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By Doug Fischer - This Saturday’s Showtime-televised challenge of WBC super welterweight titlist Vernon Forrest is not only Sergio Mora’s sternest test as a professional boxer, it’s his first fight at the 154-pound limit and his first bout scheduled for the 12-round championship distance.
Given these factors, Mora’s conditioning is as paramount as his gameplan and mindset going into his first crack at a respected “name” opponent.
Most fight scribes and pundits have so little respect for Mora as world title challenger, believing the East L.A. native who gained fame on The Contender TV series lacks both the talent and skill to contend with Forrest, they haven’t bothered to wonder if the career middleweight will be able box effectively at 154 pounds or fight hard in the “championship rounds” of the bout, should it go the distance.
Those concerns are the job of Mora’s conditioning coach, Robert Ferguson, a Ventura-based fitness guru and nutritionist who has worked with notable fighters such as Samuel Peter and Steve Forbes but is perhaps best known in the boxing world for having had the unenviable task of getting Fernando Vargas down to fighting weight during the twilight of the Oxnard native’s career. [details]
Given these factors, Mora’s conditioning is as paramount as his gameplan and mindset going into his first crack at a respected “name” opponent.
Most fight scribes and pundits have so little respect for Mora as world title challenger, believing the East L.A. native who gained fame on The Contender TV series lacks both the talent and skill to contend with Forrest, they haven’t bothered to wonder if the career middleweight will be able box effectively at 154 pounds or fight hard in the “championship rounds” of the bout, should it go the distance.
Those concerns are the job of Mora’s conditioning coach, Robert Ferguson, a Ventura-based fitness guru and nutritionist who has worked with notable fighters such as Samuel Peter and Steve Forbes but is perhaps best known in the boxing world for having had the unenviable task of getting Fernando Vargas down to fighting weight during the twilight of the Oxnard native’s career. [details]
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