Vernon Forrest vs. Ricardo Mayorga took place on January 25, 2003, at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. This professional boxing match, a welterweight title unification bout, features Vernon Forrest defending his WBC and The Ring welterweight titles against WBA Super champion Ricardo Mayorga. Forrest, undefeated at 35-0, enters after dominant decision wins over Shane Mosley, while Mayorga, 23-3-1, comes off a TKO victory over Andrew Lewis to claim the WBA belt.