“Fighting Words” – Fernando Vargas v. Ricardo Mayorga: Plump and Circumstance

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By David P. Greisman - The ingredients were all there: Ricardo Mayorga and Fernando Vargas didn’t like each other, not after the trash talk and the press conference brawl, not with the Plexiglas partitions and the knockout promises. It was all the usual pomp and circumstance taken to the extreme.

That they were fighting for pride was largely because there was little else to fight for. Win or lose, this was to be Vargas’s final time in the ring. He had battled with the scales, battled with injuries and battled with many of the best fighters of his generation. He had a wife and children to spend time with, investments to look after. Mayorga was the fall guy looking to make one last climb into contention. The former welterweight champion had since become an upper-tier designated opponent, boxing’s equivalent of the Washington Generals for when a Felix Trinidad or an Oscar De La Hoya needed to look good. Mayorga wanted a return to legitimacy. Vargas wanted to retire with a blaze of glory. [details]

[ferocity]

I was very surprised how much praise Mayorga continully gave to Vargas. It was almost sickning. But after that one has to respect Mayorga for that. Funny thing though, Vargas said he was going to do this after he beat Mayorga, but strangly enough it was after he lost to Mayorga.

[baya]

still haven't seen this fight but i'm in shock.

if there were 2 fights this year that i'd a bet the house on, but FORTUNATELY didn't, they were pavlik / taylor and mayorga / vargas.

i GROSSLY underestimated pavlik. mayorga, i'll comment on you after i see the fight.

[cyclepsycho]

I would of liked to see the fight but did not want to pay to see to Vargas at his deminished skill level or Mayorga who has never really had any skill. It seems more like a boxing after dark type fight.

[MaYaN_SuN]

Just saw the fight...


Vargas..what can I say? He came into his last bout with a gut and unable to move his legs, those 2 knock downs weren't even solid knock downs. The inability to get his own slow ass legs underneath him is why he was tipped over. I mean he just fell over on that first knock down, and on the second his old man legs couldnt even keep him balance.

And I was disapointed in Mayorga, he definanlty needs to get down in weight. His sloppiness was equal to Vargas' lethargic effort. Mayorga's sloppiness works best for him when those wild crazy punches are kamikaze-fast and strong, not when they're slow and practically limp. He can't swing with that extra weight. For his career's sake, he should shoot down to a lean 150 so he can transfer to 147 with as much ease as possible. I wanna see Mayorga able to throw his arms for 12 rounds, I want to see the same energy he had in every fight before the Trinidad fight.

[-Antonio-]

Vargas was surviving with smarts and technique alone. His physical skills were completley shot. His punches were slow and methodical, he couldnt put punches together. His legs were gone.

I thought Mayorga looked better in this fight than he did against Oscar. Then again his opponent had something to do with that.