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By Cliff Rold - Since a December 2003 Welterweight unification defeat, he’s averaged exactly one fight per year. He lost three of them by knockout. Those three losses came at the hands of the three of the biggest names of the last decade at Welterweight and Jr. Middleweight: Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, and Felix Trinidad.
Of those three, only the Mosley fight did not end up a financial bonanza. It was not surprising; Mosley as an “A-side” to a promotion has rarely shaken the box office to its knees.
Put former lineal World Welterweight Champion and Jr. Middleweight titlist Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO) with a proven draw though and watch out.
At least, that must be what Bob Arum’s Top Rank promotional outfit is hoping for.
How else to explain one of the most unexpected matches made for the first half of 2011? Having fought only once in 2010, and that in June against feather-fisted Yuri Foreman, the man who stands as arguably the biggest U.S. draw outside of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will return from a nine-month absence from the ring for Mayorga? Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO) couldn’t do better than this? [Click Here To Read More]
Of those three, only the Mosley fight did not end up a financial bonanza. It was not surprising; Mosley as an “A-side” to a promotion has rarely shaken the box office to its knees.
Put former lineal World Welterweight Champion and Jr. Middleweight titlist Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO) with a proven draw though and watch out.
At least, that must be what Bob Arum’s Top Rank promotional outfit is hoping for.
How else to explain one of the most unexpected matches made for the first half of 2011? Having fought only once in 2010, and that in June against feather-fisted Yuri Foreman, the man who stands as arguably the biggest U.S. draw outside of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will return from a nine-month absence from the ring for Mayorga? Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO) couldn’t do better than this? [Click Here To Read More]
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