Ricardo Antonio Torres Tafur (born February 16, 1980) is a Colombian former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
. He was managed by Billy Chams, owner of the Barranquilla-based firm
Cuadrilátero. His brother, Jose Miguel Torres, is also a professional boxer.
During his childhood, Torres wanted to be a professional soccer player, but his father, who practiced boxing in the seventies, encouraged Ricardo to switch gears and concentrate on boxing.
Professional career
Torres began boxing professionally in 2001 and had a torrid streak of 28 consecutive victories with 26 KO's before losing by KO in a vicious battle with
Miguel Angel Cotto for the WBO light-welterweight title. Torres had Cotto knocked down once during the fight. After the loss to Cotto, he took on
Mike Arnaoutis
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for the same WBO Light Welterweight title vacated by Cotto and won the belt with a narrow split decision. He would lose the belt to American contender Kendall Holt.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-welterweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the Nati ...
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1980 births
Living people
Colombian male boxers
Sportspeople from Bolívar Department
World light-welterweight boxing champions
World Boxing Organization champions
21st-century Colombian sportsmen