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Ricardo Mayorga (born October 3, 1973) is a boxer
from Nicaragua who was the former world's
undisputed Welterweight champion.

Mayorga, who enjoys lighting up a cigar everytime
he wins a fight and who is a confessed smoker of
two packs of cigarettes a day (which is bad for a
fighters conditioning) when he is not doing his
Boxing training|boxing training, is also the first
Costa Rica|Costa Rican to win a world boxing
title, because, apart from being Nicaraguan, he
also became a Costa Rican when he obtained Costa
Rican citizenship in the 1990s.

Mayorga lost his first pro bout, being beaten by a
knockout in six in his first professional bout by
Humberto Aranda in 1993.

Sad but otherwise undaunted by defeat, he came
back in 1994 to win three fights, all by knockout,
including the third round knockout win over Jose
Morales, which was his first career win.

His first fight in 1995 was also his first fight
in Nicaragua, and it was fought for the Nicaraguan
Welterweight title. Mayorga won the title when he
knocked out Miguel Perez in six rounds. After two
more knockout wins, he defended it in a rematch
with Perez, and the second time, he defeated Perez
by a knockout in three. 

He then took off three years from boxing, and when
he returned, in 1998, he beat German Espinales by
a knockout in four, but in his next bout, he lost
a ten round decision to former Edwin Rosario rival
Roger Flores. After the Flores bout, he fought
Henry Castillo and suffered his second loss in a
row, also by decision in ten.

In his next fight, in 1999, he beat Porfirio
Miranda by a knockout in one round. After one more
win, he gained revenge against Castillo, defeating
him by a knockout in seven, and then he met Jose
Cordova for the Central American Welterweight
title. He added that belt by beating Cordova by a
decision in twelve. 

After one more win, Mayorga went to Puerto Rico to
meet Cuba's fringe contender Dyobelis Hurtado, a
boxer who had faced Pernell Whitaker and Kostya
Tszyu in world title tries, among others. Mayorga
and Hurtado came up with a technical draw in two
rounds, and in his next fight, Mayorga lifted the
World Boxing Association|WBA's Latin American Jr.
Middleweight belt with a two round knockout of
Marcos Avendano. A rematch with Espinales for the
Fecarbox Welterweight title, brought Mayorga
exactly the same result as their first encounter:
A four round knockout win, and another minor title
belt. 

He won seven more fights in a row, including 2
defenses each of his WBA Latin American and
Fecarbox belts, until, on July 28 of 2001, he
challenged the WBA's world Welterweight champion
Andrew Six Heads Lewis at the Los Angeles,
California|Los Angeles Roy Jones Jr.-Julio Cesar
Gonzalez|Julio Gonzalez undercard. The fight was
declared a no contest after two rounds because
both fighters had cuts opened by a headbutt and
they were unable to continue. However, they had a
rematch on March 3 of 2002 and Mayorga made
history, becoming the first Costa Rican world
champion ever, and the fifth Nicaraguan to win a
title, by knocking Lewis out in five rounds.

Despite winning the title and achieving those
accomplishments, Mayorga was still not considered
to be the real champion in the division by most
experts: Vernon Forrest, who had taken the World
Boxing Council|WBC's world Welterweight
championship from Shane Mosley and defeated Mosley
again in a rematch, was considered by many to be
one of the best fighters, regardless of fighting
division, around the world.

Mayorga and Forrest quickly signed up for an
unification bout, and on January 25, and in front
of an HBO Boxing audience, Mayorga upset most
boxing critics and experts by dropping Forrest in
round one, and once again in round three, winning
the fight by a knockout in the third, and becoming
the WBA and WBC's undisputed world champion.

On July 12, also in front of an HBO boxing
audience, Mayorga and Forrest had a rematch, and
this time Mayorga retained the title by a 12 round
majority decision. 

A woman in Managua accused Mayorga, on July 26, of
hitting her after she allegedly tried to collect a
debt of 7,500 US dollar|dollars on Friday, July
18. Mayorga says he wasn't in Managua that day; he
said he was in El Sauce.

Mayorga announced he would visit Iraq to do a
boxing exhibition tour in front of United States
military personnel. That visit, however, has yet
to happen.

Mayorga was featured for the first time on the
cover of Ring Magazine on the December 2003 issue,
released in October. The cover read The craziest
man in the sport: Mayorga lights up boxing. 

On December 13, Mayorga lost his world titles, to
Leon Spinks' son, Cory Spinks|Cory by a majority
decision in Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic
City.

Mayorga next would have fought for the WBA's
version of the world Welterweight title, on April
17 of 2004 at the Madison Square Garden in New
York, New York, against the Puerto Rican champion,
Jose Rivera. However, he showed up with six pounds
over the Welterweight division, prompting for an
unexpected debut at the Jr. Middleweight division
instead of a world Welterweight title fight. He
beat Eric Mitchell by a decision in twelve rounds
at his Jr. Middleweight debut.

On June 10, 2004, Mayorga was once again charged
by the police, this time regarding an attack and
threat that Mayorga did against a young man in
Managua. Mayorga denied any involvement in a
violent incident.  

On September 2, he was declared a fugitive by the
Nicaragua police, stemming from a woman's
accusation of Mayorga Rape|raping her. Although
not neccesarily a real fugitive, as Mayorga was in
a training camp for an upcoming fight on October 2
with Félix Trinidad, Mayorga was arrested on
September 3, putting his fight with Trinidad in
serious jeopardy. However, soon after, he was
arrested at Managua International Airport, and his
lawyer obtained permission for him to leave the
country because he was leaving the country for a
job that he had been contracted to do. Mayorga
resumed his training once he arrived to the United
States, having to face the criminal charges after
his fight with Trinidad.

Mayorga dropped Trinidad in round three of their
confrontation on the above mentioned date, but he
was dropped himself three times in round eight,
leading to a knockout loss (see:Trinidad versus
Mayorga). 

On October 5, three days after his fight with
Trinidad, Mayorga announced his retirement from
boxing, but he returned to boxing, and, on August
13, 2005, Mayorga became a tweo division world
champion by gaining the vacant World Boxing
Council|WBC world Super Welterweight title with a
twelve round unanimous decision over Michele
Piccirillo of Italy, in Chicago, Illinois|Chicago.

Mayorga's record: 28 wins, 5 losses and, 1 draw
and 1 No contest (boxing)|no contest, with 23 wins
coming by knockout.