Prime Mayorga in today's WW division

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Mayorga was an animal but he burnt out pretty fast.

You looka at the losses he had years ago and the money he was able to make regardless and he was also the undisputed welter champ and beat the pound for pound best fighter twice on the trot. He was seriously dangerous!

Even when he fucked arou d with half assed training and had to move up in weight to accomodate his lack of discipline he still managed to push and give hard fights to the likes of Trinidad, De La Hoya, Vargas, Mosely and Cotto. I believe Mosely was still cheating in the Mayorga fight and Mayorga certainly did better than Margarito who was seen as a cyborg at the time.

Back in the day, Mayorga ould throw every punch full power and still have an amazing work rate in the 12th. Mosely would not have kept out of the way of Mayorgas punches back then, he was not great defensively and its a shame he didnt get his shot against Shane because the result would have been the same as against Forest but Shane maybe would have still had more of a career afterwards, as he did when completely outboxed by Winky.

Also, if Mayorga was prime now, Pacquiao would never have moved up and Arum would not have let him anywhere near Mayorga. Only Floyd would be the favourite to beat him in todays division. Also, it may be bullshit but Mayorga has said when he was training in miami years ago that Angelo Dundee told him that he is the only fighter that could beat Mayweather.