Ricardo Antonio Torres Tafur (born February 16, 1980) is a Colombian former professional boxer. 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 for the same WBO Light Welterweight Title vacated by Cotto and won the belt with a narrow split decision.

First Defense

Date: April 28, 2007.

Place: Barranquilla, Colombia, at Coliseo de la Universidad del Norte.

Opponent: Arturo Morua, from Mexico.

Outcome: Torres won by Unanimous Decision.

Second Defense

Date: September 1, 2007.

Place: Barranquilla, Colombia, at Salón Jumbo del Country Club.

Opponent: Kendall Holt, from the United States of America.

Outcome: Torres won by technical knockout in the eleventh round, amid controversy.

Third Defense

Date: July 5, 2008

Place: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.

Opponent: Kendall Holt

Outcome: Torres was knocked out 61 seconds into the fight. Before the knock out Torres had sent Kendall Holt to the canvas twice.

Professional record

33 Wins (29 knockouts), 2 Losses, 0 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	33-2	Raul Pinzon	TKO	10 (10)	2009-05-15	Hotel Prado Mar, Puerto Colombia, Colombia
Loss	32-2	Kendall Holt	KO	1 (12)	2008-07-05	Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Loss WBO Light Welterweight title.
Win	32-1	Kendall Holt	TKO	11 (12)	2007-09-01	Salon Jumbo del Country Club, Barranquilla, Colombia	Retain WBO Light Welterweight title.
Win	31-1	Arturo Morua	UD	12	2007-04-28	Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia	Retain WBO Light Welterweight title.
Win	30-1	Mike Arnaoutis	SD	12	2006-11-18	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Won vacant WBO Light Welterweight title.
Win	29-1	Carlos Donquiz	KO	2 (10)	2006-06-30	Coliseo Elias Chegwin, Barranquilla, Colombia
Loss	28-1	Miguel Cotto	KO	7 (12)	2005-09-24	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA	For WBO Light Welterweight title.

See also

• List of light welterweight boxing champions
• List of WBO world champions

External links

• http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=13552&more=1. An interview with Ricardo Torres.
• Boxing record for Ricardo Torres from BoxRec (registration required)

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