Ricardo Alberto Córdoba Mosque, more commonly known as Ricardo Cordoba, (born 11 October 1983 in
Santa Marta
Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...
,
Panama) is a
Panamanian
professional boxer who fights in the
super bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
division.
Professional career
Cordoba turned professional in September 2000. In his debut at the Gimnasio de los Leones, David, Panama, Cordoba defeated fellow debutant Hussein Sanchez with a
knockout
A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...
in the first round.
On September 18, 2008, Cordoba defeated
Luis Pérez via twelve-round unanimous decision in
Panama City for the vacant WBA Interim Super Bantamweight Title.
Cordoba was promoted to the full-fledge WBA Super Bantamweight champion on November 21, 2008 after fellow-Panamanian
Celestino Caballero
Celestino Caballero (born June 21, 1976) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super) and IBF super bantamweight titles between 200 ...
won an IBF title to become unified champion.
Cordoba lost his WBA title to Irishman
Bernard Dunne
Bernard Dunne (born 6 February 1980) is an Irish former professional boxer and a former WBA (Regular), and European Super Bantamweight champion.
On Saturday 21 March 2009, Dunne defeated Ricardo Cordoba in the 11th round to become the WBA (Reg ...
on March 21, 2009, being knocked out in the 11th (of 12) round.
Cordoba is now an attorney in Panama.
Professional Record
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1983 births
Living people
People from Bugaba District
World Boxing Association champions
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
Panamanian male boxers