Ricardo Mayorga vs Vernon Forrest - Closet Classic

[Unknown Champ]

That was a prime example of when another fighter gets in another's head, Mayorga did just that.

[AddiX]

I miss Mayorga.

[Ringlife]

This fight brought me back R.I.P Forrest.

[STREET CLEANER]

Wow! this turned into a Floyd thread by the first comment, well done guys

LMFAO, you can talk about anything and Floyd always comes in any thread

[-PBP-]

I remember this fight from starting the biggest chain reaction of ****ery I've ever seen.

Mayorga beat Forrest 2x, unifying the WBC/WBA belts

Spinks (IBF champ) beats Mayorga to become undisputed champ

Judah beats Spinks to become undisputed champ

Judah has a "Zab moment" and loses to Baldomir

So after all that ****ery....Carlos "Tata" Baldomir became lineal welterweight champion.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

what i got from that fight is styles make fights , and skills dont always pay the bills ...

that is why i think duran thinking floyd jr is average is normal and i think even chavez sr would've made floyd that way ....

Skills pay the bills about 90% of the time,,, this was one of the 10% times it doesnt

Wow! this turned into a Floyd thread by the first comment, well done guys

It always does,,, especially when the topic is around the welter division

Mayweatherr is a much better boxer than Forrest.

FLoyd is a more complete boxer, but he isnt leagues above forrest,, honestly floyd would be hard-pressed to beat forrest, his jab and length would cause floyd alot of problems,,,

..and chavez sr was much better fighter than mayorga...

Yes he was,,

I miss Mayorga.

I miss him too,,, I wish he would have fought margs, corrales, gatti, baldomir,,,, at welter mayorga was a monster,,, but then he went up in weight and tito ruined him... Mayorga was one of my all time favorites

[racer59]

I was there at Pechanga for this fight. It was pretty crazy. Very small ballroom. Mayorga walked thru the back of the room to get to his dressing room during one of the undercards and started to get people going. He was definitely in Vernon’s head. I was a few seats behind Margarito who took off pretty quickly after the fight was stopped. I remember whishing King and Arum could get together and make that fight instead of the Vernon rematch. That would have been a fun fight at the time.

[STREET CLEANER]

I was there at Pechanga for this fight. It was pretty crazy. Very small ballroom. Mayorga walked thru the back of the room to get to his dressing room during one of the undercards and started to get people going. He was definitely in Vernon’s head. I was a few seats behind Margarito who took off pretty quickly after the fight was stopped. I remember whishing King and Arum could get together and make that fight instead of the Vernon rematch. That would have been a fun fight at the time.

I would still pay to see a Mayorga/Margarito fight

[racer59]

I think it would have been alot like the Margarito vs Danny Perez fight but the build up would have been NUTS!

[Bushidō]

Forrest fought scared in the rematch and ended up losing. These losses hurt him from becoming potentially an ATG.