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here is a article from max boxing.
Mayorga Talks the Talk, Forrest Walks the Walkout by Michael Katz (July 11, 2003) Photo © Tom Hogan Give us your feedback
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAS VEGAS, July 10 - Vernon Forrest continued his silent treatment of the press today and walked out of the ritual final press conference for Saturday's rematch with Ricardo Mayorga.
"I would like to apologize to Don King and to the media," said Forrest from the podium at a large Orleans hotel ballroom, "but I really don't want to answer any questions."
Speaking without anger, he said "this fight is so, so important to me, I wanted real concentration."
Mayorga, who shocked the boxing world when he knocked out Forrest in the third round of their welterweight title unification bout last Jan. 25, called to the 5-2 favorite to come back.
"It's a shame that he left," said the Nicaraguan. "In the first fight I took away his title, but the belt I won is garbage, it doesn't mean anything to me. This time, I'm going to take his wife and take her back home so she can sweep up my backyard."
Forrest's wife, like Lennox Lewis's children that Mike Tyson was going to eat, does not exist. He is unmarried.
Forrest, whose camp wanted him to break a two-week silence and advised him to "be professional," showed more class in not talking to the press than most fighters do while giving good quote.
He said he had been in training camp since mid-April and was just so focused on Mayorga, who knocked him from the unbeaten ranks in January.
"Just bear with me, I'll talk after the fight Saturday night," he said. "And come Saturday, you're going to see the best fight you will ever see. Trust me, trust me. I am going to do like Joe....er...Namath did that Super Bowl game against the Baltimore Colts. I'm going to guarantee I win."
Al Mitchell, Forrest's Olympic coach who returned to the corner for the big upset of Sugar Shane Mosley in 2002 and is still assisting head trainer Ronnie Shields, said before the formal start of the press conference that there would be no wild exchanges early.
Shields had advised Forrest, after the first and second rounds, to stand in close to Mayorga, so the Nicaraguan's wide punches would sail harmlessly by. This time, said Mitchell, the idea will be for Forrest to stay outside for the first few rounds, behind his fine jab, "and take him into deep water."
Mayorga, who bragged again about smoking cigarettes, said any viewers who wanted should light up.
"Before the fourth puff, Forrest's mother will be picking him up from the canvas," he said.
Despite one of the finest cards, top to bottom, in years, very few writers have been attracted for Forrest not to answer. Only three were here today from out of town. Tim Smith of the New York Daily News approached Forrest before the formal start and, after being politely told there would be no interviews afterward, left early. Dan Rafael of USA Today was irked.
"Thanks for nothing," he told Forrest as the fighter walked by him on his way to the exit.
Steve Hummer, of Forrest's hometown paper, the Atlanta Constitution, said he had no trouble since he had interviewed the fighter during training camp.
About two weeks ago, Forrest returned a call from Maxboxing's aged columnist and granted an interview.
NOTES TO YOU: Don King said Mike Tyson, expected here by his buddy Zab Judah, would be more than welcome at the fights. "I have nothing against Mike," said King, who does have a $110 million countersuit against the former heavyweight champion, who first sued the promoter for $100 million....Odds dropped about a dime each on Judah, still almost 5-2 man to man to dethrone DeMarcus (Chop Chop) Corley in a WBO junior welterweight bout. Same with Forrest, still chalk against Mayorga. There was a bigger drop, from 7-1 to less than 5-1 on Vivian Harris, who defends his WBA slice of the 140-pound crown against Souleymane M'Baye of France....Lou Del Valle, former light-heavy titlist, withdrew from his scheduled 12-round WBA 175-pound eliminator with Manny Siaca Jr. Word was sciatica, or maybe it was siaca nerve....Syd Vanderpool, who was slated to face Demetrius Jenkins in prelim, takes over vs. Siaca, a former 168-pound belt holder, but bout is now set for ten rounds, not 12, and is not an eliminator....I bet Siaca, got plus $2.30, when he was to have faced Del Valle. Went to Orleans sports book to get my money back - would have taken my Siaca money and bet on Vanderpool, except there was no line for that fight. Not surprising. Was told, when my Siaca bet was returned, that it was the complete total of all the action taken on the original matchup....Mayorga once again offered to bet $100,000 on his fight with any writer, but most of us had left our expense accounts in other suits. Stan Hoffman, the fight manager, turned to his kid, Vanderpool, and said, "Loan me $99,000 and I'll bet the guy."
NEW YORK, NEW YORK BIG CITY OF DREAMS, BUT EVERYTHING IN NEW YORK AINT ALWAYS WHAT IT SEEMS
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