Felix Mayorga wants only two more fights



The ex-welterweight champion is bored with boxing and wants to retire soon.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Bulky, bored and rich, former welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga said Monday he's just about ready to retire and get married.
"I'm bored with boxing. I only want two more fights, including the one against Tito Trinidad, and I will retire from the ring," Mayorga said.
Mayorga, 31, didn't say who else he might fight after meeting Felix "Tito" Trinidad Oct. 2 in New York in a WBA international middleweight title fight.
Mayorga, known as "Matador" in his native Nicaragua, said he wasn't hurting for money.
"I have bought five very big houses, two farms with a good amount of land and I have money saved," he said.
Plans
Mayorga said his mother would administer his real estate while he would dedicate himself to two other pastimes he's noted for. He plans to build an auto racing track and a billiard parlor.
"I don't want any more boxing for anything," said Mayorga, who lost his welterweight title to Cory Spinks last December.
The bout with Trinidad was announced at a news conference in New York that Mayorga could not attend because of passport restrictions following legal problems.
On Friday, he paid $315 in bail and a court lifted an arrest warrant issued in an assault case. A 22-year-old Nicaraguan, Sergio Cortes, accused Mayorga of threatening him with a pistol and punching him in the face. Mayorga denied the allegations and said Cortes was harassing him.
Mayorga earlier had been hauled into court in cases ranging from alleged abuse of his ex-wife to illegal drag racing to failure to return rented videotapes.
Eyes weight limit
Mayorga confessed that in addition to being bored, he will have to lose 33 pounds to meet the 160-pound limit for his bout with Trinidad, a once-feared fighter who hasn't had a fight in two years.
"I'm back with the public's support and I'm going to continue making history," Trinidad said.
Mayorga, naturally, insisted he'd knock out Trinidad -- within eight rounds. He later gave himself 12.
"Everybody knows that Trinidad is weak in the head and not in the jaw. So whether he wants it or not, I have 36 minutes [12 rounds] to hit him in the head and knock him out," Mayorga said.
Mayorga confirmed his planned wedding to Dora Arguello, whose father Alexis, a former boxing standout, has often criticized Mayorga's lifestyle and training habits.