Gygax

This fight is set to happen in Las Vegas on May 6th. Below is the first press release.
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Ricardo 'El Matador' Mayorga: More Than Just Talk?
Revealing Analysis of WBC Super Welterweight Champion's Last Eight Contests

MANAGUA, Nicaragua-One could dismiss as idle chatter the non-stop tirades made by World Boxing Council 154-pound champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga against "The Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya at media tour stops in Beverly Hills, Houston, Chicago and New York last week promoting their May 6 meeting at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, but a check of the record indicates Mayorga often backs up his trash talk with wins.

In his last eight appearances the Nicaraguan bomber faced five reigning world champions, two former world champions and a world-ranked fighter. His opponents had a combined record of 244-9-3 going into those contests, and Mayorga emerged with five wins, two losses and one match that was ruled no contest.

The chronology reveals Mayorga knocked out reigning World Boxing Association welterweight champion Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis to win his first world title in 2002; knocked out reigning 2002 Fighter of the Year and then-WBC welterweight champion Vernon "Viper" Forrest-and decisioned him in an immediate rematch-both in 2003; lost a controversial majority decision (after suffering two questionable point deductions) against International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Cory "The Next Generation" Spinks in late 2003; knocked down three-time world champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad in a
spectacular fight before losing by technical knockout in 2004; and, in his last outing, knocked down former IBF welterweight champion Michelle Piccirillo three times in the first four rounds on Aug. 13, cruising to a unanimous decision win for the vacant WBC super welterweight championship.

This also created a lineage test that would make the Marquis of Queensbury proud. Mosley, then undefeated, beat De La Hoya in 2000 (and again in a re-match in 2003). The still-undefeated Mosley lost two consecutive matches to Forrest in 2002. The then-undefeated Forrest was then beaten twice in succession by Mayorga in 2003. Therefore, Mayorga "beat the man who beat the man who beat the man"-and all of them defeated their opponents twice.