Ricardo Alberto Cordoba Mosque, more commonly known as Ricardo Cordoba, (born 11 October 1982 in Santa Marta

Santa Marta, Panama

Santa Marta is a town located in Bugaba District, Chiriquí province, Panama. It had a population of 1,803 people in 2000....

, Panama

Panama

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) is a Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

nian professional boxer

Boxing

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 who fights in the super bantamweight

Super Bantamweight

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 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

Knockout

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 in the first round.

On September 18, 2008, Cordoba defeated Luis Pérez

Luis Alberto Pérez

Luís Alberto Pérez is a lifelong resident of Managua, Nicaragua, where he was born. Luis is a southpaw professional boxer in the super bantamweight division. His record is 25-2 . He is a former IBF world super flyweight and bantamweight champion. His manager, also born & raised in Managua,...

 via twelve-round unanimous decision in Panama City

Panama City

Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

 for the vacant WBA Interim Super Bantamweight Title.

Cordoba was promoted to a the full-fledge WBA Super Bantamweight champion on November 21, 2008 after fellow-Panamanian Celestino Caballero

Celestino Caballero

Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero is a professional boxer from Panama. He is the former undisputed Super Bantamweight WBA & IBF and Super Champion for the WBA. On October 14th, 2011, Celestino became the new WBA Featherweight champion of the world after beating Jonathan Barros at Luna Park, Argentina...

 won an IBF title to become unified champion.

Cordoba lost his WBA title to Irishman Bernard Dunne

Bernard Dunne

Bernard Dunne is a retired Irish professional boxer and a former WBA, and European super bantamweight champion.On Saturday 21 March 2009, Dunne waged the war that he would be best remembered for and defeated Ricardo Cordoba in the 11th round to become the WBA super bantamweight champion in a fight...

 on March 21, 2009, being knocked out in the 11th (of 12) round.

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