On June 7, 2008, the 37-year-old WBC super-welterweight world champion, Vernon Forrest (40-2, 29 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Sergio Mora (20-0-1, 5 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Forrest came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 6 days. Mora was on a 1-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Sergio Mora defeated Vernon Forrest via majority decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Mora improves his record to 21-0-1, while Forrest adds a loss to his record at 40-3.
On July 12, 2003, Vernon Forrest and Ricardo Mayorga met again in an immediate rematch.
Forrest came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Mayorga was on a 11-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 17 days.
Ricardo Mayorga defeated Vernon Forrest via majority decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBC, WBA (Super), and The Ring welterweight titles. Mayorga improves his record to 25-3-1, while Forrest adds a loss to his record at 35-2.
On January 25, 2003, the 31-year-old WBC and The Ring welterweight champion, Vernon Forrest (35-0, 26 KOs), and the 29-year-old WBA (Super) welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga (23-3-1, 21 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Forrest came in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 5 days. Mayorga was on a 10-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 26 days.
Ricardo Mayorga made easy work of Vernon Forrest, stopping the champion via TKO in the 3rd. Mayorga improves his record to 24-3-1 (22 KOs), while Forrest adds a loss to his record at 35-1.