Classic Fight Revisited: Who do you think won Forrest-Mayorga II

[TBear]

Shame we never got a third match between them.

[Motofan]

I havent seen it since the live event, but I remember scoring it for Forrest back then.

[Exciterx30]

So, by now, it could be concluded that most saw Mayorga as the winner. However, I noticed some voted for Vernon, so it was still debatable and one of those close fights with very subjective scoring. It's one of those "what do you like" type of fights.

[Dead Ringer]

I tend to favor substance over style, so I scored it for Forrest, 115-113, when I first saw it live and then much later when I recently revisited it. Neither guy looked particularly good, but I thought Forrest's punches were landing much cleaner and Mayorga's were mostly getting partially blocked.

George Foreman and Harold Lederman had a strong bias towards Mayorga in the way they were announcing the fight, so it wouldn't surprise me if most people who saw it on TV thought Mayorga won.