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Vernon Forrest (February 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC, IBF, Ring magazine and lineal welterweight between 2002 and 2003, and the WBC super welterweight title twice between 2007 and 2009.
Shane Mosley vs. Vernon Forrest, billed as Sweet Revenge, was a professional boxing match contested on January 26, 2002, for the WBC and The Ring welterweight championship. [ 1 ] Background
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.
In January 2003, Vernon Forrest (35–0–0) fought Mayorga. Mayorga was a mostly unknown fringe contender from Nicaragua and few gave him a chance to win against the significantly bigger and stronger Forrest. Mayorga shocked the world when he easily dominated Forrest, dropping him once in the 1st round and again in the 3rd round.
Vernon Forrest vs. Shane Mosley II, billed as The Rematch of the Century, was a professional boxing match contested on July 20, 2002, for the WBC and The Ring welterweight championship. [ 1 ] Background
Vernon Forrest (July 25, 2009): Less than three weeks after his boxing contemporary Gatti suffered a violent death, Forrest was gunned down on an Atlanta street after the armed boxer pursued a man ...
Forrest would take control from the halfway point as Mayorga tired, before the champion would come back to end the bout on top. After 12 rounds Jerry Roth scored the bout a draw at 114-114, but Larry O'Connell had it 115-114 and Ove Oveson had 116-112 both for Mayorga giving him a majority decision victory.
On June 7, 2008, Mora defeated Vernon Forrest via a 12-round majority decision to become the WBC super welterweight champion. In the build-up to the fight, Forrest threatened to send Mora "out on a stretcher" and referred to him as the "pretender" (parodying "Contender"). [11] However, Mora succeeded in pulling off the upset victory.