On This Day: “Sugar” Shane Mosley Blasts Trash-Talking Ricardo Mayorga With Last-Second KO

09/27/2023 James Slater

“Sugar” Shane Mosley was a quite brilliant boxer, the former multi-weight champ having a superb boxing brain, speed, and reflexes to die for, and Mosley … continue

20 Years Ago Today: When Wild Man Ricardo Mayorga Upset Vernon Forrest

01/25/2023 James Slater

Rewind to January of 2003, and Vernon Forrest was one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. The unbeaten welterweight had stunned Sugar Shane … continue

Ricardo Mayorga In A Bad Way, To Enter Rehab To Kick Drugs And Alcohol

08/09/202008/09/2020 James Slater

Former world champion Ricardo Mayorga is currently in need of help, help he is going to get, thanks in large part to fellow former champ … continue

On This Day In 2006 – A Most Satisfying KO As De La Hoya Smashes Big Mouth Mayorga

05/06/2020 James Slater

What’s your favorite Oscar De La Hoya knockout victory? I know mine, and it’s been a favorite, regardless of which fighter KO’d who, for years. … continue

Ex-Champ Ricardo Mayorga Hammered To Defeat In Two-Rounds By Debut-Making Lester Martinez

04/07/2019 James Slater

Last night in Guatemala City, former welterweight and super-welterweight champ Ricardo Mayorga was hammered to a quick second-round defeat by local man Lester Martinez, who … continue

A Wild And Crazy Guy Still – Ricardo Mayorga Still Not Ready To Call It A Career

02/14/2019 James Slater

Here’s one that belongs in the ‘I can’t believe he’s still fighting’ section. Former champ, former star, the seemingly always wild Ricardo Mayorga, is not … continue

The long and largely entertaining career of Ricardo Mayorga surely comes to an end with stoppage loss to Andrey Sirotkin

11/05/201711/04/2017 James Slater

He fought, he drank beer, he smoked cigarettes, and he gave us plenty of entertaining nights and fights along the way, but “El Matador” Ricardo Mayorga surely reached the end last night in Russia.

The 44 year old, having actually won his previous fight this past April (over a 12-17-1 Jaudiel Zepeda who he TKO’d) retired on his stool after nine rounds against unbeaten Russian Andrey Sirotkin, now 14-0(4). Mayorga, who gave it a go while he was able, in the early rounds, falls to 32-10-1(26) and it is to be hoped this will indeed be the final tally for the wild man from Nicaragua.

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Wild Man Ricardo Mayorga gets first win in two years, ready for more mayhem – Margarito clash next?

04/03/2017 James Slater

Nicaraguan bad boy/wild man Ricardo Mayorga fought a comeback fight over the weekend, in his homeland, against a 12-17-1 Jaudiel Zepeda. The former welterweight king, fighting at the light-heavyweight limit, stopped his Mexican opponent (who is listed by BoxRec as a cruiserweight) in the third round, as Zepeda turned his back upon being hurt, the ref calling a halt to the proceedings.

43 year-old Mayorga improved to 32-9-1(26) in fighting for the first time since losing his rematch to Sugar Shane Mosley in August of 2015. Of course we all know the fantastically entertaining, beer guzzling, cigarette puffing former champ will never again get himself into title contention, much less actually challenge for another major belt, but he seems set on causing at least a little more mayhem before he finally calls it a career and retires.

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Mosley/Mayorga 2: Shane Wins Pointless Battle of Veterans in 6

08/31/201508/30/2015 Olly Campbell

From the moment it was announced that aging veterans Shane Mosley and Ricardo Mayorga were set to meet in a rematch of their 2008 encounter, the unenthusiastic groans from boxing fans the world over were audible, more so when they found out that, in America at least, they would be charged a hard to justify $49.95 for the ‘privilege’ of watching it.

Mosley’s attempt at staging his first independent promotion was seemingly cursed from the get-go, with a series of fake PR stunts in the build up, as well as the Don King lawsuit to try and stop Mayorga fighting, that, with hindsight, probably would have ensured a more entertaining main event.

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Shane Mosley beats Ricardo Mayorga

08/30/201508/29/2015 Jeff Sorby

Fighting each other in a long awaited rematch at middleweight, 43-year-old Shane Mosley (48-9-1, 40 KOs) defeated 41-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (31-9-1, 25 KOs) by a 6th round body shot stoppage tonight at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Mosley put Mayorga on the canvas late in the 6th. Fight was halted at that point with one second to go in the round. The official stoppage was at 2:59 of the 6th.

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