WBC strips Castillejo; is DeLahoya-Mayorga next???

[Shaolin Bushido]

Who'd the WBC want him to fight?

[cybernica]

LoL at however said that DLH can knock out Mayo. DLH is just like Vargas right now talking about the 150s but walking around in that "I am a pillbury dough boy" look @ 190. DLH has done nothing as of late compared to what he used to be..STRUM? Hopkins? By the same token Mayo hasn't done jack either but he did show something DLH hasn't show in a long time HEART. HE was getting his arse kicked and kept getting up unlike mr. golden boy and his "acting". ALthough it would be an exciting fight, Mayorga is too much risk for DLH he wont go near him....not to mention that a fight between these two would be a Arum/King marriage and that never happens unless you got TITO and HOya in there..

[SnoopySmurf]

I'm picking Mayorga. Coz I like him. He can beat a boxer if the boxer isn't too fast on his feet like Vernon Forrest. DLH better get on his bicycle and do his flurry and run tactic like he tried against Hopkins.

Two things can happen :

Oscar by UD
Mayorga by KO

[Mr. Ryan]

Let me quickly lay down the law. De La Hoya and Mayorga will never fight, the bout makes no sense for De La Hoya as De La Hoya has maybe a handful of bouts left in his career, and Mayorga is no longer a top flight fighter.
And one thing that has continued to bother me is the bias I see alot here. At 147, Mayorga was a threat and a serious fighter. At 154+, he is a catcher with little pop to his shot. Just because he can take a great shot and has balls of steel, doesn't make him a great fighter. Damn, was the Trinidad fight that long ago?

[cybernica]

I think the next in line would be Michele Piccirillo ....isn't that the guy Spinks beat? Anybody know what style he fights with and how he would match up with Mayo?

[Mr. Ryan]

I think the next in line would be Michele Piccirillo ....isn't that the guy Spinks beat? Anybody know what style he fights with and how he would match up with Mayo?

Yeah, Piccirillo is a boxer.

[ghetto passport]

De La Hoya by decision.

[cybernica]

Let me quickly lay down the law. De La Hoya and Mayorga will never fight, the bout makes no sense for De La Hoya as De La Hoya has maybe a handful of bouts left in his career, and Mayorga is no longer a top flight fighter.
And one thing that has continued to bother me is the bias I see alot here. At 147, Mayorga was a threat and a serious fighter. At 154+, he is a catcher with little pop to his shot. Just because he can take a great shot and has balls of steel, doesn't make him a great fighter. Damn, was the Trinidad fight that long ago?

I think the fact that he may have the best chin @ 154, and still should have some power in his punches combined with his "cojones" makes him a force to be reckoned with in that division. And your right it will never happen...but not because of what you said but more so because DLH has one more fight with ARUM(sort of he gets first dibs) and Mayo is a King fighter. DLH is not out looking for the best fights..he fought STRUM thinking it would be an easy belt at Middle Weight, not because it was a known name but rather a belt in another weight class. He will fight a no body in sept..his excuse to get a feel for the wieght class. (thats my 2 cents)

[Mr. Ryan]

I think the fact that he may have the best chin @ 154, and still should have some power in his punches combined with his "cojones" makes him a force to be reckoned with in that division. And your right it will never happen...but not because of what you said but more so because DLH has one more fight with ARUM(sort of he gets first dibs) and Mayo is a King fighter. DLH is not out looking for the best fights..he fought STRUM thinking it would be an easy belt at Middle Weight, not because it was a known name but rather a belt in another weight class. He will fight a no body in sept..his excuse to get a feel for the wieght class. (thats my 2 cents)

You know, tonight at 9 PM on ESPN Classic they are replaying the 1980 bout between Earnie Shavers and Randall Cobb.
At 154 and up, Ricardo Mayorga is Randall Cobb, a major league catcher. He hasn't been impressive since the last Vernon Forrest fight.

[cybernica]

What do you mean by catcher....sounds like someone who blocks punches with their head ala Mayo/Tito or DLH with Strums Jab.