Fight Ricardo Mayorga L TKO 6 (12) Oscar De La Hoya

Ricardo Mayorga has tested positive for a banned substance in his post fight drug test. The former WBC super welterweight champion tested postive for the drug Lasix and is now facing a NASAC hearing where he is likely to be fined, suspended or both. Rosendo Alvarez, who tested positive for the same substance last month, was fined and suspended by the commission until 2007 read more ...

WBC super welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya tore a muscle in his left forearm on Saturday night during his demolition of Ricardo Mayorga in Las Vegas. According to the L.A. Times, he is also suffering from a slight tear of the rotator cuff. "I will not have surgery on my rotator cuff," he told the paper. "I will try to let it heal on its own along with medication." He did not specify what actions will be taken for the read more ...

Oscar De La Hoya (38-4, 30 KOs) destroyed Ricardo Mayorga (28-6-1, 23 KOs) to claim the WBC super welterweight title on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. De La Hoya dropped Mayorga with a left hook in round one and staggered him later in the round. Oscar continued to batter Mayorga in round two. Mayorga landed a good uppercut in round three, although it was still Oscar's round. "The Golden Boy" continued to school read more ...

WBC super welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga and Oscar De La Hoya both weighed in today at 153.5 in advance of tomorrow night's PPV showdown. Kassim Ouma and Marco Antonio Rubio both scaled in at 153 for their undercard bout, however Joan Guzman must lose 1.5 pounds in the next two hours for his bout against Javier Jauregui. Also Jorge Paez Jr. tipped the scale at 136 against Lowell Brownfield at 135.5 read more ...

WBC super welterweight champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga confirmed today that he will step into the ring against "The Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya to defend his title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and on HBO Pay-Per-View on Saturday night. Mayorga sent word to members of the media asking them to join him at his 3 p.m workout at the Las Vegas Boxing Club, just off the Las Vegas Strip, to make his announcement. "I have decided to fight," Mayorga read more ...

However the Championship belt seems to be the least important aspect of this fight, as rumor has it Oscar De La Hoya is using Mayorga as a tune up for a grand finale to his career facing Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 16th in Las Vegas. Mayorga the unapologetic smoker did not take much of a liking to being used as the sacrificial lamb, his words and even slaps one point during the press tour have made this bout a bit more read more ...

"Mayorga's gotten under my skin, but he hasn't gotten in my head," Oscar De La Hoya said today. The Golden Boy said he has sparred 130 rounds and "feels really strong and really fast" for his May 6 "Danger Zone" bout against WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Mayorga's prefight comments have made Oscar highly motivated. "I want to teach this guy a lesson really bad....it's going to be read more ...

Promoter Don King has revealed that if Ricardo Mayorga can beat Oscar De La Hoya on May 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Puerto Rican legend Felix "Tito" Trinidad is ready to make a shock comeback to boxing. "When Mayorga knocks out Oscar, hello Trinidad," King said on Tuesday. 33 year-old Trinidad 42-2 (35) has not fought since his twelve round points loss to Winky Wright on May 14 last year in Las Vegas. He announced his retirement read more ...

"This fight is very important to me because I want to become a world champion again and I want to retire as a world champion," said Oscar de la Hoya from his training camp at the Wilfredo Gomez Gym in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. "That being said, I did not want to fight an easy fight so I chose a very dangerous opponent in Ricardo Mayorga. I knew he would bring out the best in me I have worked very, very hard in training camp to show up on May read more ...

WBC super welterweight champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga will be fighting one of the most popular boxers in history on May 6, "The Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya, and his training regimen is evidence that he is taking this fight seriously. Mayorga started his training here on Feb. 23 at the new Fight Club gym. The first interval of training began with a 3-mile morning jog each day at 7 a.m. After his jog, El Matador eats breakfast and read more ...