WBC STATEMENT ON RICARDO MAYORGA

The WBC medical committee, in conjunction with the WBC affiliated championships committee, rejected the proposal from the WBC Silver championship committee to approve Ricardo Mayorga to contest for the WBC Silver super middleweight championship.

While the WBC applauds the efforts of Mayorga to clean his life with the support of former champion Rosendo Alvarez, and even though Mayorga is reported to have successfully passed all medical examinations determined by the boxing authorities of Nicaragua, the WBC evaluates his boxing activity to be at high risk due to the following:

· Age of the fighter: 44

· Inactivity: He has only fought 8 times since losing his WBC title 11 years ago.

· He has not defeated a fighter with a winning record since 2010.

· His last 5 defeats have been by KO.

· Rating: He is not rated in the WBC, and the ratings committee rejected the proposal to rate him to be eligible to compete for the silver title.

· Weight: His ideal weight was welterweight and he was also champion at super welter. His last fight was at light heavyweight, and the proposed fight is at super middleweight.

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Mayorga (32-9-1, 26 KOs) is scheduled to fight Andrey Sirotkin (13-0, 3 KOs) on November 3 in Russia for the WBA International title.