Ricardo Mayorga isn’t the most skilled guy you will meet but he can run his mouth with the best of them and he had plenty of nasty things to say about Oscar. He was over the top with his actions and some people seemed a bit taken back. Some say Mayorga is simply trying to hype the fight but Floyd tells me that Oscar has some genuine hatred for ‘El Matador’ and expects Oscar to lay a beating on him come fight time.

          During one of the altercations, Mayorga slapped De la Hoya on the back of the head and later began exchanging words with Floyd. My brother tells me that he told Mayorga’s translator, (Miami-based attorney Tony Gonzalez), to let him know that he would whip Mayorga if he was touched. My brother then turned his back to Mayorga, as if to tempt him to take a shot, but sure enough he wasn’t touched.

          Bernard Hopkins was on hand and if anything he seemed amused by Mayorga’s antics. Guys like Bernard, Floyd, and Oscar have seen just about everything in this game and they aren’t about to be intimidated by Ricardo Mayorga. For all of his trash talk, Mayorga has to realize one thing; When the bell rings on May 6th it’s going to be just him and Oscar up in that ring and all that trash talk won’t help him one bit.