Mayorga Ricardo: a smoker with steel fists

As you know, professional athletes try to put their best in training and lead a healthy lifestyle, striving for the summit. The world of boxing is no exception. In this single combat, the fighters go through exhausting training camps, hoping that they will someday become champions. For this they have to give up many pleasures and bad habits. But all these rules are in no way applicable to a boxer named Mayorga Ricardo, because he never concealed his passion for cigarettes from the public. Nevertheless, smoking did not stop him from becoming a world champion.

Nicaraguan

Mayorga Ricardo was born on October 3, 1973 in Managua. Already at school age from showed excellent results in sports training and on the advice of the school teacher began to engage in boxing. All this allowed him to overcome many everyday difficulties and without problems go through an urgent army service in his homeland. By the way, as an amateur boxer, he played for the army team.

Early career pro

Mayorga Ricardo's first professional fight was on August 29, 1993. The match was held in Costa Rica. As a "victim" was chosen a respected local athlete named Umberto Aranda. Nothing foreshadowed troubles for the Nicaraguans, but only he decided that he could immediately pass the distance in 10 rounds. Unfortunately, the young fighter did not take into account that his work on the night shift will greatly affect the training. Although Mayorga was able to withstand five rounds, still in the sixth fight was stopped, as the Costa Rican literally sneered at him. The result - the defeat of Ricardo TKO. After this fiasco, our hero did not enter the ring until 1994.

Return

After hard training for several months, Mayorga Ricardo again comes to Costa Rica and spends three fights that wins. This state of affairs allows him to return to his native land and hold a title fight for the title of champion of the country. Opposed him Miguel Angel Perez. The battle ended with Ricardo's victory by knockout in the 6th round, and he himself received the nickname Matador for an aggressive, assertive, provocative, provocative manner of fighting.

This triumph entailed three more victories in a row, but later the athlete had to leave the box for a while. However, already in 1998 he again begins to speak, not because of a great desire to box, but to solve his material problems. Up to 2000, he is on the rise, defeating one opponent after another.

On the top

Under the trusteeship of the famous American promoter Don King, Matador took part in the battles with well-known opponents and as a result of July 28, 2001, she fought in a fight with Andrew Lewis. At that time the Guyanese, although it was a champion, but was not considered an undeniable authority. The first battle was declared unsuccessful due to a collision of athletes with their heads in the second round. At the same time, it was decided to hold an immediate fight-revenge. And on March 30, 2002, Mayorga knocked out his opponent in the fifth round, thus winning the WBA title.

Continuation of career

On January 25, 2003 the world saw in all its glory a versatile box. Ricardo Mayorga came out to fight with the then-current WBC champion Vernon Forrest. A technical and flexible American was considered an unconditional favorite. But to the great surprise of the audience, Matador in the third round knocked out the Viper and took himself two belts, becoming the main boxer in the division. But even more striking was the result of a rematch match, in which again the triumphant was the Nicaraguan.

Loss of belts

Ricardo Mayorga, whose fights always attracted the public with his entertainment, in December 2003, was again near the pedestal. His offender was Cory Spinks - champion of the IBF. The fight lasted the entire distance, and as a result, the American proved to be stronger on points, having competently beaten Nicaraguans in the class.

But the most offensive for Ricardo was the defeat at the hands of the legendary Felix Trinidad. It happened in October 2004. The Puerto Rican in the 3 rd round went down, for which as a result he just hammered an opponent, and in the 8th round after several multi-punch combinations he forced the referee to stop the fight.

To date, the last match of Mayorga is dated August 29, 2015. On that day, Matador fought Shane Moseley and lost to him in a sixth round knockout.

The athlete continues to work hard and promises to hold new spectacular fights.