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No Country for Old Men: Part Five

April 5, 2017 by Paul Magno 12 Comments

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“He’s like a little girl, I’m going to teach her how to really hit…”I’m a man going up against a woman. But this Mexican, I’m going to hit him very hard.” Ricardo Mayorga

Say it’s not so, but rumors abound that former WBC/WBA world welterweight champion and 43-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (32-9-1) is coming back. The carefree Mayorga stopped hapless Mexican Juadiel Zepeda in the third round on April 1. Zepeda, no April Fool’s joke, was 0-14 with two no-decisions in his last 16 starts. His last win came in 2009. Mayorga predictably went bonkers during the weigh-in but his act has turned predictably stale. And this time around, his verbal abuse was off limits—even for him.

Mayorga’s next opponent could be the equally ancient 45-yaer-old “Yory Boy” Campas as his next opponent. Campas, who lives and fight out of Montana, celebrates his 30th year as a professional boxer in July. Four of his recent wins have come in Montana, a state with a suspect boxing commission—or at least according to a recent report from Thomas Hauser. Two of those wins reportedly were held in Three Forks (pop. 1,800), the first at a rodeo and the second on the grounds of a livestock equipment company Another Mayorga opponent could be none other than fellow-bad guy and once fearsome Antonio Margarito (40-8) who, after a four year retirement, returned last year and picked up two tough wins over Jorge Paez Jr. and Ricardo Alvarez.

Both have fought Shane Mosley and both have been KOd, Mayorga twice. If this shameful freak show takes place, look for Margo to gore El Matador into retirement once and for all.

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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

Filed Under: Featured, Opinion Tagged With: Ricardo Mayorga

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  1. L.L. Cool John says

    April 5, 2017 at 7:32 pm

    These old guys coming back is crazy! A 30-year career in this sport? Christ! Didn’t Jack Dempsey have a fight in Montana?

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  2. Bill Petersen says

    April 5, 2017 at 9:03 pm

    I thought Rico Mayo looked soft and bloated when I last saw him get embarrassed by Shane Mosley in their 2015 rematch on PPV. I like Rico Mayo, but at best he was a “B+” fighter who generally managed to lose the big fight. Now at age 43, whatever skills he once had are long gone, yet I’m sure he still owns a punch between 147-160 pounds.

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    • Kid says

      April 6, 2017 at 3:54 pm

      Yes. Last thong to go but his shot reflexes won’t allow him to land one.

      Reply
      • Kid says

        April 6, 2017 at 3:55 pm

        Thing NOT THONG!!!!!

        Reply
  3. Kid says

    April 5, 2017 at 9:23 pm

    I think so

    Reply
  4. Teodoro M Reynoso says

    April 6, 2017 at 11:50 am

    Both of these guys have taken a hard punch too many that make them delusional if not outright loco.

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    • Kid says

      April 6, 2017 at 3:56 pm

      Si. Muy loco. Es Verdado.

      Reply
  5. es says

    April 6, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    Disgraceful
    Total freak show. But again. Sares has the knowledge to highlight these joke fights.

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    • Kid says

      April 7, 2017 at 3:15 pm

      Es has the beat

      Reply
  6. Tex Hassler says

    April 7, 2017 at 2:34 am

    If this is not country for old men, I guess I better move. Mayorga needs to move back into retirement and stay there.

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    • Kid says

      April 7, 2017 at 2:50 am

      Yes. He is done.

      Reply
    • Kid says

      April 8, 2017 at 1:14 pm

      You live there!!!

      Reply

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