Montreal: Georges St-Pierre VS Michael Porfirio Mason
Part I
First night in Montreal:
I was going to meet this fly girl that I met at Cavalli on my earlier trip. She is mad fly; blue eyes, dark haired Québécois girl. She actually spent the time and found my apartment for me. What a sweetheart. And I haven’t swooped her yet.
I take a cab over to Bice. It is not my choice, it was hers, but (Continue reading…)
Ricardo Mayorga VS Miguel Cotto Update and Prediction
Ricardo Mayorga emerged from a white SUV in downtown Ocala on Tuesday with a lit cigarette hanging from his lips.
He yawned, took a long drag, then ambled across a parking lot toward the front doorway of Danny Santiago’s local gym, Central Florida Boxing.
Just days away from a nationally televised world championship fight, Mayorga hardly looked the part of a polished pugilist.
But that changed quickly when he entered the ring to spar a few minutes later.
His demeanor changed, his brow darkened, and his focus honed in intently on Bobby Bryant, a 19-year-old Ocalan and the day’s sparring partner.
It wasn’t long before Mayorga — a heavy-handed brawler who isn’t big on footwork — methodically walked the game Bryant into a corner and dropped him to the canvas with a left hook.
I may missing this fight live, but I think it has the potential to being the most entertaining fight of the year. I am mildly surprised more people aren’t talking about it.
My logic tells me that Mayorga will start the fight fast and Cotto will be hanging on for life in the first three rounds while doing some damage of his own.
In the middle rounds Cotto’s technique and skill will start taking over and seriously touch up Mayorga.
In the late middle rounds, Mayorga will make one last push, and hurt Cotto, and possibly drop him.
By round 10 Cotto should be punishing a bloodied Mayorga on the ropes and the ref should wave it off in a potential for fight of the year honors.
(Keep in mind, this could all happen in a somewhat collapsed time frame.)
The passive boxing fan and boxing writer vastly underestimate Mayorga’s ability (they can only seem to remember him getting chopped up by Oscar De La Hoya. A fight where Mayorga was able to lay some heavy leather). And Cotto’s tendency to be courting disaster at every turn should make this fight worth whatever they are peddling for it.
Mayorga is a 6 to 1 underdog in this one.
However, I have been hearing some rumblings from my sources that he might not be a bad bet (for some reasons I don’t want to publicly mention). But you didn’t hear that from me.
Also, the same night, Sergio ”El Maravilla” Martinez will take on undefeated WBO light middleweight champion Sergiy ”Razor” Dzinziruk of the Ukraine at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Connecticut. I don’t know much about Sergiy ”Razor” Dzinziruk, except that he has a win over Joel Julio, so I expect Sergio Martinez to win.
In other news, Simon Black breaks down the War on Drugs:
“Fighting a multi-decades war against plants is just a dumb idea, ranking up there with other such gems as spending our way out of recession, borrowing our way out of debt, and invading other countries to reduce hatred against America.”
Here is a good video of Nicaraguan boxer, wild man, cigarette smoker, and playboy, Ricardo Mayorga: G Manifesto Hall of Fame Member:
You can definetly see how Ricardo Mayorga, who was responsible for The Greatest Moment in California Smoking Ban History, was even more of a threat when he was younger and his speed matched is reckless aggression, iron chin, fearlessness and destructive punching power. (Later in his career, as his speed dwindled, his flaws ie lack of defense, and lack of technique were easier to expose by great boxers like Oscar de la Hoya and Sugar Shane Mosely).
Legend has it that as a young street gang leader on the mean streets of Managua, Nicaragua, he was approached by an older youth wielding a heater on a bicycle. Instead of getting broken, the young Mayorga grabbed the other chico’s toaster, knocked him out and stole his bike. No official word as to whether or not Mayorga also stole his honey.
After getting stopped in his first pro bout and losing two other early fights (one of which he avenged), Mayorga went on a tear to win his first two world titles. He destroyed Andrew “Six Heads” Lewis (an excellent fighter who also happens to have one of the best nicknames in boxing history) and walked over the great Vernon “The Viper” Forrest twice, who was coming off two wins over the great Sugar Shane Mosley, and at the time was thought unbeatable. Then after losing his titles to Cory Spinks, Mayorga was in a modern day classic with Felix Trinidad only to lose by TKO in the 8th.
After the second Forrest win, Mayorga was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine smoking a cigarette. The cover read “The craziest man in the sport: Mayorga lights up boxing.”
Mayorga’s last great win was a “macho” constest decision over a fading Fernando “The Aztec Warrior” Vargas.
Young G’s are wise to familiarize themselves with The Matador’s catalog of fights.
Supposedly, Mayorga will return to the ring on the undercard of the WBC heavyweight final elimination bout -with the winner earning the right to face Vitali Klitschko- between 2004 Olympic gold medalist and now undefeated Odlanier “La Sombra” Solis (16-0, 12 KOs) and WBC No. 1-ranked Ray “The Rainman” Austin (28-4-4, 18 KOs).
A breakdown of Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito coming soon.