Ultiminio Ramos Zaqueira (Sugar) was a Mexican professional boxer. He was a featherweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 14 years, 6 months, and 19 days, Ramos amassed a record of 55-7-4, which includes 40 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2001.
Sugar Ramos was born in Matanzas, Cuba on December 2, 1941. He made his professional debut at the age of 15 years on October 5, 1957 against Rene Arce. Ramos defeated Arce via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Ramos became a world champion fight at the age of 21 after 42 professional fights. He challenged Davey S. Moore for the WBA, The Ring, and WBC featherweight titles and stopped the champion in the 10th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed featherweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.
Ramos' last fight was a 10th-round TKO loss to Cesar Sinda at age 30, on April 24, 1972.
Some of Sugar Ramos' best fights were against Davey S. Moore. For a complete list of Ramos' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Sugar Ramos".
Ramos has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Sugar Ramos Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
66 | Apr 24, 1972 | 30 | ![]() | loss | TKO 10 |
65 | Mar 24, 1971 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
64 | Oct 14, 1971 | 29 | ![]() | draw | PTS 10 |
63 | Jan 01, 1971 | 29 | ![]() | loss | PTS 10 |
62 | Aug 06, 1970 | 28 | ![]() | loss | SD 10 |
61 | Mar 26, 1970 | 28 | ![]() | win | MD 10 |
60 | Dec 14, 1969 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
59 | Sep 29, 1969 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
58 | Jun 29, 1969 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
57 | Jul 01, 1967 | 25 | ![]() | loss | TKO 4 |
56 | Oct 22, 1966 | 24 | ![]() | loss | TKO 5 |
55 | Feb 12, 1966 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
54 | Dec 11, 1965 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
53 | Aug 23, 1965 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
52 | Jun 15, 1965 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
51 | Apr 17, 1965 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
50 | Sep 26, 1964 | 22 | ![]() | loss | RTD 12 |
49 | May 09, 1964 | 22 | ![]() | win | SD 15 |
48 | Mar 01, 1964 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
47 | Jan 01, 1964 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
46 | Nov 09, 1963 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
45 | Oct 22, 1963 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
44 | Jul 13, 1963 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 15 |
43 | Mar 21, 1963 | 21 | ![]() | win | RTD 10 |
42 | Dec 29, 1962 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
41 | Oct 20, 1962 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
40 | Sep 03, 1962 | 20 | ![]() | win | KO 10 |
39 | Jul 14, 1962 | 20 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
38 | May 11, 1962 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
37 | Mar 26, 1962 | 20 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
36 | Jan 12, 1962 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
35 | Dec 13, 1961 | 20 | ![]() | loss | DQ 4 |
34 | Sep 30, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
33 | Sep 02, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | draw | PTS 10 |
32 | Jun 17, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
31 | May 27, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
30 | May 08, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
29 | Apr 22, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | draw | TD 7 |
28 | Feb 05, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
27 | Jan 23, 1961 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
26 | Dec 30, 1960 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 9 |
25 | Aug 28, 1960 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
24 | Aug 18, 1960 | 18 | ![]() | win | KO 8 |
23 | May 28, 1960 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
22 | Apr 01, 1960 | 18 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
21 | Feb 27, 1960 | 18 | ![]() | win | PTS 12 |
20 | Nov 20, 1959 | 17 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
19 | Oct 31, 1959 | 17 | ![]() | draw | PTS 10 |
18 | Aug 01, 1959 | 17 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
17 | Jul 29, 1959 | 17 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
16 | May 09, 1959 | 17 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
15 | Apr 28, 1959 | 17 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
14 | Feb 14, 1959 | 17 | ![]() | win | KO 10 |
13 | Dec 13, 1958 | 17 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
12 | Nov 08, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 8 |
11 | Oct 11, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | DQ 6 |
10 | Sep 20, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
9 | Aug 09, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
8 | Jul 19, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | PTS 6 |
7 | Jul 05, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
6 | May 24, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
5 | Apr 12, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
4 | Feb 07, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
3 | Jan 11, 1958 | 16 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
2 | Nov 30, 1957 | 15 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
1 | Oct 05, 1957 | 15 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |