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Ricardo Antonio Mayorga Perez (born October 3, 1973) is a Nicaraguan professional boxer and former mixed martial artist. In boxing he is a former two-weight world champion, having held the unified WBA (Unified) , WBC , Ring magazine , and lineal welterweight titles in 2003, and the WBC super welterweight title from 2005 to 2006.
After his upset victory over Vernon Forrest in January 2003, unified welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga agreed to an immediate rematch. [2] Speaking that a media event to announce the re-match on 20 May, Mayorga said: "He is going down.
Vernon Forrest vs. Ricardo Mayorga was a professional boxing match contested on January 25, 2003, at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. [1] The fight was a unification match, with Forrest's World Boxing Council and The Ring welterweight world championships at stake along with Mayorga's World Boxing Association Super championship.
The first world title bout on the card saw WBA welterweight champion Andrew Lewis face No. 1 contender Ricardo Mayorga. [13] [12] It was speculated that a victory for Lewis would set up a bout with WBC welterweight champion Shane Mosley, however Lewis played this out saying "Right now I'm concentrating on Mayorga, not on Shane Mosley". [14]
Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga, billed as Relentless, was a boxing super welterweight fight for the WBA (Super) super welterweight championship. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The bout was held on March 12, 2011, at MGM Grand Garden Arena , in Las Vegas , Nevada , United States .
De La Hoya's victory would once again make him the WBC light–middleweight champion and talks of a superfight with the unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who was also the number-one ranked pound-for-pound fighter in boxing, began almost immediately after his fight with Mayorga. [8]
Even after weeks of close analysis, Super Bowl 59 still found a way to surprise many, as the Eagles secured a rare knockout of the Chiefs.
Félix Trinidad vs. Ricardo Mayorga, billed as "Back with a Vengeance", was a professional boxing match contested on October 2, 2004. [1] It pitting together former world champions Felix Tito Trinidad and Ricardo Mayorga, under the promotion of Don King, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States.