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Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos
(Ultiminio Ramos Zaqueira)

BORN   December 2 1941; Matanzas, Cuba
HEIGHT 5-4 1/2
WEIGHT 124 1/2 - 138 lbs
MANAGERS Virgilio del Pino, Vince Dundee, Cuco Conde
TRAINERS Angelo Dundee, Kid Rapidez

Ramos was a natural, a boxer with "savvy" and skill - and a punch; He had his first bout in 1957 when he was yet just fifteen years old; He was unbeaten until 1961 when he lost on a foul; From the beginning of his career until September of 1964, he lost but one fight in 49 contests; During his career, he won the WBC Featherweight Championship of the World, the WBA Featherweight Championship of the World and the Featherweight Championship of Cuba

"Sugar" defeated such men as Davey Moore, Rafiu King, Mitsunori Seki, Raul Rojas, Erubey "Chango" Carmona, Antonio Herrera, Floyd Robertson, German Gastelbondo, Danny Valdez, Bernabe "Baby" Vasquez, Kid Anahuac, Sammy McSpadden, Vicente Milan Derado, Alfredo Urbina, Juan Ramirez, Jesus Santamaria and Orlando Castillo
 
Ramos was inducted into the
World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001

1957
Oct  5 Rene Arce                  Havana, Cuba                      KO  2
Nov 30 Inocencio Cartas           Havana,Cuba                       KO  3

1958
Jan 11 Juan Machado               Havana, Cuba                      KO  2
Feb  7 Carlos Suarez              Ranchuelos, Cuba                  KO  3
Apr 12 Felix Pomares              Havana, Cuba                      KO  2
May 24 Humberto De La Rosa        Havana, Cuba                      KO  4
Jul  5 Hector Medina              Havana, Cuba                      KO  3
Jul 19 Manuel Perdomo             Havana, Cuba                       W  6
Aug  9 Wilfredo Gonzalez          Cienfuegos, Cuba                  KO  2
Sep 20 Al Castillo                Havana, Cuba                      KO  5
Oct 11 Augusto Narvalle           Havana, Cuba                      WF  6
Nov  8 Jose Blanco                Havana, Cuba                      KO  8
Dec  4 Antonio Coria              Havana, Cuba                      KO  4
          -Some sources report 12/13/58

1959
Feb 14 Orlando Castillo           Havana, Cuba                      KO 10
Mar 28 Wally Livingston           Havana, Cuba                      KO 10
May  9 Angel Guerrero             Havana, Cuba                      KO  4
Jun 29 Sonny Leon (Victor Adams)  Caracas, Venezuela                 W 10
Aug  1 Johnny Bean                Havana, Cuba                      KO  3
Oct 31 Ike Chestnut               Caracas, Venezuela                 D 10
Nov 20 Francisco Barraez          Matanzas, Cuba                     W 10

1960
Feb 14 Orlando Castillo           Havana, Cuba                       W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of Cuba;
          Some sources report 2/27/60
Apr  1 Tony Epifanio Padron       Caracas, Venezuela                KO  4
May 28 Vernon Lynch               Havana, Cuba                      TK  7
Aug 17 Tony Pardon                Havana, Cuba                      KO  8
Aug 28 Jesus Santamaria           Colon, Panama                     TK  9
Dec 30 Sergio Gomez               Havana, Cuba                      KO  9

1961
Jan 23 Jesus Santamaria           Panama City, Panama               TK  6
Feb  5 Edwin Sykes                Panama City, Panama               KO  4
          -Some sources report 2/08/61
Apr 22 Juan Ramirez               Mexico City, Mexico               TD  7
          -The verdict was a "Technical Draw";
          Some sources report "LF 7"
May  8 Felix Cervantes            Tijuana, Mexico                   KO  3
May 27 Ramon "Bobby" Cervantes    Guadalajara, Mexico               KO  4
          -Some sources report 5/29/61
Jun 17 Alfredo Urbina             Mexico City, Mexico                W 10
          -Some sources report "W 12"
Sep  2 Alfredo Urbina             Mexico City, Mexico                D 10
Sep 30 Kid Anahuac                Guadalajara, Mexico                W 10
Dec 13 Rafael Camacho             Puebla, Mexico                    LF  4

1962
Jan 12 Eddie Garcia               Los Angeles, Ca                   TK  9
Mar 26 Rafiu King                 Paris, France                      W 10
May 11 Danny Valdez               Los Angeles, Ca                   TK  7
Jul 15 Bernabe "Baby" Vasquez     Mexico City, Mexico                W 10
Sep  3 Bernabe "Baby" Vasquez     Tijuana, Mexico                   KO 10
Oct 20 Eloy Sanchez               Mexico City, Mexico               TK  3
          -Some sources report 10/21/62
Dec 29 Jose Luis Cruz             Mexico City, Mexico               TK  2
          -Some sources report 12/30/62

1963
Mar 21 Davey Moore                Los Angeles, Ca                   TK 10
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 13 Rafiu King                 Mexico City, Mexico                W 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 12 Sammy McSpadden            London, England                   TK  2
          -Some sources report 10/22/63
Nov  9 Kid Anahuac                Los Mochis, Mexico                TK  8

1964
Jan 10 Vicente Milan Derado       Los Angeles, Ca                    W 10
Feb 28 Mitsunori Seki             Tokyo, Japan                      TK  6
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Featherweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report 3/01/64
May  9 Floyd Robertson            Accra, Ghana                       W 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 26 Vicente Saldivar           Mexico City, Mexico               LT 12
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Featherweight Championship of the World

1965
Apr 17 Antonio "Chiquis" Rosales  Acapulco, Mexico                   W 10
          -Some sources report 4/18/65
Jun  4 Delfino Rosales            Juarez, Mexico                    TK  1
Aug 23 Raul Soriano               Tijuana, Mexico                   TK  6
          -Some sources report 8/24/65
Dec 11 Raul Soriano               Mexico City, Mexico               TK  2

1966
Feb 12 Antonio Herrera            Mexico City, Mexico                W 10
Oct 20 Carlos Ortiz               Mexico City, Mexico               LT  5
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report 10/22/66

1967
Jul  1 Carlos Ortiz               San Juan, Puerto Rico             LT  4
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1969
Jun 29 Rudy Gonzalez              Mexico City, Mexico               KO  2
Sep 30 Erubey "Chango" Carmona    Tijuana, Mexico                   TK  7
Dec 14 German Gastelbondo         Vera Cruz, Mexico                 KO  1

1970
Mar 26 Raul Rojas                 Los Angeles, Ca                    W 10
Aug  6 Armando "Mando" Ramos      Los Angeles, Ca                    L 10
          -Some sources report 8/07/70

1971
Jan  5 Antonio Amaya              Monterrey, Mexico                  L 10
          -Some sources report 1/10/71
Oct 14 Jimmy Robertson            Los Angeles, Ca                    D 10
          -Some sources report 10/15/71

1972
Mar 24 Lyle Randolph              Chicago, Il                       TK  7
Apr 24 Cesar Sinda                Inglewood, Ca                     LT 10
          -Some sources report 4/25/72



Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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