First of all, I don't see how any fighter can be called a "pussy." It take balls, huge balls, to climb into a ring in the first place, and put your health on the line just to try and entertain a bunch of people who might just end up calling you names because you don't do what they want you to do... sorry, but it bothers me when fighters all called pussies, though I have been guilty of it myself in moments of anger and frustration (see my recent posts on JT), but it is simply not true, and I recind my previous comments to that point. All fighters have tremendous courage and guts... even JT and Mora.
Secondly, there is no way Mora was going to KO Taylor, and thus no way he was going to win. B-Hop, Winky, and maybe even Spinks all beat him and still got the shaft. Why throw away all you've earned and accumulated just to lose?. If you look good against him and still lose, you'll probably get ducked, and if you get KO'd in the 1st round, then you were overrated garbage anyways, so how can the guy win?
I don't blame Mora for a second for turning the fight down. Spinks is already established as a top-level fighter, as is Ouma, so they really had nothing to lose. Mora in my opinion had plenty to lose and very little to gain, as he was not going to get the decision in JT's backyard, performing for his pimps at HBO, no matter what he did in the ring.