Duran vs Mayorga at welter...

[fan johnny]

Mayorga was all heart and a great fighter and like ward and Gatti they were all over-achievers that didn't quite have the talent to make it to the elite level in boxing. Duran had too much skill for mayorga.

[Fenster]

They would have never made the ring, Duran would have beat the living shit out of him at the press conference the second Mayorga opened his big mouth

[X]

if they were fighting in Panama, Duran would be incensed at the challenge to his machismo. Both guys would make tasteless threats to kill each other and shag each other's wives, it would be a massively hyped build up.

As soon as the first bell rings, it turns into an anticlimax. Duran times Mayorga beautifully and Ricardo finds he just can't 'get off' or pull the trigger without being painfully countered every time. By the third round it's turning into a systematic beating. By the fifth, sections of the crowd are calling for a halt to the butchery.

The bravest man in the ring turns out to be the referee, as Duran spends the next few rounds gleefully and unmercifully teeing off on Mayorga at will.

In the 8th, Ricardo goes down twice. Exhausted and beaten, he rises just after the ref reaches ten and the fight is waved off.

[ross]

Mayorga was all heart and a great fighter and like ward and Gatti they were all over-achievers that didn't quite have the talent to make it to the elite level in boxing. Duran had too much skill for mayorga.

Ok...

Mayorga was the undisputed Welter weight champion! How is that not elite

How would Duran have done against Forrest?

[Beanflicker]

How would Duran have done against Forrest?

He'd have had a hell of a time. Forrest was a bad motherfucker.

[Master]

How would Duran have done against Forrest?

He'd have had a hell of a time. Forrest was a bad motherfucker.

Mayorga walked through Forrest so would Duran.

[El Kabong]

Duran had trouble with Tommy Hearns......Forrest was not Hearns, tall yes, decent power, but nothing in the Hearns line of power

[brocktonblockbust]

There is no comp between the 2. Manos de Piedra knocks his ass out in 7.

[ross]

Duran had trouble with Tommy Hearns......Forrest was not Hearns, tall yes, decent power, but nothing in the Hearns line of power

Who else has had Mosely as hurt as Forrest?

[Master]

Duran had trouble with Tommy Hearns......Forrest was not Hearns, tall yes, decent power, but nothing in the Hearns line of power

Who else has had Mosely as hurt as Forrest?

The head butt earlier contributed to the knock down. Shane had a sold chin.

[IamInuit]

I thought this was a joke at first due to all the hypothetical matchups floating around. I now know that it wasn't.

Duran is taken from the ring in cuffs AND CHARGED WITH MURDER

[ross]

I thought this was a joke at first due to all the hypothetical matchups floating around. I now know that it wasn't.

Duran is taken from the ring in cuffs AND CHARGED WITH MURDER

Who did Duran KO at welter?

Whereas Mayorga was hit on the chin flush plenty of times by a who's who of the biggest punchers of the 2000's. Often free shots.

When he gave a shit he could take 12 rounds of it without flinching in the Forrest rematch.

How many other welter/middles could afford to offer and take 3 consecutive left hooks off of Trinidad and immediately chase and knock Trididad down?

[Beanflicker]

How would Duran have done against Forrest?

He'd have had a hell of a time. Forrest was a bad motherfucker.

Mayorga walked through Forrest so would Duran.

Boxing match doesn't always add up like that though, styles make fights and I think Duran has a tough time with Vernon Forrest.

[fan johnny]

Mayorga was all heart and a great fighter and like ward and Gatti they were all over-achievers that didn't quite have the talent to make it to the elite level in boxing. Duran had too much skill for mayorga.

Ok...

Mayorga was the undisputed Welter weight champion! How is that not elite

How would Duran have done against Forrest?

Mayorga doesn't get into most anyone's top ten lists for his era and n other into the top 100 so I say that keeps him out of being labeled an elite. He was a great fighter not a great boxer. His biggest asset was his heart, followed by his power. His best win arguably was against forest some will say mosley. He was no match for Duran. Duran against forest I imagine he'd have a hard time but eventually ko forest unless forest decided he needed to stay outside and run to survive.

[p4pking]

Mayorga was all heart and a great fighter and like ward and Gatti they were all over-achievers that didn't quite have the talent to make it to the elite level in boxing. Duran had too much skill for mayorga.

Ok...

Mayorga was the undisputed Welter weight champion! How is that not elite

How would Duran have done against Forrest?

Mayorga doesn't get into most anyone's top ten lists for his era and n other into the top 100 so I say that keeps him out of being labeled an elite. He was a great fighter not a great boxer. His biggest asset was his heart, followed by his power. His best win arguably was against forest some will say mosley. He was no match for Duran. Duran against forest I imagine he'd have a hard time but eventually ko forest unless forest decided he needed to stay outside and run to survive.

Referring to Mosley not being instructed to a neutral corner before his last second KO? That was shady for sure, I was surprised it didn't get talked about a little more at the time. I think the way the cards went Mosley would have won a UD anyways. I do think Mayorga was up in that fight, Mosley had been pretty crap but did manage to close the show.