Mayorga Turns down Offer to Fight Mosley/ Targets Cotto

Cotto Vs Mayorga July 19?

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=12555

There are some strange reports coming out of the popular Puerto Rican paper, El Nuevo Dia. The first is claiming that Ricardo Mayorga (29-6, 23 KOs) has signed a contract to fight Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25 KOs) on July 19 with HBO <NOBR>pay-per-view</NOBR> televising. The information is coming from Mayorga himself, who may be telling the truth or simply hyping himself in position for a fight with Cotto.
"It's already official. I have signed a contract from Don King to fight with Cotto and I am going to knock out him in three or four rounds," Mayorga said. "The fight will be on the third Saturday of July. I am going to dethrone Cotto and take his title."
Mayorga says that he currently weights 165-pounds and can easily make the welterweight limit. Mayorga has not fought at 147-pounds since a decision loss to Cory Spinks in 2003, but says he can make 147 with ease. He last fought at 166-pounds, winning a decision over Fernando Vargas.
"I can make 147-pounds without problems," Mayorga said. "Cotto cannot run. If he runs he will fall in one or he can fight he can fall in two or three. I've had bigger wins at 147-pounds."
Cotto is set to fight Alfonso Gomez on April 12 in Atlantic City. It's been said by numerous sources, that should Cotto win, he would then face the winner of the rematch between IBF champion Kermit Cinton and Antonio Margarito, which is scheduled for the co-feature position on the same card.
And that's not all.
The other report, revealed that Francisco Espinoza, the co-manager of Margarito, has been in contact with the WBO and trying to push for a fight between Margarito and the new WBO welterweight champion, Carlos Quintana.
It's been reported that Cintron-Margarito is a done deal for the April 12 date, but Espinoza told the paper the fight is not a done deal. Margarito is rated at number-one by the WBO in the welterweight rankings.
Dissecting the conversation between Espinoza and the paper, it appears that he is trying to line up a fight with Quintana as a backup in case Cintron pulls out of the fight or the deal is not to their liking.
"What happened is we have a tentative fight on that date (April 12) and they still haven't made an agreement with us," Espinoza said. "In winning, Quintana inherited the mandatory commitment to fight Margarito. We will be happy with either of those two fights."

 

Joke fight IMO, and anyways, I highly doubt Mayorga can make 147.

 

Mayorga hasn't made 147 in a long time.

 

Mayorga CAN'T Make 147, Mayorga Brings NATHAN To the Table & he's Promoted by Don King...

So WHY Would Arum BYPASS the Much More MEANINGFUL Cotto-Margarito Fight to Make Cotto-Mayorga???


REED:dunno:

 

That is what im thinking. I will say this though Mayorga is a bigger pay per view draw then Margarito is. It is possible that he may even try and hold the Margarito fight off until the end of the year and have Margarito beat Quintana so there could be 3 belts on the line.

 

Hopefully this isn't true, but i can see why Arum would want the fight. Mayorga sells tickets. He's a known commodity and is coming off a win over Vargas. They see it as an easy payday, and another 'name' on Cotto's resume.

 

Theres a follow up story in which Arum says that a Mayorga fight is possible, but not for July. He says the plan is still for Cotto to fight the Margarita-Cintron winner in July. If either of those two were to become injured, then Mayorga would step in the July slot.

 

beating Mayorga proves nothing.....fuck that fight...Margarita vs. Cintron winner.....


let Quintana have Mayorga...

 

Although I have no doubt Mayorga can make 147 (he used to make weight with ease, eating on the scale), he hasn't done anything as a welterweight in ages to WARRANT a fight with a champ at Welter. :dunno:

 

So Cotto isn't with Arum now>??? BS...Mayorga needs to do alot more hypin' suckingggg to get a fight against any Welterweight...


Quintana vs. Margarito is more believable.....

 

:shit: fight.

Why oh why is this goon STILL relevant? Ugh.:doh: He got KOed by De La Hoya for christs sake.

 

Mayorga is the latin Judah. Both have nine lives.

 

Mayorga already said he can't make this fight.

 

Cotto will SODOMIZE him!!

 

Mayorga was asking for like 5.5 million for the fight. Maybe they gave it to him?

C

 

On February 8th, Ricardo Mayorga, via phone conference from the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, Miami, Florida stated that he's willing to clash with Miguel Cotto sometime around the third week in June

http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=21147

 

DON'T EVER TOUCH MY POSTS BITCH! I WILL FUCKING BURY YOU!

 

:: You kept your own thread title, bud.

 

I WANT HIM DEAD. I WANT HIS FAMILY DEAD. I WANT HIS HOUSE BURNT DOWN TO THE GROUND ::

 

I've always been a fan of Mayorga, and I still am.

And since I am such a fan of his, I will make every attempt to attend his funeral after Cotto murders him.

TFK

 

Why is Mayorga the bum still getting big fights. Cotto is stepping down in class for this one.

 

Thy shall be done. :stir:

 

Fuck Mayorga! This fight makes no sense!

 

Terrible fight!! Not only that,but what is even more terrible is that it is PPV:doh:

 

The ONLY Point of Intrigue is whether Mayorga can Get the Normally COMPOSED Cotto to Get ANGRY, RATTLED or WRECKLESS...



REED

 

None of the pre-fight stuff would bother Cotto. The only way Mayorga could rattle him is with a good punch.

 

Well of course!

 

Well, Vernon Forrest is USUALLY a Well Composed Sort Himself, but Mayorga CLEARLY Got UNDER his Skin...

DESPITE their Language Barrier:: ...

REED has NEVER Seen Anyone BLATANTLY Talk Shit to Cotto the Way Mayorga Will...It'll have NO Bearing on the Fight Itself, REED just Wonders if Mayorga can Get SOME Sort of "Rise" Out of Cotto...


REED

 

Perhaps, but i can see it happen only under one circumstance.

Interviewer: "Miguel, normally you're so calm and focused. What made you lash out verbally at Mayorga?"

Cotto: "My management told me to do so."

 

And Andrew Golota. I'll Holla 5000