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08.07.08, 01:15
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Mando Ramos, a two-time lightweight boxing champion beset by drug and alcohol abuse, has died. He was 59.
Ramos died Sunday at his home in San Pedro, according to his wife, Sylvia. She said her husband, a diabetic, went into respiratory arrest and paramedics were unable to revive him.
Ramos turned pro in 1965, three days after his 17th birthday. He retired a decade later with a record of 37-11-1 with 23 knockouts.
“I never really trained, not for a single fight,” he once told the Los Angeles Times. “Oh, I went to the gym every day. But I drank every night. Fighters never beat me. But drugs and alcohol (did)
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Ramos died Sunday at his home in San Pedro, according to his wife, Sylvia. She said her husband, a diabetic, went into respiratory arrest and paramedics were unable to revive him.
Ramos turned pro in 1965, three days after his 17th birthday. He retired a decade later with a record of 37-11-1 with 23 knockouts.
“I never really trained, not for a single fight,” he once told the Los Angeles Times. “Oh, I went to the gym every day. But I drank every night. Fighters never beat me. But drugs and alcohol (did)
Boxer Mando Ramos dies at 59 - Boxing (http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=An_r91PepoeFwPWgcdzif5GaxLYF?slug=ap-obit-ramos&prov=ap&type=lgns)