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While tonight’s fight is no longer a major title opportunity, Sergio Mora has every intention of using his ESPN2-televised bout with Abraham Han as an audition to earn his spot on the middleweight stage.
Original plans called for Mora to face two-time middleweight titlist Jermain Taylor tonight at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Taylor ruined those plans—and possibly the rest of his life—following his outrageous behavior and eventual arrest during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.
With Taylor currently jailed and awaiting title, Mora was ready for whatever adviser Al Haymon was ready to throw his way. In came Han, who accepted the fight on less than three weeks’ notice. The former super welterweight titlist doesn’t put any stock into that fact, and expects the very best version of the well-schooled Texan.
“The fact that he accepted this fight on short notice, it tells me he feels and knows that he can beat me,” Mora (27-3-2, 9KOs) believes, although also acknowledging another possible train of thought. “Or, he could be taking it just for the money, just wants to be on television, that he’s in decent enough shape to not get hurt, but not come in to win.
“My money is on the former when it comes to Abie, who always comes to fight.” [Click Here To Read More]
Original plans called for Mora to face two-time middleweight titlist Jermain Taylor tonight at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Taylor ruined those plans—and possibly the rest of his life—following his outrageous behavior and eventual arrest during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.
With Taylor currently jailed and awaiting title, Mora was ready for whatever adviser Al Haymon was ready to throw his way. In came Han, who accepted the fight on less than three weeks’ notice. The former super welterweight titlist doesn’t put any stock into that fact, and expects the very best version of the well-schooled Texan.
“The fact that he accepted this fight on short notice, it tells me he feels and knows that he can beat me,” Mora (27-3-2, 9KOs) believes, although also acknowledging another possible train of thought. “Or, he could be taking it just for the money, just wants to be on television, that he’s in decent enough shape to not get hurt, but not come in to win.
“My money is on the former when it comes to Abie, who always comes to fight.” [Click Here To Read More]
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