Mayorga Wins over De LaHoya- prediction

[cold]

Oscar was the Golden Boy..but he is now aging and in his Golden Years.

Oscar has Lost his last 3 fights. I know the record says he won over Sturm...I watched the fight and Oscar lost to Sturm by UD.

Mayorga is going to KO Oscar because Oscar is Hollywoodized and weakened as a fighter by financial success and a opulent lifestyle. Oscar has been a great boxer but has declined.

Oscar record since 1999 fight with Trinidad is 5 Wins and 5 Losses (including the Sturm fight as a loss). Only two of the wins are notable- the ones over Vargas and over Gatti
Vargas and Gatti have both been beaten a few times each since.



Mayorgas record recently is also spotted by a MD loss to Spinks which I thought he won by SD so it was close.

Felix Trinidad beat Mayorga but prior to that he won twice over Vernon Forest...the same Vernon Forest who beat Mosely..and Mosely beat Oscar...soooo

And Trinidad beat Oscar as well...

If the odds mean anything...they went from +350 for Mayorga to win and are now +240 or lower.

I don't like Mayorga's degrading comments toward Oscar but I like his attitude, he has a mean streak, he smokes and he fights with abandon. Hopefully he will light up smoking a cigarette after the fight to celebrate his victory.

Mayorga is winning this fight.

[Kendo]

i have to disagree with you. while yes that sturm decision was close. but you have to look at it like this. dlh beat tito and he beat mosley the second time. no doubt about it. you cannot tell me he didnt beat tito. cruising that last 3 rounds or not he went into that 10th round with atleast 7 rounds under his belt. he beat mosley that second time again you cant tell me he didnt. he KOed the **** out of vargas. you also have to look at he was not in good shape at middleweight. you can tell by just looking at him. same with mayorga the extra weight he put on to fight tito just weighed him down. but i think that dlh really wants this fight. like he said only one other guy made him this mad and he got KOed. i have dlh in UD. but it will be a very good fight. a fight that boxing needs right now.

[Konstantin]

Mayorgas record recently is also spotted by a MD loss to Spinks which I thought he won by SD so it was close.

Lol how can you have him winning a SD did you have 3 different score cards and score them differently?

[SquareCircle]

he KOed the **** out of vargas. .

you mean the ref stepped in when he was throwing pitty pat punches..

[Floydko1]

I Gotta agree STURM beat OSCAR but as always in LAS VEGAS they LOVE OSCAR and if oscar got beat it would ave ****D the mega fight wid HOPKINS, OSCAR could be getting destroyd in a fight in vegas and it would be v tight on the score cards lol,I would ave agreed with COLD when he said MAYORGA will KO oscar? before a couple off weeks ago when this fight was set up i thought MAYORGA would beat OSCAR i thought oscar ANT got the HUNGER for fighting anymore but MAYORGAs been chating "****" ofr agers about OSCAR and i think its got more personal and OSCAR seems PISSED which can only be trouble for MAYORGA. i always thought Mayorgas best chance was tht oscars been inactive for 18 months, now involved wid his promotional company might go into the fight lacking tht intensity and focus he used 2 have but i think MAYORGAS Mouth has change tht i see OSCAR BEATING him now 100%%%%%%%%%%%%%

[cybernica]

Smoking Mayorga a breath of fresh airPeople who reckon boxing is devoid of characters these days would do well to spend some quality time with Ricardo Mayorga.


The Nicaraguan, who goes in with 'Golden Boy' of the fight game Oscar De La Hoya on May 6, was once dubbed 'The craziest man in sport' by Ring Magazine.


The former WBA and WBC welterweight and current WBC light-middleweight champion, who admits to smoking two packets of cigarettes a day, is what my old PE teacher might deem a "loose cannon".


'El Matador' infamously swigs down beer and eats pizza and chicken legs when weighing in for fights, showing a tongue-in-cheek contempt for his opponents and the niceties of the sport in general.


He was a 6/1 betting underdog ahead of his fight with Vernon Forrest back in 2003, the year he really burst onto the world stage proper with an inimitable swagger.


But that didn't stop him bragging before the fight: "I will give him a whipping. Not even his dog will recognize him when he gets home."


When not fighting or making threats to his opponents, he likes nothing more than drag racing in the streets of his homeland, a pastime that is illegal in Nicaragua.


Yet behind the outlandish bravado and wild antics, there stands a boxer who can really fight.


He can look crude and is not the most stylish fighter ever to lace up a glove, but he loves a tear up and fights like an alley-cat in there.


He also has one of the best chins in boxing, and I still cringe when I remember the night he kept inviting Felix Trinidad, regarded as one of the hardest punchers in the sport 'pound-for-pound', to blast away at his chin as he held it out like a lantern and mocked the Puerto Rican.


Few are giving him a chance against De La Hoya, but the 'Golden Boy' may not truly be in love with the sport anymore and an upset is certainly possible.


De La Hoya, boxing's main draw outside of the heavyweight division, has been inactive since September of 2004 and will certainly be rusty.


With his promotional interests and talk of a farewell fight in September, he could also be taking his eye off Mayorga, who infamously slapped his Mexican-American rival across the face during a recent press conference.


Mayorga is certainly talking a good fight.


When asked how his preparations are going for the bout, the 28-5-1 (23) pride from Managu nonchalantly replied: "I don't have to prepare mentally all that much for this match because I'm always ready to fight.


"That's what I am, a Nicaraguan street fighter. Oscar is the one that needs to prepare mentally to face me."


There is genuine animosity between the fighters, who are polar opposites in terms of appearance and the way they live outside the ring.


Mayorga has a devil may care attitude to his life and hs career it would seem, and he has had to fight tooth and nail to get where he is in the sport.


In contrast De La Hoya, the TV executives darling, has been a draw ever since his gold medal display at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (he turned pro amid a media frenzy soon after).


He is also a happily married family man these days who spends more time in a suit and tie than in a pair of boxing boots.


He is everything Mayorga is not, something that the Nicaraguan it seems is using as motivation for the bout.


"Most people don't understand that of all the fighters in boxing, Oscar is the one I like least. He's a pretty boy and it makes me want to defeat him.


"I have been sparring with live chickens as they emulate 'chicken' De La Hoya best. They run just like he does."


When pressed as to how he sees the fight going, Mayorga said: "Oscar's washed up. He is crazy to think he can try to stand up in front of me and take the punishment I will deliver. He was great at one time but logic and Mother Nature tell you he's washed up now.


"I don't want to leave the decision up to the judges so I'm going to knock him out before the sixth round."

Mayorga has been training in the United States for this fight, as he felt that for the Trinidad he had too many distractions in his native country. "I've been away from friends and family for two months, hitting the gym daily. I'm ready to go 12 rounds if I have to chase him all night long."

[Kendo]

dude are you kidding me vargas didnt know where he was. besides if he wasnt really hurt than he would have been bitching about it he is to proud to say that dlh beat him on pitty pat punches. come dude give me a break.

[SquareCircle]

he wasn't KO'd like you posted

[Kendo]

ok sorry TKOed but in anyway he got his ass handed to him

[Kendo]

ok sorry TKOed but in any way he got his ass handed to him. than was caught with steroids. he cheated and still couldnt win. you have to give DLH that fight the second mosley fight and that tito fight.