Sugar Ramos

Ultiminio Ramos Zaqueira (2 December 1941 – 3 September 2017) was a Cuban-born Mexican professional boxer who was better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero. He was an Undisputed Featherweight Champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Exile Ramos won the Cuban featherweight championship belt in 1960 and defected to Mexico City when Fidel Castro came into power.

Famous bouts In Mexico, Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos built his historical career. On 21 March 1963, Ramos had a bout scheduled at Dodger Stadium. On that day, Ramos severely beat Davey Moore. In the 10th round, Moore was knocked out. Four days later, Moore died from injuries sustained to his brain stem. This was similar to Ramos' twelfth professional fight in which José Blanco died from injuries sustained in the fight.

Ramos would defend his title three times including against Ghanaian challenger Floyd Robertson, via a controversial split decision victory.

Ramos lost his titles in 1964 to Vicente Saldivar after the fight was stopped in the twelfth round due to cuts. Ramos then moved up to lightweight, eventually earning a shot at then champion Carlos Ortiz in 1966. Ramos would lose the fight via fifth-round TKO, and then an immediate rematch by TKO in the fourth round.

He continued boxing until 1972.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes66LossCesar SindaTKO10 (10)24 Apr 197265Win55–6–4Lyle RandolphTKO6 (10)24 Mar 197164Draw54–6–4Jimmy RobertsonPTS1014 Oct 197163Loss54–6–3Antonio AmayaPTS101 Oct 197162Loss54–5–3Mando RamosSD106 Aug 197061Win54–4–3Raul RojasMD1026 Mar 197060Win53–4–3German GatelbondoKO1 (10)14 Dec 196959Win52–4–3Chango CarmonaTKO7 (10)29 Sep 196958Win51–4–3Rudy GonzalezKO2 (10)29 Jun 196957Loss50–4–3Carlos OrtizTKO4 (15)1 Jul 196756Loss50–3–3Carlos OrtizTKO5 (15)22 Oct 196655Win50–2–3Antonio HerreraUD1012 Feb 196654Win49–2–3Raul SorianoTKO2 (10)11 Dec 196553Win48–2–3Raul SorianoTKO6 (10)23 Aug 196552Win47–2–3Delfino RosalesTKO1 (10)15 Jun 196551Win46–2–3Antonio RosalesUD1017 Apr 196550Loss45–2–3Vicente SaldivarRTD12 (15)26 Sep 196449Win45–1–3Floyd RobertsonSD159 May 196448Win44–1–3Mitsunori SekiTKO6 (15)1 Mar 196447Win43–1–3Vicente Milan DeradoUD101 Jan 196446Win42–1–3Kid AnahuacTKO8 (10)9 Nov 196345Win41–1–3Sammy McSpaddenTKO2 (10)22 Oct 196344Win40–1–3Rafiu KingUD1513 Jul 196343Win39–1–3Davey MooreRTD10 (15)21 Mar 196342Win38–1–3Jose Luis CruzTKO2 (10)29 Dec 196241Win37–1–3Eloy SanchezTKO3 (10)20 Oct 196240Win36–1–3Baby VasquezKO10 (10)3 Sep 196239Win35–1–3Baby VasquezPTS1014 Jul 196238Win34–1–3Danny ValdezTKO7 (10)11 May 196237Win33–1–3Rafiu KingPTS1026 Mar 196236Win32–1–3Eddie GarciaTKO9 (10)12 Jan 196235Loss31–1–3Rafael CamachoDQ4 (10)13 Dec 196134Win31–0–3Kid AnahuacPTS1030 Sep 196133Draw30–0–3Alfredo UrbinaPTS102 Sep 196132Win30–0–2Alfredo UrbinaSD1217 Jun 196131Win29–0–2Bobby CervantesKO4 (10)27 May 196130Win28–0–2Felix CervantesKO3 (10)8 May 196129Draw27–0–2Juan RamirezTD7 (10)22 Apr 196128Win27–0–1Edwin SykesKO4 (10)5 Feb 196127Win26–0–1Jesus SantamariaTKO6 (10)23 Jan 196126Win25–0–1Sergio GomezKO9 (10)30 Dec 196025Win24–0–1Jesus SantamariaTKO9 (10)28 Aug 196024Win23–0–1Tony PadronKO8 (10)18 Aug 196023Win22–0–1Vernon LynchTKO7 (10)28 May 196022Win21–0–1Tony PadronTKO8 (10)1 Apr 196021Win20–0–1Orlando CastilloPTS1227 Feb 196020Win19–0–1Francisco BarraezPTS1020 Nov 195919Draw18–0–1Ike ChestnutPTS1031 Oct 195918Win18–0Johnny BeanKO3 (10)1 Aug 195917Win17–0Sonny LeonPTS1029 Jul 195916Win16–0Angel GuerreroKO4 (10)9 May 195915Win15–0Wally LivingstonTKO10 (10)28 Apr 195914Win14–0Orlando CastilloKO10 (10)14 Feb 195913Win13–0Antonio CoriaKO4 (?)13 Dec 195812Win12–0Jose BlancoKO8 (8)8 Nov 195811Win11–0Augo NarvalleDQ6 (?)11 Oct 195810Win10–0Al CastilloKO5 (?)20 Sep 19589Win9–0Wilfredo GonzalezKO2 (?)9 Aug 19588Win8–0Manuel PerdomoPTS619 Jul 19587Win7–0Hector MedinaKO3 (?)5 Jul 19586Win6–0Humberto de la RosaKO4 (?)24 May 19585Win5–0Felix PomaresKO2 (?)12 Apr 19584Win4–0Carlos SuarezKO3 (?)7 Feb 19583Win3–0Juan MachadoKO2 (4)11 Jan 19582Win2–0Inocencio CartasTKO3 (4)30 Nov 19571Win1–0Rene ArceTKO2 (4)5 Oct 1957

Titles in boxing Major world titles WBA featherweight champion (126 lbs) WBC featherweight champion (126 lbs)

The Ring magazine titles The Ring featherweight champion (126 lbs)

Regional/International titles Cuban featherweight champion (126 lbs)

Undisputed titles Undisputed featherweight champion

Death Sugar Ramos died at the age of 75 on 3 September 2017 in his adopted home of Mexico City due to complications from cancer. He was survived by his four children.

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