Rico Dashon Ramos (born June 20, 1987) is an American
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
of
Puerto Rican descent. He is a former
WBA world super bantamweight champion.
Amateur career
Ramos began boxing when he was 8 years old at South LA's Broadway Boxing Gym. During his amateur career he was an Olympic alternate and won the 2007 National PAL championship. In November 2008, Ramos asked Darnell Walker to train him after he suffered a severe hand injury. While Ramos was under Walker's instruction, he went undefeated, capturing the WBO/NABO Title by defeating
Alejandro Pérez.
In 2007 he also was the runner up at the
U.S. National Championships, losing to U.S. Olympian
Raynell Williams
Raynell Williams (born February 4, 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American professional boxer who as an amateur, won several national championships and represented team USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Southpaw counterpuncher W ...
.
Professional career
Currently Ramos is promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and managed by Al Haymon.
On March 5, 2010 Rico got a 4th round K.O. over veteran Cecilio Santos, on
ESPN
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's
Friday Night Fights
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.
On November 8, 2010 Rico got a 2nd round K.O. over Heriberto Ruiz in North Carolina. Rico then claimed his 19th win in a tough fight against Alejandro Valdez by unanimous decision in Atlantic City, taking his next step towards his dream of becoming world champion.
WBA Super Bantamweight Championship
He fought for
Akifumi Shimoda
is a Featherweight boxer from Japan and the former world champion of WBA at Super bantamweight. He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido and grew up in Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture. He currently lives in Tokyo. Shimoda has trained under Yūic ...
's
WBA super bantamweight title at the
Boardwalk Hall
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in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Professional boxing record
See also
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List of super-bantamweight boxing champions
This is a list of world super-bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often rec ...
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
American male boxers
Boxers from Los Angeles
Super-bantamweight boxers
Featherweight boxers
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions