He lost a 12 round unanimous but close decision with each card reading 113-115 against him. In May 1983, Jose Luis fought heavy handed Edwin “El Chapo” Rosario for the world Lightweight championship at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan Puerto Rico. He then faced Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini for the North American Lightweight belt, and lost a 12 round decision in Warren Ohio near Ray‘s hometown. Moving from featherweight to lightweight (after having lost to the great Ruben Olivares, 82-9-1), he met another legend in Alexis Arguello, 69-5 at the time, and managed to deck him in round six, but lost a razor thin ten round split decision in Miami. He fought under the radar and was underrated, but who climb steadilyup the boxing ladder and rankings and become a two- time world Lightweight champion. Ramirez won 43 of his first 44 professional fights in Huatabampo or Ciudad Obregon, Mexico. They would later become gym mates and close friends. To his great credit, he had a penchant for going into his opponent’s home town to fight.Ĭhronology: He resided in Culiacan, the same Mexican town that gave us Julio Cesar Chavez. He also did battle with Juan Martin Coggi, Vicente Saldivar, Aurelio Muniz, Irish Frankie Crawford, Jose Torres, Manuel Hernandez, Bostonian John Rafuse and Dominican Cocoa Sanchez (who had whipped Jerome Artis and Rocky Ramon). He fought such notables as Pernell Whittaker and Edwin Rosario each twice, Ruben Olivares, Hector Camacho, 26-0 at the time, Terrance Alli, Charlie “Choo Choo” Brown (who had taken the IBF Lightweight Title in 1984 from Melvin Paul), Julio Cesar Chavez, AND Cornelius Boza Edwards. Level of Opposition: Outstanding It included many former champions and Hall of Fame inductees.
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