Raul "Raton" Macias
BORN July 28, 1934, Mexico City, Mexico DIED March 23 2009; Mexico City, Mexico HEIGHT 5-3 1/2 WEIGHT 117 1/4-127 lbs MANAGERS Luis Andrade, George Parnassus Macias was a talented boxer with a decent punch; He won the Bantamweight Championship of Mexico during his first year as a professional and added the Bantamweight Championship of North America the next year; During his career, he won the NBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Raul defeated such men as Otilio "Zurdo" Galvan, Beto Couary, Alberto Reyes, Fili Nava, Nate Brooks, Billy Peacock, Cecil Schoonmaker, Tanny Campo, Larry Bataan and Alphonse Halimi
Dan Cuoco Article About Raul Macias*** AMATEUR BOUT *** 1952 -Macias lost to G. Garbuzov (USSR) in the second round, Bantamweight Division, Olympics *** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS *** 1953 Memo Sanchez Culiacan, Mx KO 1
Chucho Tello Culiacan, Mx W 10
Chucho Tello Culiacan, Mx W 10 Gilardo Bacho Puebla, Mx W 4 Apr 15 Manuel Armenteros Mexico City, Mx W 10 May 13 Trini Ruiz Mexico City, Mx W 10 Aug 1 Otilio "Zurdo" Galvan Mexico City, Mx W 12 Sep 12 Genaro Serafin Mexico City, Mx W 10 Oct 17 Beto Couary Mexico City, Mx W 12 -Bantamweight Championship of Mexico Nov 21 Alberto Reyes Mexico City, Mx TK 3 Dec 23 Lalo Gayosso Mexico City, Mx TK 3 1954 Jan 16 Alberto Reyes Mexico City, Mx W 10 Mar 13 Billy Peacock Mexico City, Mx TK 7 Apr 10 Fili Nava Mexico City, Mx W 12 -Bantamweight Championship of Mexico May 22 Fili Nava Mexico City, Mx W 10 Sep 26 Nate Brooks Mexico City, Mx W 12 -Bantamweight Championship of North America 1955 Mar 9 Charnrern Songkitrat San Francisco, Ca TK 11 -NBA Bantamweight Championship of the World Apr 10 Memo Sanchez Mexicali, Mx KO 6 May 12 Baby Moe Morio San Antonio, Tx TK 5 Jun 15 Billy Peacock Los Angeles, Ca LK 3 Oct 17 Cecil Schoonmaker Corpus Christi, Tx W 10 Nov 21 Pedro Soto Orizaba, Mx KO 6 Dec 11 Arturo "Babe" Ruiz Acapulco, Mx TK 6 1956 Jan 15 Lucio Torres Vera Cruz, Mx KO 6 Jan 29 Joe Chamaco Irapauto, Mx KO 4 Mar 25 Leo Espinosa Mexico City, Mx KO 10 -NBA Bantamweight Championship of the World Apr 21 Mike Hernandez Merida, Mx KO 4 May 26 Bombon Kiriz Monterrey, Mx KO 3 Jun 30 Tanny Campo Mexico City, Mx W 10 Sep 5 Larry Bataan Hollywood, Ca KO 6 Oct 27 Hector "Chango" Ceballos Hermosillo, Mx KO 4 Nov 3 Ramon Young Obregon, Mx KO 2 Nov 13 Johnny "Ace" Hand El Paso, Tx KO 1 Nov 21 Gaetano Annaloro San Antonio, Tx W 10 1957 Feb 10 Juan Cardenas Mexico City, Mx KO 6 Jun 15 Dommy Ursua San Francisco, Ca TK 11 -NBA Bantamweight Championship of the World Sep 7 Pastor "Panchito" Gonzalez Juarez, Mx KO 5 Nov 6 Alphonse Halimi Los Angeles, Ca L 15 -Bantamweight Championship of the World 1958 Nov 10 Kid Irapuato Tijuana, Mx W 10 1959 Jan 25 Luis Trejo Leon, Mx KO 8 Feb 8 Carmen Iacobucei Mexicali, Mx KO 2 Feb 28 Ernestio Parra Mexico City, Mx W 10 1962 Oct 13 Chocolate Zambrino Guadalajara, Mx KO 5 -This bout was part of a special benefit show
Record courtesy of Dan Cuoco, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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