at 154lbs., like he had already planned. Mayorga probably would have lost, but if he did so in an entertaining fashion he could have lined up some fighters for himself for good money at 147. Mayorga/ Berto, Mayorga/ Zab, Mayorga/ Margarito. Even if he looks good at SMW, what's that do for his future? Calzaghe? Jermain taylor? Pavlik? Kessler? these guys would tear him apart. should have taken cintron. Cintron/ Mayorga would have been 10x better than cintron/ feliciano and mayorga/ vargas.