Sergio Mora is a former WBC light middleweight champion, and twice challenged for the WBA middleweight title.
31 Facts About Sergio Mora
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Sergio Mora was the first winner of NBC's The Contender series.
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Sergio Mora lived in an East Los Angeles apartment downstairs from the apartment where his mother lived.
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Sergio Mora boxed as a way to lift him and his family to a better standard of living.
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Sergio Mora is a class of 1997 alumni of Schurr High School in Montebello, California.
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Sergio Mora is the champion of reality TV show The Contender.
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Sergio Mora then fought Jesse Brinkley and defeated him after seven rounds, earning a place to box against Peter Manfredo in the final.
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However, on March 15,2007, Sergio Mora turned down a seven figure fight against Taylor that would have taken place in Memphis, Tennessee, which Sergio Mora felt was too close to Taylor's home of Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Sergio Mora felt that if the fight were to go to the scorecards, the judges would favour Taylor.
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Sergio Mora was to fight Kassim Ouma in a middleweight bout on September 15,2007.
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Sergio Mora made his return to the ring after 14 months against Elvin Ayala on October 16,2007, at The Home Depot Center.
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On January 11,2008, Sergio Mora stopped Rito Ruvalcaba in the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round middleweight fight at the Casino Morongo.
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Sergio Mora was behind on two of three judges' scorecards entering the sixth round.
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Sergio Mora hurt Ruvalcaba with a combination, drove him to the ropes and landed another left hand, at which point the referee stopped the fight.
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On June 7,2008, Sergio Mora defeated Vernon Forrest via a 12-round majority decision to become the WBC super welterweight champion.
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Sergio Mora started to force his way into the fight in the fourth round, throwing hard punches to Forrest's body and consistently outworking the defending champion.
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Sergio Mora dominated a game Green, fighting with him primarily on the inside landing combinations against him with his quicker hands.
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Sergio Mora hurt Green several times in the fight, and the ref had finally seen enough after an unanswered salvo of punches from Sergio in the 7th round.
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Sergio Mora's next fight was against fellow Contender participant Brian Vera.
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Sergio Mora then took a stay-busy fight in November 2011 against Jose Flores, whom he defeated by corner stoppage before the eighth round began.
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Sergio Mora bounced back with a unanimous decision win against former world title challenger Grzegorz Proksa, in a fight televised on ESPN's Friday Night Fights.
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Sergio Mora would go on a 5-win streak as he kept busy trying to secure another world title shot.
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Sergio Mora got wins over opponents like Dashon Johnson during this time.
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On February 6,2015, Sergio Mora was scheduled to face IBF titleholder Jermain Taylor on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights for Taylor's middleweight belt in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Sergio Mora fought against Abraham Han on the same scheduled date for the USBA middleweight title.
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Sergio Mora was knocked down in round 3 by a left hook, but the referee ruled it a slip.
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Sergio Mora was knocked down in round 9, this time receiving a count.
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Sergio Mora was able to return the favor when Jacobs tried to apply pressure to get a quick stoppage.
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Sergio Mora complained that the fight was a step back for him, as he thought he'd beaten Mora convincingly the first time.
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Sergio Mora went down three times in round 7 before the referee halted the contest.
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In 2020, Sergio Mora made a quiet announcement on his decision to retire from boxing.