I dunno, I usually don't flat out beat the living shit out of people that arn't at my level boxing durring sparring. I'm not sure that means they can hang with me.
Ward was surely going on easy on him... Gomi, who is nowhere near top echelon in Boxing was beating him up, until he gassed out. And even completely gassed, Gomi just stood there, taking EVERYTHING Diaz threw at him, with tiny 4oz gloves. Mayorga stood in front of Tito Trinidad, who was a STRONG puncher, and let him punch him in the chin. He took it and waved at him like "that's all you got? CMON!" Mayorga has a hell of a chin. And so does Vargas, cause he took everything Mayorga threw at him and went to decision. They are not even top 10 in their weightclass, but they will eat Diaz alive.
What he doesn't seem to understand... those pro boxing sparring helmets are even better padded than the shit amateur boxers use, cause pretty much everything is covered. Chin, jaw, etc. They spar with what? 12-16 oz gloves, if not bigger? Even Edwin Valero, who would go ALL OUT in his sparring WARS, couldnt knock down guys easily. So even if Ward had tried, he would have a really hard time knocking Diaz on his ass, unless he bombarded the body maybe. I'm sure though, he didn't really try. Mayorga will talk so much shit to Diaz, who throws his anger fits all the time already, that he'll easily get into his head and drag him into a brawl. Also I'm sure Diaz speaks Spanish, so he will understand EVERYTHING Mayorga says, and not just the pretty harmless shit his crap translators usually says (it's way off a lot of the time). And if he gets into a brawl with Mayorga he is done. The way to beat Mayorga, is to outbox him and to pick your shots. If you lets him corner and go into the infight, he will wreck Diaz with his awkward but powerful shots.
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This is even funnier than that 'tard Din Thomas saying "Oh I've seen Mayorga box, he aint even that good. I will beat him up standing up, before I sub him just before the fight is over bla bla."
