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Ok so Maidana is throwing his hat back in the ring, so to speak. As a fighter the guy took Floyd to the woodshed (many thought he even won the first match), not at Floyd's favorite weight, but he showed the chops of a throwback pressure fighter with hard hands. Reminded me a bit of one of my favorite fighters of all time, El Matador Mayorga!! I thought it might be interesting to compare and contrast the two. Mayorga never really was able to come back but when he was at the height of his glory I thought he was spectacular.
His explosive punching was phenomenal and he had a sense of attacking with real vitrol and in the manner of one who had nothing to lose. Mayorga was imo funny, endearing in his own way, often apologizing after the match, but with some of the funniest smack talking... I feel like if he could have been managed better he had a lot of talent and could have gone further, but the apex of his career was the victories over Forrest who was an incredible fighter in his own right.
Mayorga went by the idiom that the best defense was to knock your opponents head off, and to make sure you got in that head before the fight, talking about family, and what you would do to them. Mayorga had skills but was one dimensional... If one took Artoro Gatti and had stuck a lamp cord up his posterior before fight and plugged it in...one would have Mayorga on a typical day. But like the way he fought, his star burned bright and soon.
Maidana was another guy coming up from the trenches...Neither Maidana, nor Mayorga fought in the prevailing style of the many Mexican fighters they would have been exposed to as, Central and South Americans. This is an interesting point. And while Mayorga was all about the explosive offense, Maidana was more circumspect, a careful pressure fighter with a suprisingly good jab.
Both guys fight/fought offensively and have/had good power and have managed to notch some impressive wins (Morales and Broner for Maidana). Both guys are old school, willing to mix it up. Both guys were succesful against very talented boxers, Forrest and Mayweather... And while one guy was not very succesful coming back, the horizon is open regarding Maidana's come back attempt!
Do you have a preference? BTW when Mayorga beat Six Heads Louis the first time, Louis was a very hot prospect. He also handled an always dangerous Nando...
His explosive punching was phenomenal and he had a sense of attacking with real vitrol and in the manner of one who had nothing to lose. Mayorga was imo funny, endearing in his own way, often apologizing after the match, but with some of the funniest smack talking... I feel like if he could have been managed better he had a lot of talent and could have gone further, but the apex of his career was the victories over Forrest who was an incredible fighter in his own right.
Mayorga went by the idiom that the best defense was to knock your opponents head off, and to make sure you got in that head before the fight, talking about family, and what you would do to them. Mayorga had skills but was one dimensional... If one took Artoro Gatti and had stuck a lamp cord up his posterior before fight and plugged it in...one would have Mayorga on a typical day. But like the way he fought, his star burned bright and soon.
Maidana was another guy coming up from the trenches...Neither Maidana, nor Mayorga fought in the prevailing style of the many Mexican fighters they would have been exposed to as, Central and South Americans. This is an interesting point. And while Mayorga was all about the explosive offense, Maidana was more circumspect, a careful pressure fighter with a suprisingly good jab.
Both guys fight/fought offensively and have/had good power and have managed to notch some impressive wins (Morales and Broner for Maidana). Both guys are old school, willing to mix it up. Both guys were succesful against very talented boxers, Forrest and Mayweather... And while one guy was not very succesful coming back, the horizon is open regarding Maidana's come back attempt!
Do you have a preference? BTW when Mayorga beat Six Heads Louis the first time, Louis was a very hot prospect. He also handled an always dangerous Nando...
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