Sergio Mora had done nothing at all to deserve a shot at a World Title, but that did not stop him from taking full advantage of the opportunity. I have to admit I thought Vernon Forrest would handle his business and wipe Mora away. Oh how wrong was I and most of the boxing world. Sergio Mora came to fight and Vernon Forrest appeared to have not done the same. Forrest appeared to be winded and admitted to be in his corner in between rounds. At times his mouth was open during the fight and he just was not there. I'm not sure if he underestimated Mora, did not train properly, or is done at 37. Whatever the issue was, you cannot ignore the fact that Sergio Mora came to win and won the WBC Super Welterweight Title. Mora used his slick style and jab to frustrate Forrest. Forrest was not consistent with his left jab and frequently overshot his best punch, his hard right hand. Mora used his quickness, feints, and dips to avoid getting hit therefore causing Forrest to overshoot his right hand. When inside, Mora would deliver some nice body shots to Forrest who appeared to be tired. Forrest was not able to work well on the inside as most of his punches seemed to be smothered. The real change in momentum seem to come in the sixth round, where Mora landed a nice hard right on Forrest. Then in the ninth round, Mora blasted Forrest with several shots to the head while Forrest was on the ropes. The shots seemed to have stunned Forrest, who had some blood coming out of his mouth and nose. In the end, Mora won by MD with the scores of 114-114 115-113 116-112 for Mora. Forrest who had been somewhat disrespectful to Mora leading up to the fight, congratulated the new champ with respect. Mora, who is from East Los Angeles, may have taken Forrest's ticket for the Oscar De La Hoya Lottery Fight for either September or December. Sergio Mora as stated is also from the same area is De La Hoya, and has plenty of name recognition from being the winner of the first season of The Contender. With the win, Mora may be in the lead for upset of the year.
2 comments:
I am so PO with Forrest it's not even funny.
But its ok PW showed the last fight with Q was a fluke.
I've never been a huge Vernon Forrest fan, but I always respected him. However he displayed a bad attitude leading up to the fight and then lost. As I stated in the preview and in the after fight review, Sergio did not deserve this title shot. There was no secret about it, but he took full advantage of it. Sergio got a lot of respect for the way he performed last night because he proved he was not just a Contender. Forrest I do not think trained properly. He looked like a fighter that should call it quits. He is not going to land a huge fight again. He was a Champion in the 154lb division and couldn't get a good fight. Now after losing, I guess his best option is to fight Cory Spinks, someone else in the 154lb division who was upset and had no one to fight. Call the fight End Of The Road and have the Boyz II Men Song as the theme through the whole press tour.
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