Cotto - Mayorga Fight Thread

[boxingbantz]

Just heard that Mayorga is only being paid $50k for this fight whilst Cotto is being paid $1m.

Mayorga's purse seems very low.

[BoxingGorilla]

I'm not sure what to make of this one. I have a feeling that I'm about to pay good money for a two round blow out. I doubt I'll order it. Afterall, I can watch Martinez-Dzinziruk for free.

Who can take Mayorga seriously at this point? He could win, but it would be a travesty if he did.

A travesty ?

It would be a triumph.

A travesty. Mayorga is a ridiculous now-and-again fighter who would do nothing to further the boxing scene. Cotto has delt with being punched in the face by a brick fisted cheater and needs this win to carry on.

BUT if it's true that Mayorga is only getting $50,000 I hope he wins just to spite the greedy bastards.

[Mar]

Hey if wanna loose some money possibly trust me on this one too. I'm pickin that lenny z australian kid to win by ko too.

[Gandalf]

Only 50,000 dollars? Really?

If so, then that's outrageous. What does that make it? A 95/5 split of the purse.

Come on Mayorga. Go get him.

[Hulk]

I'm not sure what to make of this one. I have a feeling that I'm about to pay good money for a two round blow out. I doubt I'll order it. Afterall, I can watch Martinez-Dzinziruk for free.

Who can take Mayorga seriously at this point? He could win, but it would be a travesty if he did.

A travesty ?

It would be a triumph.

A travesty. Mayorga is a ridiculous now-and-again fighter who would do nothing to further the boxing scene. Cotto has delt with being punched in the face by a brick fisted cheater and needs this win to carry on.

BUT if it's true that Mayorga is only getting $50,000 I hope he wins just to spite the greedy bastards.

Mayorga is a great champion who was SCREWED against Spinks and set on the path of becoming a "special attraction".

May the best man win.

And did you mean 500,000 ? I could believe that but NOT 50 grand.

[No Contest]

50k are you serious? Well he trained hard so he must have some confidence in landing the pac fight to make some real money after this. They both are getting ripped if you ask me. This fight should sell pretty well.

[HattonTheHammer]

The fact that he wont pose or do the staredown means Mayorga has got to him. He's worried he may react, Mayorga already in his head and the first round bell hasnt even rang yet.

looked as if mayorga was trying to give him some kind of flower

cotto still should of took on a staredown though, just to show ricardo he isnt getting to him as much as he thinks

[GAME]

Mayorga up to his old tricks again. He brought a rose for Cotto who refused to look at him and Mayorga was even whistling Cotto to come over for a staredown and Cotto again declined. He wouldnt even do any interview on stage and just walked off so Mayorga must have felt he had the last laugh as he paraded around the stage banging his chest and calling Cotto a coward. Dont expect much from the fight itself but Mayorga has made the pre fight stuff interesting as usual

[ElTerribleMorales]

last nights antics wont play any role in tonight's outcome, Mayorga got what he wanted to be in the spotlight, tonight Cotto will pound him out like the bitch he is, people always said that DLH avoiding to make eye contact in the middle of the ring meant he was scared yet when that bell would ring he'd be all over his opponent, you guys going for Mayorga are just clutching at straws but well go ahead the rude awakening is only hours away

[TitoFan]

First, if Mayorga IS getting only $50 thou for the fight, he's an even bigger idiot than I thought. And blame him and his promoter... not the Cotto camp. Second, if fights were won on trash-talking and crazy antics, Mayorga would already be the world's p4p champ. But they're not. Come fight time, it'll be time for Mayorga to put up or shut up. If Cotto can avoid getting caught cold by a wild shot, he'll systematically break Mayorga down, and by the end of the night all you'll hear will be the crickets chirping from the Mayorga backers.

Oh..... and Ross will be nowhere to be seen for two weeks.
My prediction.

[Pavlik]

anybody got links for the fight

[Rantcatrat]

thought this was interesting tweet from Dan Rafael:

Rest of the purses for the ppv bouts: Lenny Z $65K, Miguel Vasquez $150K, Tommy Z $50K, Bryant $1,500, Yuri Foreman $100K, Pwel Wolak $75K

[OccamsRazor25m]

I think Cotto will win easily! Mayorga will just lunge in and Cotto will be able to see him coming a mile away. I think this will be the better fight than Martinez and Dzinziruk. Cotto maybe by knockout early. Like 4 round

Found this cool preview on it

Video Preview: Miguel Cotto lost the war of words against Ricardo Mayorga but he’ll win the 12 round battle « On The Beak

[paddy448]

I don't believe for a second mayorga is getting 50k for the fight and cotto is getting 1 mil. They should be getting alot more than that each

[Hulk]

last nights antics wont play any role in tonight's outcome, Mayorga got what he wanted to be in the spotlight, tonight Cotto will pound him out like the bitch he is, people always said that DLH avoiding to make eye contact in the middle of the ring meant he was scared yet when that bell would ring he'd be all over his opponent, you guys going for Mayorga are just clutching at straws but well go ahead the rude awakening is only hours away

haha

Honestly I LOVE the fact that all these guys who were picking YURI FUCKING FOREMAN to beat Cotto, are now picking Cotto to absolutely destroy Mayorga in one round.

Apparently a past his prime Cotto is better than Oscar, Tito, or Mosley. He is GOD !

Not sayin you picked Foreman to beat Cotto, but a TON of people did. And those same people now think Cotto is an unbeatable machine who will surely KO Mayorga much faster than Oscar or Tito.

Its absolutely hyperbole and absurd.