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Former featherweight champ Sugar Ramos dies at age 75

By Daily Sports on September 6, 2017

Former featherweight world champion Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos, who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001, died on Sunday. He was 75.

The WBC, whose title was one that he held, announced the passing of Ramos, who boxed professionally from 1957 to 1972.

He was born in Cuba, turned pro at age 15 and fought there early in his career. But after the Communist revolution and the rise of dictator Fidel Castro, Ramos fled to Mexico, where he fought most of his career and lived in retirement.

Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos was a former featherweight champion. GDA via AP ImagesOn March 21, 1963, the 5-foot-4½ Ramos (55-7-4, 40 KOs), known for a powerful right hand, won the featherweight world title at age 21 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles when he knocked out Davey Moore in the 10th round.

Sadly, however, the aftermath of that bout would long be remembered. Two days after the fight, Moore, whose head hit the bottom rope when he got knocked down and caused a severe brain stem injury, died.

Moore was the second boxer to die from injuries in a fight with Ramos. In a 1958 fight in Cuba, Jose Blanco died after losing to Ramos by eighth-round knockout.

Ramos made three successful title defenses, defeating Raifu King by 15-round decision in Mexico City; Mitsunori Seki by sixth-round knockout in Japan; and Floyd Robertson by 15-round split decision, surviving a 13th-round knockdown in the process, in Ghana. (Yahoosports)

•Photo shows late Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos.

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 6, 2017