Terrible maladies. Terrible melodies. You know the difference.
I'm on Day 3 of a stomach flu which has been hard to stomach but I can diagnose trashtalking champion Ricardo Mayorga
as being in the throes of a common affliction among all fighters in his weight category. (No more Jewish penicillin, Nurse Ratchet.)
as being in the throes of a common affliction among all fighters in his weight category. (No more Jewish penicillin, Nurse Ratchet.)
You thought the 37-year-old's cigarette and cerveza habits were bad. He now has MPO.MPO is medical shorthand, the acronym for Manny Pacquiao Obsession.
The Nasty Nicaraguan, who fights Pacman victim but still formidable Miguel Cotto 11 days hence at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, made that abundantly clear on Tuesday's media conference to hype the Don King-Bob Arum joint venture card.
First, Mayorga said he considered Cotto only the low hurdle in the Pacquiap path and made this solemn promise.
"This fight with Cotto is a fight that I will win," Mayorga said. "If I win by decision, then I will say I'm not deserving of a fight with Pacquiao. But I will win by KO."
Mayorga had previously predicted the bout won't go four rounds and, on the first portion of the call featuring Cotto, Arum and trainer Emanuel Steward, Steward said he agreed with the Central American brawler. I hate to label him unpredictable because isn't that the very definition of a brawler?
Suffice to say Mayorga thinks the Queensbury Rules are for parcheesi or another board game.
Of course, the "Kronk Goldfather" flipped tricky Ricky's script to forecast a win before the start of the fifth round for his guy, the revived Boricua Banger.
Mayorga didn't care much for that jibe.
"They (Cotto and Steward) are both clowns. They're both failures. After this fight...I will prove that."
I asked the Main Man from Managua what he could possibly bring in the ring to make more viable than anyone else, in particular unbeaten Floyd Mayweather, to stop the Pacquiao Express in its tracks?
"That's what I'm working for, for Pacquiao...No one is unbeatable, only God, only Jesus Christ.
"The rest go into the ring against Pacquiao with fear, very tenative," Mayorga said.
"When I knock out Manny Pacquiao, they will say I am the greatest fighter of all time!"
Cotto's impressive record, starting in February of 2001, is 35-2 with 28 KOs, his only defeats at the powerful hands of Pacman and before that Antonio Margarito.
Mayorga's pro resume is 29-7-1 with 23 KOs. Throw out three early-on career losses and his only defeats came at the hands of legends Felix Trinidad, Oscar de la Hoya, Sugar Shane Mosley and lesser light Cory Spinks.
MPO is a disease that can be dangerous to your health, sure. But it can also load up your bank account.
In that sense, Mayorga is just another Pacquiao prospector.
Hey, come on. He's two years younger than Old Faithful Shanedog, you know.
Mr. Mosley tries to derail Mr. Pacquiao come May 7.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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