Likar Arturo Ramos Concha (born September 8, 1985, in

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, Atlántico) is a

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from

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, who participated in the

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for his native

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n country.

Amateur

He started boxing at age nine, according to his profile on the official website of the

. Ramos Concha made his debut for Colombia at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in

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, winning a silver medal. In 2003 he won the gold medal at the

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. In Athens he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Featherweight (57 kg) division by

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' Mikhail Biarnadski.

Pro

He started his professional career unspectacularly, losing two of his first twelve bouts. However, after November 2006, he won eleven straight bouts. He has a professional record of 24–4, 18 KOs. On November 19, 2009, he defeated Angel Granados via twelve-rounds unanimous decision in

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, Colombia for the vacant WBA Interim Super Featherweight Championship. On July 16, 2011, he lost to

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at the Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. “Dinamita” Marquez landed a hard right hand on Likar's chin who fell ending the bout at 1:47 in the first round.

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* * 1985 births Olympic boxers of Colombia Living people Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Barranquilla Colombian male boxers Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Featherweight boxers Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub