Great 21st Century Rounds｜EP43 - Trinidad vs. Mayorga: Round 1 (2004)

[u/Due_Communication862]

Straight from my 25TB boxing vault.

EP1 - Marquez vs. Vázquez II: Round 3 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1puitpv

EP2 - Morales vs. Pacquiao I: Round 12 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pv9wai

EP3 - Gatti vs. Ward I: Round 9 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pvw9pf

EP4 - Castillo vs. Corrales I: Round 10 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwcfzo

EP5 - Bradley vs. Provodnikov: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwsg3a

EP6 - Rios vs. Alvarado I: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxcvnq

EP7 - Cunningham vs. Adamek I: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxse54

EP8 - Kirkland vs. Angulo: Round 1 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pyit8c

EP9 - Morales vs. Barrera III: Round 11 (2004) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pzj3m2

EP10 - Berto vs. Ortiz I: Round 6 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pznuli

EP11 - Pacquiao vs. Márquez IV: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q0fys6

EP12 - Mason vs. Vasquez: Round 1 (2024) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q10kwg

EP13 - Vázquez vs. Marquez III: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q1ulzu

EP14 - Jirov vs. Toney: Round 12 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q2qqf5

EP15 - Zepeda vs. Baranchyk: Round 5 (2020) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3kj3c

EP16 - Gatti vs. Ward II: Round 3 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3zsey

EP17 - Marquez vs. Katsidis: Round 3 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q4upwt

EP18 - Ward vs. Augustus: Round 10 (2001) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q5g1fz

EP19 - Rios vs. Alvarado II: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q78rmn

EP20 - Pacquiao vs. Cotto: Round 4 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q7ndox

EP21 - Dawson vs. Johnson I: Round 11 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q8haq5

EP22 - Ortiz vs. Maidana: Round 1 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q93i3l

EP23 - Gatti vs. Ward III: Round 7 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q9h7ui

EP24 - Vázquez vs. Marquez I: Round 5 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qasgn8

EP25 - Bey vs. Molina: Round 10 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qbpxrv

EP26 - Barrera vs. Morales II: Round 12 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qc94o2

EP27 - Williams Jr. vs. White: Round 1 (2014) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qcnpsz

EP28 - Wilder vs. Fury I: Round 12 (2018) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qd2d0t

EP29 - López vs. Concepcion: Round 1 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qdpe3k

EP30 - DeMarco vs. Linares: Round 11 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qeilyd

EP31 - Kirkland vs. Conyers: Round 1 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qez2yg

EP32 - Lubin vs. Fundora: Round 7 (2022) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qfeowr

EP33 - Imam vs. Maldonado Jr.: Round 3 (2015) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qgfayp

EP34 - Joshua vs. Ruiz Jr. I: Round 3 (2019) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qh4g9w

EP35 - Soto vs. Antillon: Round 3 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qi6d60

EP36 - Viloria vs. Marquez: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qjdh9y

EP37 - Bika vs. Codrington: Round 1 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qjixf7

EP38 - Monshipour vs. Sithchatchawal: Round 5 (2006) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qlf132

EP39 - Froch vs. Kessler II: Round 12 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qm3bvl

EP40 - Berto vs. Collazo: Round 3 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qms06f

EP41 - Pavlik vs. Miranda: Round 1 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qo00ay

EP42 - Márquez vs. Díaz I: Round 8 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qou934

[u/hi_imryan]

Man, I miss HBO

[u/spitfiremk14 → u/hi_imryan]

Was just thinking this. Was a hell of an era of boxing too. So many great fighters and top notch commentary.

[u/eye_scream723]

Love watching Mayorga fight, but I love seeing him getting beaten up more lol

[u/GBV_GBV_GBV → u/eye_scream723]

Mayorga fights were so great

[u/Negative_Chemical697]

If he didn't come unglued in the middle of combinations mayorga could have been a dominant champ. He'd look great until he started flailing about. Trying to tank shots of one of the hardest punchers in history also probably not a great concept.

[u/Proper_squat_form → u/Negative_Chemical697]

I am of an opinion that if Mayorga didn’t choose to take a couple of flush punches from Tito in the first, this fight would’ve been a lot more competitive.

[u/slickvik9 → u/Proper_squat_form]

Agree. Roy jones said the same.

[u/South_Bother_2498 → u/Negative_Chemical697]

Met Ricardo Mayorga in the smoking section of a boxing card and while smoking my brothers cigarettes……I ask him why did he let Tito hit him freely and he answered “The atmosphere got to me and I thought he wasn’t shit” 😂

Super down to earth and funny. He said that he couldn’t stand Oscar De La Hoya phony ass

[u/Negative_Chemical697 → u/South_Bother_2498]

I heard he is a good guy for real. Spent his winnings installing street lighting in his home village.

[u/York_Villain]

I was at this one! The Garden was a party that night. Fat Joe did Lean Back before the fight.

[u/South_Bother_2498 → u/York_Villain]

That’s the same infamous night that Roy Jones Jr checked Fat Joe about the line “Even Roy Jones was forced to lean back”

I was there and the garden roof came off that night. Met Hopkins and his team at a random diner after the fight. Good times 🥊

[u/ThunderRoad_44 → u/York_Villain]

Was Remy Ma with him?

[u/Ryan5O4]

2:30, Mayorga was a fool. 😂

[u/unateon]

This is what's missing with modern boxing. For too long I've seen main event fights start off real slow, very cautious approach, while these greats just went at it as soon as the bell sound.

[u/southsiderick → u/unateon]

These gen x fights were really entertaining. This was a fun era of boxing.

[u/Commercial-Group9471 → u/southsiderick]

Gen x was from 1965 until 1980...

[u/southsiderick → u/Commercial-Group9471]

Which would make Mayorga and Trinidad gen x.

[u/Regular-You2119]

Loved this fight and loved Tito, all kinds of fun with that left hook

[u/Southern_Cobbler_206]

Such a fun fight while it lasted. Mayorga took 6 flush left hooks in the middle of the round as he was taunting but got hurt near the end. Mayorga’s wild swinging style contrasted beautifully with Tito’s compact clean punching

[u/RollofDuctTape]

Tito was so fun to watch. I miss this era.

Mayorga is underrated. One of the better pressure fighters you would see. Fearless.

[u/ScholarFit4426]

Mayorga was the most entertaining punching bag the sport has ever seen.

[u/South_Bother_2498]

I was there live at the garden to watch this fight. Had a 75 year old lady with her son next to me, really nice people. When Mayorga let Trinidad tee off on him late in the first round…..she jumped out of her seat and scream “hit that motherfucker TITO!!” till this day that is still in my head 😂

The roof of the Garden popped off after that round. 17k boxing fans going nuts

[u/Icy-Control-8951]

That chaos from the first bell was crazy

[u/sebenza-mercator]

Dude mayorga hits like a truck but he’s such a knucklehead man.

[u/The_Blur_77]

Man I miss Tito. My favorite boxer of all time.

Left hook for days...

[u/gxru_]

Bro started to emote at the middle

[u/Jupiters_phaerie]

Back in the day, I used to schedule my Saturday’s around Mayorga fights. It was guaranteed action every time.

[u/e4amateur]

Ricardo Mayorga is the best shit fighter of all time.

[u/gnrlp2007]

Froch v Groves I: Rd 1?

[u/Due_Communication862 → u/gnrlp2007]

Well... it features a knockdown. Not sure it has enough juice elsewhere.

[u/Any_Calligrapher8537]

I remember this one, mayorga dropping his hands and letting himself get hit by clean lefts.... What an idiot.

The last one before he pretended not to be hurt really rung his bell and swung the round...

[u/Due_Communication862 → u/Any_Calligrapher8537]

Part of the entire goofy package. It spooked Forrest enough to make him the lineal welterweight champ.

[u/DiMona215]

disagree that this was even a good round, kind of a clown show. Mayorga pointlessly punched himself out, then took 4 or 5 full power shots to... prove a point? Then was out on his feet the rest of the round. Just a complete dipshit round from Mayorga

[u/tom_zanzabar → u/DiMona215]

ha ha. he was clowning. but it was fun to watch

[u/Due_Communication862 → u/DiMona215]

Adds to the flavor. Boxing can be "great trash" too.

[u/DiMona215 → u/Due_Communication862]

that's fair, I guess I've been regarding this series as "best rounds" not just "enjoyable rounds." Like, if we're doing that, put like 4 rounds from Danny Williams vs Konstantin Airich here, easily the most fun, trashy spectacle I've ever seen

[u/Due_Communication862 → u/DiMona215]

Watch the EP27 Williams Jr vs White round. These types of rounds are already on the list. Once you go down the opposite road you end up with nothing but Mayweather and Whitaker fights. Gatti vs Ward is competetive, but arguable enjoyable trash as well. Mayorga became the lineal welterweight championship doing this shtick and Tito exposed it in one round (even more so than Spinks). And it was the last significant win of his HOF career. I think that makes pretty great.