José Luis Ramírez

José Luis Ramírez (born December 3, 1958) is a Mexican former professional boxer who was a two-time World Lightweight Champion. His most notable fights include two fights each with Edwin Rosario and Pernell Whitaker as well as fights against Ruben Olivares, Alexis Arguello, Ray Mancini, Hector Camacho, Julio Cesar Chavez and Juan Martin Coggi.

Career

A native of Huatabampo, Sonora and a resident of Culiacán, Ramírez made his professional debut on March 25, 1973 at the age of 15. He climbed slowly but steadily on boxing's rankings. In 1978, as a Featherweight, a 19 year old Ramírez lost by knockout for the only time in his career to legendary three time former world champion Rubén Olivares in two rounds.

After his move in weight to the Lightweights, 21-year-old Ramírez accumulated a record of 67-2, and met another boxing legend inside the ring, when he fought Alexis Argüello. Ramírez dropped Argüello for the first time in his career in round six, but lost a disputed ten round split decision in Miami. He then faced Ray Mancini for the North American Lightweight belt, and lost a 12 round decision in Ohio. By then, Ramírez and Julio César Chávez were gymmates and friends.

Ramírez won his following 10 bouts and on May 1, 1983, he was given the chance at becoming world Lightweight champion for the first time, when he fought Puerto Rican Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the World Boxing Council's championship. Ramírez lost a close 12 round unanimous decision, but on November 3, of 1984, he and Rosario had a rematch, also in San Juan. After rising from two knockdowns, Ramírez rallied back to stagger Rosario in the third round. With Rosario pinned against a corner and Ramírez attacking, referee Steve Crosson stopped the bout in round four, after Ramírez had landed 17 straight punches, making Ramírez a world Lightweight champion for the first time, by a technical knockout. The fight was named the 1984 Ring Magazine fight of the year.

Ramírez then went into training for a defense against Héctor Camacho, another boxer from Puerto Rico. The fight was postponed when Camacho suffered a broken ankle during a pick up basketball game, but it finally came off on August 10, 1985. On his first fight telecast on HBO Boxing, Ramírez was dropped in round three and lost a 12 round unanimous decision.

Ramírez moved to Paris soon after. There, he re-grouped, and was able to regain the WBC's world championship when Camacho left it vacant in 1987, by edging out Terrence Alli with another close but unanimous 12 round decision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In his first title defense, he defeated former champion Cornelius Boza-Edwards by fifth round knock out. In his second defense, he was awarded a 12 round split decision victory against future multiple world champion Pernell Whitaker.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The consensus among both media and fans was that Whitaker deserved to win the fight.

Back in Mexico, he and Chávez were neighbors. Chávez had lifted the World Boxing Association's world Lightweight championship by beating Rosario, and a unification bout between the two friends and neighbors was planned. Ramírez, who is a godfather to one of Chávez's sons, lost an 11 round technical decision to Chávez on October 29 of 1988, which marked the last day he would be a world champion.

In 1989, he tried to win the International Boxing Federation's belt from Whitaker, in Virginia, but he lost a 12 round decision. Then, in 1990, he returned to France, where he lost to Juan Martin Coggi by a decision in 12 for the WBA's world Jr. Welterweight title in Ajaccio. After that bout, he retired.

Ramírez was a member of the less recognized, defunct World Boxing Hall of Fame in California, not to be confused with the more widely recognized International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota. In 2003, Ring magazine placed Ramirez on their list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time.

His boxing record is 102–9 (82 KOs). Seven of Ramirez's nine career losses came against future Hall Of Fame members.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Age	Location	Notes
111	Template:No2Loss	102–9	Martín Coggi	UD	12	Mar 24, 1990	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
110	Template:No2Loss	102–8	Pernell Whitaker	UD	12	Aug 20, 1989	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
109	Template:Yes2Win	102–7	Juan Minaya	DQ	5 (8)	Mar 10, 1989	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
108	Template:No2Loss	101–7	Julio César Chávez	TD	11 (12), Template:Small	Oct 29, 1988	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
107	Template:Yes2Win	101–6	Pernell Whitaker	SD	12	Mar 12, 1988	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
106	Template:Yes2Win	100–6	John Rafuse	TKO	4 (?)	Dec 19, 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
105	Template:Yes2Win	99–6	Cornelius Boza-Edwards	KO	5 (12)	Oct 10, 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
104	Template:Yes2Win	98–6	Terrence Alli	UD	12	Jul 19, 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
103	Template:Yes2Win	97–6	Steve Mitchell	KO	5 (?)	May 25, 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
102	Template:Yes2Win	96–6	Roger Brown	TKO	7 (?)	May 12, 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
101	Template:Yes2Win	95–6	David Taylor	PTS	10	Apr 16, 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
100	Template:Yes2Win	94–6	Efrain Nieves	TKO	3 (?)	Mar 27, 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
99	Template:Yes2Win	93–6	John Sinegal	TKO	2 (?)	Dec 8, 1986	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
98	Template:Yes2Win	92–6	Charlie Brown	UD	10	Oct 25, 1986	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
97	Template:Yes2Win	91–6	Nick Parker	TKO	6 (?)	Sep 15, 1986	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
96	Template:No2Loss	90–6	Héctor Camacho	UD	12	Aug 10, 1985	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
95	Template:Yes2Win	90–5	Manuel Hernandez	UD	10	Jun 6, 1985	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
94	Template:Yes2Win	89–5	J.T. Walker	TKO	4 (10), Template:Small	Mar 13, 1985	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
93	Template:Yes2Win	88–5	Edwin Rosario	TKO	4 (12), Template:Small	Nov 3, 1984	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
92	Template:Yes2Win	87–5	Martin Quiroz	UD	10	Jun 2, 1984	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
91	Template:Yes2Win	86–5	Hector Medina	TKO	4 (?)	May 11, 1984	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
90	Template:Yes2Win	85–5	Victor Kelly	TKO	3 (?)	Dec 30, 1983	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
89	Template:Yes2Win	84–5	Manuel Sanchez	TKO	3 (?)	Nov 4, 1983	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
88	Template:Yes2Win	83–5	Joe Gallardo	KO	2 (?)	Oct 7, 1983	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
87	Template:No2Loss	82–5	Edwin Rosario	UD	12	May 1, 1983	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
86	Template:Yes2Win	82–4	Jose Cebreros	KO	3 (?)	Feb 26, 1983	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
85	Template:Yes2Win	81–4	Frankie Moultrie	KO	3 (12), Template:Small	Nov 26, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
84	Template:Yes2Win	80–4	Ramon Avitia	KO	6 (12)	Oct 23, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
83	Template:Yes2Win	79–4	Francisco Delgado	KO	4 (?)	Oct 1, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
82	Template:Yes2Win	78–4	Rigoberto Ruiz	KO	5 (10)	Sep 10, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
81	Template:Yes2Win	77–4	Ernesto Herrera	TKO	4 (?)	Aug 28, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
80	Template:Yes2Win	76–4	Ricardo Peralta	TKO	6 (12), Template:Small	Jun 25, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
79	Template:Yes2Win	75–4	Jorge Morales	PTS	10	May 8, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
78	Template:Yes2Win	74–4	Benjamin Abarca	KO	3 (12)	Mar 19, 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
77	Template:Yes2Win	73–4	Benjamin Abarca	KO	6 (12)	Oct 23, 1981	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
76	Template:Yes2Win	72–4	Jose Luis Soberanes	PTS	10	Aug 28, 1981	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
75	Template:No2Loss	71–4	Ray Mancini	UD	12	Jul 19, 1981	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
74	Template:Yes2Win	71–3	Ezequiel Cocoa Sanchez	UD	10	May 10, 1981	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
73	Template:Yes2Win	70–3	Celso Limon	KO	1 (?)	Apr 9, 1981	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	69–3	Abdul Bey	KO	3 (?)	Feb 27, 1981	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
71	Template:Yes2Win	68–3	Ernesto Garfias	TKO	7 (10)	Feb 7, 1981	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
70	Template:No2Loss	67–3	Alexis Argüello	SD	10	Nov 14, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
69	Template:Yes2Win	67–2	Vicente Mijares	TKO	6 (12)	Oct 11, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	66–2	Dario De Jesus	TKO	1 (10)	Aug 23, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	65–2	Manuel Sanchez	TKO	6 (?)	Aug 10, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	64–2	Jesus Cuate Lara	KO	7 (10)	Jul 10, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	63–2	Rafael Nunez	KO	1 (10)	Jun 19, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	62–2	German Cuello	KO	8 (?)	Mar 21, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
63	Template:Yes2Win	61–2	Jose Torres	KO	5 (10)	Feb 3, 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	60–2	Eric Bonilla	TKO	4 (?)	Dec 19, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	59–2	Ignacio Campos	TKO	12 (12)	Nov 26, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
60	Template:Yes2Win	58–2	Joe Gallardo	KO	4 (?)	Nov 11, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
59	Template:Yes2Win	57–2	Jose Luis Castillo	PTS	12	Sep 28, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	56–2	Ignacio Campos	TKO	7 (10)	Aug 20, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	55–2	Antonio Nava	PTS	10	Jul 27, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	54–2	Adrian Estrella	KO	7 (?)	Jul 8, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	53–2	Humberto Gutiérrez	KO	9 (12)	Jun 15, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	52–2	Saul Montana	KO	7 (?)	Apr 6, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	51–2	Julio Nava	KO	3 (?)	Mar 7, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	50–2	Aurelio Muniz	TKO	9 (10)	Feb 2, 1979	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	49–2	Cesar Savinon	TKO	2 (?)	Dec 1, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	48–2	David Bernal	KO	3 (10)	Oct 20, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	47–2	Leonardo Bermudez	PTS	10	Sep 1, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	46–2	Salvador Torres	TKO	3 (?)	Jul 21, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	45–2	Bobo Gonzalez	KO	2 (?)	Jul 7, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	44–2	Chito Felix	KO	3 (?)	Jun 23, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
45	Template:No2Loss	43–2	Rubén Olivares	TKO	2 (10)	Apr 28, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	43–1	Ramon Peraza	KO	3 (?)	Feb 17, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	42–1	Henry Jacobo	KO	4 (?)	Feb 3, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	41–1	Joe Gallardo	KO	7 (?)	Jan 7, 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	40–1	Camilo Ibarra	KO	7 (?)	Dec 7, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	39–1	Aurelio Muniz	PTS	10	Aug 1, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	38–1	Hector Munoz	KO	7 (?)	Jul 7, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	37–1	Carlos Ulloa	KO	1 (?)	Jun 29, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	36–1	Nexae Macias	TKO	1 (?)	Jun 17, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	35–1	Rolando Martinez	KO	1 (?)	Apr 12, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	34–1	Ramon Peraza	PTS	10	Feb 11, 1977	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	33–1	Jesus Cuate Lara	KO	4 (?)	Nov 15, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	32–1	Jose Delgado	TKO	5 (?)	Nov 5, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	31–1	Jose Delgado	KO	3 (?)	Sep 27, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	30–1	Elio Hernandez	TKO	3 (?)	Sep 13, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	29–1	Rosendo Ramirez	TKO	5 (?)	Aug 6, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	28–1	Javier Rios	KO	1 (?)	Jun 7, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	27–1	Ray Esparza	TKO	4 (?)	May 17, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	26–1	Frankie Crawford	TKO	7 (?)	Feb 13, 1976	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	25–1	Lorenzo Maldonaldo	KO	3 (?)	Oct 1, 1975	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	24–1	Cono Lopez	KO	5 (10)	Aug 15, 1975	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	23–1	Nino Gonzalez	PTS	10	Jun 18, 1975	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	22–1	Ernesto Castillo	KO	2 (?)	May 21, 1975	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
22	Template:No2Loss	21–1	Sergio Enriquez	PTS	10	Apr 30, 1975	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	21–0	Jose Luis Lizarraga	KO	3 (?)	Apr 18, 1975	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	20–0	Pajaro Morales	KO	2 (?)	Mar 21, 1975	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	19–0	Pajaro Morales	KO	5 (?)	Jul 16, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	18–0	Solomon Tapia	PTS	8	Jun 14, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	17–0	Enrique Torres	KO	3 (?)	May 17, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	16–0	Jose Gonzalez	KO	1 (?)	May 12, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	15–0	Rudy Sanchez	KO	2 (?)	May 7, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	14–0	Gustavo Guerrero	PTS	8	Apr 5, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	13–0	Indio Huicosa	KO	2 (?)	Mar 29, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	Mario Fortanel	KO	3 (?)	Mar 16, 1974	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Alberto Perez	KO	5 (10)	Oct 30, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Indio Huicosa	PTS	6	Oct 10, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Jesse Torres	KO	1 (?)	Sep 20, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Gustavo Guerrero	TKO	5 (?)	Aug 30, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Lino Munoz	KO	3 (?)	Aug 15, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Delfino Mendoza	PTS	6	Aug 1, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Delfino Mendoza	KO	1 (?)	Jul 12, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Chuy Lopez	KO	3 (?)	May 15, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Roberto Navarrette	KO	1 (?)	Apr 29, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Noe Morales	KO	1 (?)	Apr 15, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Mario Amparan	TKO	6 (?)	Mar 25, 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small

See also

• List of southpaw stance boxers
• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• List of world lightweight boxing champions

External links

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