Ray Oliveira
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"Sucra" Ray Oliveira in New Bedford, MA, USA is a former professional boxer
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...

 who plans on coming out of retirement in an attempt to gain his 50th career win. Oliveira is best known for co-holding CompuBox all-time records of 3,020 total punches thrown in his bout against Zack Padilla
Zack Padilla
Zack Padilla is a retired American boxer and a former WBO Light Welterweight champion.-Professional career:Padilla turned pro in 1985 and retired shortly thereafter in 1986 after a TKO loss to Dwayne Prim....

 (22-1-1, 14 KOs) on December 16, 1993, and 1,424 total punches thrown in a single round, between Oliveira and Vince Phillips
Vince Phillips
Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr. is an American boxer best known for upsetting and beating then undefeated Kostya Tszyu for the junior welterweight title.- Early life :...

 on December 22, 2000 with both records having been set at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Professional career

Oliveira endured a fifteen-year professional career in the ring, with notable victories over Vince Phillips
Vince Phillips
Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr. is an American boxer best known for upsetting and beating then undefeated Kostya Tszyu for the junior welterweight title.- Early life :...

 and Vivian Harris
Vivian Harris
"Vicious" Vivian Harris is a Guyanese professional boxer who was born in Georgetown, Guyana and now resides in Brooklyn, New York...

. He had never been stopped prior to his defeat to Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

 in a WBU light welterweight
Light welterweight
-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

title challenge in 2004.

He is 5 ft 11in tall.
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