Mando Ramos Death

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  1. StingerKarl

    StingerKarl Ace Degenerate

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    The youngest man ever to hold the lightweight title passed away yesterday, July 6th.
    Mando was a close personal friend of mine and I used to love talking to him for hours on end.
    He was just a great man who overcame alcohol and heroin addiction to develop his own youth program, Boxing Against Alcohol and Drugs.
    R.I.P. Champ
    You will be missed by all that had the privilege of knowing you.
    Karl

    http://fightbeat.com/article_detail.php?AT=86
     
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  2. salaco

    salaco Undisputed Champion

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    RIP, just watched his bout against sugar ramos the other day, one of the greats of the Forum
     
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  3. BigJohn619

    BigJohn619 Leap-Amateur

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    R.I.P. Mando Ramos
     
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    Donnybrook The Greatest of Are Times

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    May God rest his soul.

    One of my favorite lightweights of that era; I've been a fan for years and have plenty of his fights. Never in a dull one.

    Stiff, thunderous jab, great left-hook, tall but a good inside fighter, good body puncher...scrappy, tough, prone to cuts. What more could you ask for?

    He would have become even more than he was had he not been hellbent on wild living outside the ropes (a familiar refrain in boxing).

    Highly recommended watching...his fights with Kobayashi, Teo Cruz, Laguna, Carrascos, Sugar Ramos, Rojas, etc....all good ones.

    Peace.
     
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    dsimon3387 WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    RIP. Hope is, as always, with his family. That they have what they need.
     
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  6. Wiser 1878

    Wiser 1878 Bridgerweight Champion

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    R.I.P.

    (He'll forver be remembered in the film "American Me")

    :pray:.
     
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