Sergio Mora
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| Sergio Mora | ||
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| Profile | ||
| Born | December 4th 1980 | |
| Birthplace | Los Angeles, USA | |
| Nationality | American | |
| Residence | Los Angeles, USA | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Nickname | The Latin Snake | |
| Classification | Middleweight | |
| Trainer | Dean Campos | |
| Manager | John Montelongo | |
| Boxing Record | ||
| Fights | 19 | |
| Wins (KOs) | 19(4) | |
| Losses | 0 | |
| Draws | 0 | |
| Results on The Contender | ||
| First Round | Beat Turpin on points | |
| Quarter Final | Beat Smith on points | |
| Semi Final | Beat Brinkley on points | |
| Final | Beat Manfredo on points | |
Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora (b. December 4, 1980, Los Angeles) is a professional boxer trained by Dean Campos. Dean is the young trainer behind Sergio's unorthodox style of fighting. Sergio has Mexican origins, hence his nickname.
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[edit] Personal life
Raised without a father, Sergio lived in the apartment downstairs from the apartment where his mother lived. His boxing will, he hopes, lift him and his family to a better standard of living. Sergio is eloquent and thoughtful, quite against the stereotype of the ghetto he admits to coming from.
Sergio is a class of 1997 alumni of Schurr High School in Montebello, California. Shortly after his Contender victory, he was invited to appear onstage at Schurr's June 2005 Renaissance Rally.
[edit] Boxing career
He is the champion of reality TV show The Contender, initially being a member of the West Coast Team. He fought Najai Turpin in the First Round, the boxer who later committed suicide. In the Quarter Finals he was put up against the favourite Ishe Smith, beating him mentally and physically to reach the Semi Finals. He fought against Jesse Brinkley in the Semi-Final and defeated him after seven rounds, earning a place to box against Peter Manfredo in the final. In the final fight Sergio defeated Manfredo in a seven round unanimous decision to become The Contender Champion.
He defeated Manfredo by a split decision in a rematch. Many ringside observers felt Manfredo won the fight convincingly, but Mora won by a controversial split decision.
Months later he beat Archak Ter-Meliksetian (15-3) by TKO in the 7th of 10 rounds.
Mora fought the IBA Title holder - Eric Regan (26-2) on August 25, 2006 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento CA. Mora won by unanimous decision after 10 rounds.
Rumors are that Mora may fight WBC/WBO middleweight title holder Jermain Taylor in Spring 2007. On March 15, 2007 Mora refuses a seven figure fight against Taylor that would have taken place in Memphis. His sole reason was that Memphis was an inadequate forum for such an event.
According to Reality TV World, he "appears to have a lot more wattage upstairs than most of the other contestants".
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| Preceded by none |
The Contender Winners winner The Contender |
Succeeded by Grady Brewer |
