On December 13, 2003, Ricardo Mayorga (25-3-1, 22 KOs), the welterweight WBC and The Ring champion, and the welterweight IBF champion Cory Spinks (31-2, 11 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Ricardo Mayorga is coming in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Vernon Forrest, 5 months and 1 day ago. Cory Spinks is on a 2-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Michele Piccirillo, 8 months and 21 days ago.
The winning odds are at 90.8-9.2 in favor of Ricardo Mayorga. It is going to be very difficult for Cory Spinks to win this fight.
Cory Spinks defeated Ricardo Mayorga via majority decision and wins the WBC, The Ring, and IBF welterweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion. Spinks improves his record to 32-2, while Mayorga adds a loss to his record at 25-4-1.