Boxer Ricardo Mayorga to MMA!

I'm sure we've all encountered those people throughout our lives that just seem to be naturally "tough". 

The kind of people you hate to compete against, but love to have on your team; whether we're talking about MMA, basketball, football, dodgeball, badminton, or shuffleboard.  The type that you envision being born chewing on a piece of raw meat and challenging the delivering doctor to an armwrestling match.  Its not to say these people are unbeatable, but just that they may have a genetic predisposition to being genuinely pugnacious, scrappy, fiesty, and bellicose.

Or, in plain terms, the sort of person you don't want to fuck with unless you absolutely must.

Ricardo Mayorga is one of these people.  He's a Nicaraguan boxer who won my admiration by first TKO'ing Vernon Forrest in 3, and then enjoying a cigarette in the ring after beating Forrest via decision in a rematch on HBO.  Mayorga is a former WBA and WBC Welterweight champ who has seen action in the ring with such names as Ocar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Cory Spinks, and Shane Mosley, with his most significant wins being Fernando Vargas and Forrest.  

The announcement was made during the online pay per view of "Shine Fights II" last Friday night, an impressive new upstart promotion that featured a pleasantly surprising line-up that included Yves Edwards, Roan Carneiro, Luiz "Buscape" Firmino, and Micah Miller.  Although no timeline nor opponent were mentioned for Mayorga's transition to MMA, this new acquisition will do nothing but boost interest in Shine Fights and add to their startling momentum as the promotion continues to jump out of the gate in strong fashion.