SERGIO MORA GOING AFTER THE BIG BOYS!
Las Vegas, NV-Having won $1 million in The Contender championship,people, and not particularly boxing fans, know who Sergio Mora is. Withhis 25th birthday coming December 4th, Mora has what mostgreat champions of today do not, real national exposure! Winning thereality series NBC show finale in May, Mora did so in front of betterthan ten million viewers, a record for boxing nowadays. Probably not sincethe second run of Muhammad Ali, had boxing been beamed into that manyAmerican households simultaneously. .
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ESPN SETS VIEWER RECORDS, AND YET
The Contender rematch on ESPN was seen in more than 1.2million homes making it the most-viewed boxing telecast on ESPN orESPN 2 since 1997, and the highest rated since 1998. Although thesenumbers from a fortnight ago were record-like for ESPN, itsstill only 1/10th of the viewers that NBC had in May when Moradefeated Peter Manfredo the first time.
MORA SEEKS WORLD RATED 154 LB FOE!
Feeling he needs to step away from The Contender set to become alegitimate fighter, the 17-0 Mora said this and more when he appeared on RingTalk Radio Saturday night. I want the respect of boxing fans. Peoplethink Im just a TV fighter, but Im willing to fight anybody. Youreright, I sparred with Oscar De La Hoya, Kingsley Ikeke, Shane Mosley, andAntonio Margarito. I am not afraid of anybody. The idea is tohave one fight in January, and then take on a big name, or an ex-champ, on PayPer View in May.
WHERE DOES MARK BURNETT STAND ON THIS?
Mark Burnett, (The Contender Producer) feels that I need to go outthere and beat the best guys and win a title, thats what would make himhappy. It would prove that the show was a success in making a realchampion. When I asked at what weight, Sergio said, My idealweight is 157 lbs., I want to fight at 154. Ive never been there before,but Ive never had to. On the difference in size between he and IBF168 lb. champ Jeff Lacy, he said, We may look about thesame size, but hes much thicker, and stronger.
Pedro Fernandez
Note: Mr. Fernandez is an award-wining writer, talk show host, and four-timeGolden Gloves champion. You can leave comments pertaining to this articlebelow.