News - Ricardo Mayorga

Promoter Don King, who promotes all four world jr middleweight champions (Ricardo Mayorga/WBC, Alex Terra Garcia/WBA, Roman Karmazin/IBF, Daniel Santos/WBO) is planning a tournament to sort out the 154lb division. The first round would likely land on January 7, Roberto Sandoval, Terra Garcia's manager, told Fightnews.com. Sandoval added that the preference is for Garcia (25-1, 24 KO’s) to face Mayorga. read more ...

“Ferocious” Fernando Vargas has heard it all. He’s heard all the talk about how he is no longer a world class, pound-for-pound fighter, how he may no longer be a force at junior middleweight. But Vargas knows better. He knows that with his loyal team and fans always behind him, he can withstand any storm to revive his career and silence all the critics. “I’m still Feroz. Feroz will always be here,” said an energetic Vargas on a conference call Tuesday. “I’m a loyal person but I expect loyalty back. read more ...

31 year-old Mayorga 28-5-1 (23) had predicted a 1st round knockout and was his usual confident self as he walked to the ring. He attacked from the opening bell and 35 year-old Piccirillo 44-3 (28) was just looking to survive on the outside. Mayorga signalled to the crowd that this would be the end at the beginning of round 2. It nearly was, as Mayorga dropped the former IBF welterweight champion with a right hand high on read more ...

Ricardo Mayorga assured Fightnews.com that after beating Michele Piccirillo (44-2, 28 KOs) for the vacant WBC super welterweight title, he'll go after Fernando Vargas as soon as possible. Mayorga predicted a short fight against the Italian Piccirillo (only two rounds) and said that he will immediately set his eyes on a Vargas fight. "I will win this fight easy, because Piccirillo is weak, and then I want Fernando Vargas," read more ...

GL: What's good Ricardo? What can we expect from El Matador on August 13? "First and foremost my team has been doing a great job with me, I'm ready to go. As a result of that job that I'm doing I expect to knock this guy out in two rounds or less." GL: You still sound as confident as ever. After you last fight you absorbed a lot of punishment against Tito Trinidad, some people are wondering if that fight took anything out of you. read more ...

The WBC Board of Governors has approved the fight between Fernando Vargas and Francisco Javier Castillejo, which will take place on August 20, as a final eliminator to determine the official challenger for the WBC's super welterweight title. The Board also decided that the winner of the August 13 bout Ricardo Mayorga and Michele Piccirillo for the vacant title must make his first title defense against the official challenger. The new champion will not be allowed to make any other optional defense read more ...

WBC President Jose Sulaiman has announced that the winner of the Fernando Vargas-Javier Castillejo clash on August 20 in Chicago will be the mandatory WBC 154lb challenger. The week before, Ricardo Mayorga and Michele Piccirillo meet for the vacant title, which Castillejo was recently stripped of for opting to fight Vargas instead of Mayorga. So Castillejo, who has currently been dropped... read more ...

Former welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga will return to the ring July 23rd in New York City at Madison Square Garden when he takes on WBC Junior Middleweight title-holder Javier Castillejo it was learned today. Mayorga has not fought since losing an epic brawl with Felix Trinidad last October also at the Garden. He was originally supposed to fight Alejando Garcia May 21st on the Andrew Golota-Lamon Brewster undercard but pulled out for personal reasons... read more ...

Former unified welterweight world champion and formerly retired Ricardo Mayorga has apparently reconsidered his short and very brief retirement and will be fighting again. In Managua, Nicaragua local newspapers are announcing that "El Matador" Mayorga will be fighting the 16th of April in Chicago against Alex "Terra" Garcia (28-1) who formerly owned the WBA Super welterweight title. "That Mexican hits very hard and is a much better boxer"... read more ...