Comments Thread For: Mayorga Claims Presser Scuffle With Mosley Was Staged

[JakeNDaBox]

There was plenty of buzz through social media after Shane Mosley and Ricardo Mayorga engaged in a brief scuffle during Tuesday's press conference in Inglewood, California. According to Mayorga, that was precisely the idea.

Towards the end of the presser, Mayorga looked down and noticed Mosley's girlfriend bent over. The former welterweight and super welterweight champ took the opportunity to cop a free feel, issuing a quick open-hand slap. Mosley immediately charged after Mayorga before the two fighters were quickly separated.

Following reports of the incident, the volatile brawler from Nicargua now claims it was staged to help sell their rematch. The card airs live on Pay-Per-View this Saturday from The Forum in Inglewood, California, but admittedly can use all of the help it can get to drive sales.

Mayorga claims his actions were merely following orders and doing his part.

“It was all a show,” Mayorga (31-8-1, 25KOs) said in a video sent to and distributed by Nicaragua Canal 4. “Many people have labeled me as vulgar. It’s true that I slapped the hip of Mosley's girl, but I told them I’m not a vulgar, disrespectful man; it was wrong. I’m a man who admires women.” [Click Here To Read More]

[lopez36]

now watch mosley deny it was staged , it looked so fake

[LouIE G]

Mayorga should have waited till after the fight to admit this was a pr stunt.. this might hurt the ppv buys worst then what it already was going to be.. we'll see, but i agree with the first poster, most likely shane will deny this was staged.

[FeFist]

Part of me feels pity watching this train wreck-the other part ***10084;***65039;s the validation that I was, am & will always be the champion#TheToldYaSo***39;s

— JIN (@JinBeautiful) August 26, 2015

Lol, she certainly has the belts.

[killakali]

I wonder if mayorga is saying this because he got a lot of heat for it after and I just making an excuse

[texasboi15]

Mosley's girl's performance was fcking horrible lol

But I wouldn't mind slapping dat ass myself

[arraamis]

Yeah, it was staged, just like the cigarette slap.

Ask yourselves this question ......

How many boxer's plant their girlfriend (bending the hell over) right in between the two fighters during a freakin press conference?????

Mosley should be ashamed and embarrassed for reducing this charade of a so-called fight even further into WWE territory.

[FeFist]

I wonder if mayorga is saying this because he got a lot of heat for it after and I just making an excuse

Nah, it was quite obviously staged. How often do you see a boxer's wife or side piece up on stage? It's weird in and of itself. Then you throw in the fact that she bent down once, moved forward and bent down again so that her ass was in the perfect position to be smacked. Mix in a little bit of Mosley trying to promote the card as legit beef and add a sprinkle of him trying to present the card a meaningful contribution to the progression of women in sports.

The event was obviously staged and the idiot, Mosley, is too ****** to realise that what he did is insulting to the causes he proclaims to support. Sexual assault is a serious issue that shouldn't be turned into something reminiscent of a comedy sketch in an attempt to market a fight as being beneficial for women.

It's quite sad that Mosley has been reduced to this.

[damian War]

shouldn't he be saying this AFTER the fight.. come on mayorga, the media all fell for it, it gained the attention everybody wanted.

[bojangles1987]

I'm shocked.