Marcos Ramirez (boxer)
Encyclopedia
Marcos Ramírez is a professional boxer
fighting in the Featherweight
division. Ramírez is a former WBO NABO
and the IBF Latino
Featherweight
Champion.
championship. Until his first-born son, Diego, died unexpectedly in January 2006. His son was only 13 months old. All Ramírez knows is that there was a fever that did not subside. He lost his passion for boxing after Diego’s death. After a brief comeback, he retired from boxing
in 2008 with a career record of 25-1. "It changed who I was," Ramírez says during his shift as a back-end man at the firehouse. "A big chunk of my heart was ripped out."
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
fighting in the Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
division. Ramírez is a former WBO NABO
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
and the IBF Latino
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
Champion.
Personal life
Marcos a current firefighter, was once 21-0 and on the fast track to a shot at the world FeatherweightFeatherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
championship. Until his first-born son, Diego, died unexpectedly in January 2006. His son was only 13 months old. All Ramírez knows is that there was a fever that did not subside. He lost his passion for boxing after Diego’s death. After a brief comeback, he retired from boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
in 2008 with a career record of 25-1. "It changed who I was," Ramírez says during his shift as a back-end man at the firehouse. "A big chunk of my heart was ripped out."