Ricardo Mayorga
| Ricardo Mayorga | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ricardo Antonio Mayorga Perez October 3, 1973 Managua, Nicaragua |
| Other names | El Matador ("The Matador") |
| Nationality | Nicaraguan |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Division | |
| Reach | 69 in (175 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Years active |
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| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 43 |
| Wins | 32 |
| By knockout | 26 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 4 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Losses | 3 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Ricardo Antonio Mayorga Perez (born October 3, 1973), best known as Ricardo Mayorga, 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 (Super), WBC, Ring magazine, and lineal welterweight titles in 2003, and the WBC super welterweight title from 2005 to 2006. Mayorga first became well-known to boxing fans upon being featured on the cover of The Ring's December 2003 issue, entitled "The craziest man in the sport: Mayorga lights up boxing." He has since maintained this infamous reputation with his relentless trash-talk in the build-up to most of his fights, as well as his smoking and drinking habits outside the ring.
Mayorga decided to make a comeback as a boxer and won two fights in 2014, after over three-and-a-half years since losing to Miguel Cotto. He was then scheduled to rematch Shane Mosley in a fight on pay-per-view at The Forum located in Inglewood, California on August 29, 2015. Mosley would again defeat Mayorga, this time by KO in the sixth round.
On May 15, 2010 Mayorga was scheduled to make his professional MMA debut against UFC veteran Din Thomas on the Shine Fights: Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas card. Don King filed for an injunction the week of the fight to prevent him from participating, claiming Mayorga had an exclusive contract with Don King Promotions (DKP).
Shine Fights stated that Mayorga's contract with DKP was for boxing, and as such did not apply to mixed martial arts. Judge Marc Gold granted the injunction just several hours before the fight. Later on the same day, Shine Fights officials conceded defeat in the matter and Mayorga was pulled off the card.
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