| "El Matador" Ricardo Mayorga will indeed return to the ring for the first time since his knockout loss to Felix Trinidad, and of course, his self-imposed retirement. And Mayorga does not fancy hanging around before he gets back into championship class. The WBC has ordered |
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that Mayorga will fight Spain's Javier Castillejo for the vacant WBC light middleweight championship of the world. The fight will happen on May 21 in Chicago and it will be Mayorga's sixth world title fight. Castillejo is a former WBC light middleweight champion who lost his title after suffering a beating against former unified light middleweight champion Oscar de la Hoya. Stay tuned for SaddoBoxing.com's exclusive build up to this fight.
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