Boxing's Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga Heading to MMA

by SlickRick00 on Sep 5, 2009 8:51 PM EDT in News Comment 8 comments

Former 154 pound world boxing champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (29-7-1)

Professional boxing's former consensus 154 pound world champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (29-7-1) is allegedly switching to MMA. The announcement was made during the online telecast of the Shine Fights event last night. The Ohio based organization has not yet named a debut date for Mayorga. Mayorga has faced a literal who's who of boxing royalty throughout his career and became the world champion at 154 pounds by knocking out former champion Vernon Forrest. If this comes to fruition it will be an interesting addition to the regional promotion. I would argue that the 35-year-old Mayorga is the most accomplished professional boxer yet to cross over.

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Son

Mayorga is a fucking warrior….I hope he has some takedown defense though.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 5, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m excited that we’re begining to see the absolute elite of boxing crossing over.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Sep 5, 2009 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yea

I wonder who the ‘surprise opponent’ will be?

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by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 5, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Andy Wang, come on down!

by SlickRick00 on Sep 6, 2009 6:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too old

The guy is 35 and being a LW/FW he would need a decent ground game to compete against anyone even worth his while to fight. What’s the point of having him smash Joe Schmo that nobody knows or a hand picked opponent to make him look good? Having a name boxer beat up on mma cans paints the sport in a negative light.

by villin on Sep 6, 2009 4:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I expect he’ll definitely get some bums early on, like most guys do crossing over from wrestling, jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, etc… I don’t think that Ricardo will become world-class in MMA just because of the talent depth at 155 lbs. but he should make for some exciting fights against lightweights that are only skilled at the standup aspect.

by SlickRick00 on Sep 6, 2009 6:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mixed Martial Arts

He’s really a great fighter, and he deserved his award. On the other hand, mixed martial art fighting has become one of the most popular sports of the last ten years, overtaking boxing in popularity. Ricardo Mayorga isn’t the only one switching to MMA. A new convert into the MMA fold is one Jason David Frank, who is somewhat known as an actor. You won’t see him on Broadway, but his most famous role is in Power Rangers TV series, which he was on for seven seasons. He isn’t just a modern dance major who got on a karate show – he’s the real deal, holding a 6th degree black belt, and he figured it’s time to step up. He has a record of 3-0 already. It would be worth a cash advance to see someone from the TV/film fighting world try the real thing.

by EzraU on Sep 7, 2009 2:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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