I like Mora, I find his fights entertaining, but he's a prospect and nothing more at this point. I agree with those who say he's done nothing to deserve a title shot because he hasn't. He's got an interview on Boxingtalk right now where he talks about fighting Jermaine Taylor if the rematch with Pavlik doesn't occur, which is a very stupid decision on his part if he goes through with it.
In a lot of ways Mora is an unknown entity at this point - he's yet to fight anyone with much skill, so nobody can really know how he measures up to top-level competition (which he's nowhere near ready for). His inactivity and overconfidence I think will be his eventual downfall, if he started fighting 3 - 4 times a year against a rising level of competition we'd get to see where he actually stands in terms of skill and potential. He apparently looked like shit against Ayala, who was once a decent prospect, but I think much of that was due to ring rust/inactivity. I didn't see the fight, but apparently he got better as the fight wore on and he shook off some of the rust, but like I said, he's nothing but a prospect at this point.
I think in terms of his progress he's probably a little below someone like Duddy at this point - someone with a lot of questions surrounding his abilities, but he's nowhere near as bad as some make him out to be.
He does think he's a lot better than he actually is though and I can understand how his personality rubs some people the wrong way.
Flame away.