# Sugar Ramos

Ultiminio Ramos Zaqueira (2 December 1941 – 3 September 2017) was a Cuban-born Mexican professional boxer who was better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero. He was a Undisputed Featherweight Champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

## Exile

Ramos won the Cuban featherweight championship belt in 1960 and defected to Mexico City when Fidel Castro came into power.

## Famous bouts

In Mexico, Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos built his historical career. On 21 March 1963, Ramos had a bout scheduled at Dodger Stadium. On that day, Ramos severely beat Davey Moore. In the 10th round, Moore was knocked out. Four days later, Moore died from injuries sustained to his brain stem. This was similar to Ramos' twelfth professional fight in which José Blanco died from injuries sustained in the fight.
Ramos would defend his title three times including against Ghanaian challenger Floyd Robertson, via a controversial split decision victory.
Ramos lost his titles in 1964 to Vicente Saldivar after the fight was stopped in the twelfth round due to cuts. Ramos then moved up to lightweight, eventually earning a shot at then champion Carlos Ortiz in 1966. Ramos would lose the fight via fifth-round TKO, and then an immediate rematch by TKO in the fourth round.
He continued boxing until 1972.

## Professional boxing record

| 66 fights | 55 wins | 7 losses |
| By knockout | 40 | 4 |
| By decision | 14 | 2 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 1 |
| Draws | 4 | 4 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 66 | Loss | 55–7–4 | Cesar Sinda | TKO | 10 (10) | 24 Apr 1972 | The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. | |
| 65 | Win | 55–6–4 | Lyle Randolph | TKO | 6 (10) | 24 Mar 1971 | International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, U.S | |
| 64 | Draw | 54–6–4 | Jimmy Robertson | PTS | 10 | 14 Oct 1971 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 63 | Loss | 54–6–3 | Antonio Amaya | PTS | 10 | 1 Oct 1971 | Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, Mexico | |
| 62 | Loss | 54–5–3 | Mando Ramos | SD | 10 | 6 Aug 1970 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 61 | Win | 54–4–3 | Raul Rojas | MD | 10 | 26 Mar 1970 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 60 | Win | 53–4–3 | German Gatelbondo | KO | 1 (10) | 14 Dec 1969 | Veracruz, Mexico | |
| 59 | Win | 52–4–3 | Chango Carmona | TKO | 7 (10) | 29 Sep 1969 | Plaza de Toros El Toreo, Tijuana, Mexico | |
| 58 | Win | 51–4–3 | Rudy Gonzalez | KO | 2 (10) | 29 Jun 1969 | Plaza de Toros México, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 57 | Loss | 50–4–3 | Carlos Ortiz | TKO | 4 (15) | 1 Jul 1967 | Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico | For WBA, WBC, and The Ring lightweight titles |
| 56 | Loss | 50–3–3 | Carlos Ortiz | TKO | 5 (15) | 22 Oct 1966 | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico | For WBA, WBC, and The Ring lightweight titles |
| 55 | Win | 50–2–3 | Antonio Herrera | UD | 10 | 12 Feb 1966 | Plaza de Toros México, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 54 | Win | 49–2–3 | Raul Soriano | TKO | 2 (10) | 11 Dec 1965 | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 53 | Win | 48–2–3 | Raul Soriano | TKO | 6 (10) | 23 Aug 1965 | Plaza de Toros El Toreo, Tijuana, Mexico | |
| 52 | Win | 47–2–3 | Delfino Rosales | TKO | 1 (10) | 15 Jun 1965 | Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | |
| 51 | Win | 46–2–3 | Antonio Rosales | UD | 10 | 17 Apr 1965 | Arena Coliseo, Acapulco, Mexico | |
| 50 | Loss | 45–2–3 | Vicente Saldivar | RTD | 12 (15) | 26 Sep 1964 | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico | Lost WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles |
| 49 | Win | 45–1–3 | Floyd Robertson | SD | 15 | 9 May 1964 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles |
| 48 | Win | 44–1–3 | Mitsunori Seki | TKO | 6 (15) | 1 Mar 1964 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles |
| 47 | Win | 43–1–3 | Vicente Milan Derado | UD | 10 | 1 Jan 1964 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 46 | Win | 42–1–3 | Kid Anahuac | TKO | 8 (10) | 9 Nov 1963 | Los Mochis, Mexico | |
| 45 | Win | 41–1–3 | Sammy McSpadden | TKO | 2 (10) | 22 Oct 1963 | Empire Pool, Wembley, England, U.K | |
| 44 | Win | 40–1–3 | Rafiu King | UD | 15 | 13 Jul 1963 | Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico | Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles |
| 43 | Win | 39–1–3 | Davey Moore | RTD | 10 (15) | 21 Mar 1963 | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Won WBA, The Ring, and inaugural WBC featherweight titles; Moore dies two days later of a whiplash to his brain stem after his neck struck the bottom rope of a three-rope ring during this bout. |
| 42 | Win | 38–1–3 | Jose Luis Cruz | TKO | 2 (10) | 29 Dec 1962 | Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 41 | Win | 37–1–3 | Eloy Sanchez | TKO | 3 (10) | 20 Oct 1962 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 40 | Win | 36–1–3 | Baby Vasquez | KO | 10 (10) | 3 Sep 1962 | Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Mexico | |
| 39 | Win | 35–1–3 | Baby Vasquez | PTS | 10 | 14 Jul 1962 | Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 38 | Win | 34–1–3 | Danny Valdez | TKO | 7 (10) | 11 May 1962 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 37 | Win | 33–1–3 | Rafiu King | PTS | 10 | 26 Mar 1962 | Palais des Sports, Paris, France | |
| 36 | Win | 32–1–3 | Eddie Garcia | TKO | 9 (10) | 12 Jan 1962 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 35 | Loss | 31–1–3 | Rafael Camacho | DQ | 4 (10) | 13 Dec 1961 | Puebla, Mexico | |
| 34 | Win | 31–0–3 | Kid Anahuac | PTS | 10 | 30 Sep 1961 | Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico | |
| 33 | Draw | 30–0–3 | Alfredo Urbina | PTS | 10 | 2 Sep 1961 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 32 | Win | 30–0–2 | Alfredo Urbina | SD | 12 | 17 Jun 1961 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 31 | Win | 29–0–2 | Bobby Cervantes | KO | 4 (10) | 27 May 1961 | Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico | |
| 30 | Win | 28–0–2 | Felix Cervantes | KO | 3 (10) | 8 May 1961 | Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Mexico | |
| 29 | Draw | 27–0–2 | Juan Ramirez | TD | 7 (10) | 22 Apr 1961 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 28 | Win | 27–0–1 | Edwin Sykes | KO | 4 (10) | 5 Feb 1961 | Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 27 | Win | 26–0–1 | Jesus Santamaria | TKO | 6 (10) | 23 Jan 1961 | Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 26 | Win | 25–0–1 | Sergio Gomez | KO | 9 (10) | 30 Dec 1960 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Jesus Santamaria | TKO | 9 (10) | 28 Aug 1960 | Arena de Colon, Colón, Panama | |
| 24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Tony Padron | KO | 8 (10) | 18 Aug 1960 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba | |
| 23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Vernon Lynch | TKO | 7 (10) | 28 May 1960 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Tony Padron | TKO | 8 (10) | 1 Apr 1960 | Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Orlando Castillo | PTS | 12 | 27 Feb 1960 | Havana, Cuba | Won vacant Cuban featherweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Francisco Barraez | PTS | 10 | 20 Nov 1959 | Matanzas, Cuba | |
| 19 | Draw | 18–0–1 | Ike Chestnut | PTS | 10 | 31 Oct 1959 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Johnny Bean | KO | 3 (10) | 1 Aug 1959 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Sonny Leon | PTS | 10 | 29 Jul 1959 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Angel Guerrero | KO | 4 (10) | 9 May 1959 | Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Wally Livingston | TKO | 10 (10) | 28 Apr 1959 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Orlando Castillo | KO | 10 (10) | 14 Feb 1959 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Antonio Coria | KO | 4 (?) | 13 Dec 1958 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jose Blanco | KO | 8 (8) | 8 Nov 1958 | Havana, Cuba | Blanco dies of injuries sustained in this fight |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Augo Narvalle | DQ | 6 (?) | 11 Oct 1958 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Al Castillo | KO | 5 (?) | 20 Sep 1958 | Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Wilfredo Gonzalez | KO | 2 (?) | 9 Aug 1958 | Cienfuegos, Cuba | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Manuel Perdomo | PTS | 6 | 19 Jul 1958 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Hector Medina | KO | 3 (?) | 5 Jul 1958 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Humberto de la Rosa | KO | 4 (?) | 24 May 1958 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Felix Pomares | KO | 2 (?) | 12 Apr 1958 | Havana, Cuba | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Carlos Suarez | KO | 3 (?) | 7 Feb 1958 | Ranchuelo, Cuba | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Juan Machado | KO | 2 (4) | 11 Jan 1958 | Arena Trejo, Havana, Cuba | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Inocencio Cartas | TKO | 3 (4) | 30 Nov 1957 | Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Rene Arce | TKO | 2 (4) | 5 Oct 1957 | Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba | |

## Titles in boxing
### Major world titles

* WBA featherweight champion (126 lbs)
* WBC featherweight champion (126 lbs)

### The Ring magazine titles

* The Ring featherweight champion (126 lbs)

### Regional/International titles

* Cuban featherweight champion (126 lbs)

### Undisputed titles

* Undisputed featherweight champion

## Death

Sugar Ramos died at the age of 75 on 3 September 2017 in his adopted home of Mexico City due to complications from cancer. He was survived by his four children.