With little ill will and drama between main eventers Rafael Marquez and Toshiaki Nishioka, today’s presser at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas might’ve been called the Johnny Tapia and Ricardo Mayorga show. Quote of the day? While sitting down with “Mi Vida Loca,” Tapia looked over at Mayorga, laughed, and said, “He’s a loon.” [...]
One of my shots from last week’s Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight landed on this week’s cover of Boxing News. Check ‘em out online.
Full gallery from last night’s Cotto vs. Mayorga card in Las Vegas . . . |more|
If there’s ever been a stare colder than the one given Ricardo Mayorga at the many pre-fight events this last week, it was the one given Antonio Margarito by Miguel Cotto at last night’s post-fight press conference. After making Mayorga eat his words in a near-distance fight, last night at the MGM Grand, forcing the [...]
Slideshow of images from today’s weigh-in in Las Vegas featuring Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga . . . |more|
It’s a rarity, finding yourself at a roundtable discussion with opposing trainers who not only agree on most points, essentially, but are not unrealistic about their fighter’s chance of victory.
Notes from today’s final presser and preceding media Q&A forum with Ricardo Mayorga and Miguel Cotto: – Yesterday, Mayorga told the media that Cotto was “half-gay.” Today, he called him a full-fledged “maricon.” What will Cotto be tomorrow? – It’s been a while since the media’s been subjected to one of Don King’s podium-a-thons. He [...]
Tell me that I have to shoot Miguel Cotto out of the ring and I might wince. Shoot a guy who hardly ever smiles or drops his deadpan expression? Who wears his sunglasses indoors, keeps his headphones on and spends half the time texting someone on his Blackberry? No thanks. Today, at least, I was [...]