Ramos to make Pro Debut!
March 31, 2006
Fresh off his 2nd place finish at the 2006 US Championships Hector Ramos will pass up the opportunity to become
San Antonio's first Olympian. Ramos has signed a managerial contract with Cameron Dunkin. He will begin training
under the guidance of Miguel Diaz in Las Vegas, Nevada and is scheduled to make his pro debut at the Staples
Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Saturday, May 20, 2006 on PPV.
Ramos told USAF Top News - Sports "I felt after being ranked in the top 3 the past four years that this is the right
time."
click link for full story USAF Sports - Air Force boxer to make pro debut!
MAIN EVENT
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Rocky Juarez vs. Marco Antonio Barerra (WBC Super Featherweight Championship)
Ramos makes USAF boxing team.
Jan.20, 2006 - San Antonio, Texas
Hector Ramos' won his 4th USAF boxing title this weekend at the Bennet Fitness Center in his
hometown of San Antonio, Texas. The Air Force coaches decided to make Hector work for his
"final" USAF title and matched him up against last years 165lbs runner-up the first night, Kevin
Legget. Ramos made it a chess match for the first three rounds picking his shots and taking advantage
of his speed. The final round proved the best for Ramos as he opened up and had Legget hurt on a few occasions.
After 4 rounds Ramos was declared the winner. Hector's finals opponent, Pete Villarreal
provided some extra motivation. As both boxers left the building after scoring wins the first night Pete
decided to make a bold prediction, "I will score the upset!", "I will kick your ass". Someone needs
to tell this guy (Pete) that Rocky is fake. You could have given this guy a Taser gun, mace, and a
pitbull and he still would not have won this fight. I've seen guys at my work (Funeral Home) with
better reflexes than this guy! Hector sent this guy packing in the 3rd round a stopped him after 3
standing 8 counts. I admired Hector patience during the whole "confrontation", he remained silent
and only smiled at the asswipe.
Hectors next bout will be at the Armed Force Championships in Ventura County, Calif. where for
the first time in four years three ranked boxers will be competing for the Armed Forces title in the
141lb division.
Martinez wins thriller!
Jan. 7, 2006
Raul Martinez scored the biggest win of his short career on national TV Friday night. His
opponent Andres "Andy Boy" Ledesma came in with an impressive record of
13-1-1-8 kos with wins over former World Champions Walter Estrada & Harold Mestre.
Martinez floored Ledesma twice with a barrage of body punches in the 3rd round but was
unable to finish him off. Martinez completed the task in the final round landing a solid right
hand on Ledesma's mug. The punch had Ledesma looking as if he was ready to celebrate
with a premature backflip.
Has anyone seen 15 year old San Miguel Del Allende in action lately? He doesn't seem
to come up in Raul Martinez's record. (click here for Raul's complete
professional record PROFESSIONAL RECORD)
Boxing circles have been trying to hype a hometown rivalry in Raul Martinez & Gabriel
Elizondo. A collision course as some say. The 90's had "Adios Amigos" (Raymond
Medel vs Robert Quiroga) a few years agowe had a less significant one in Oscar Diaz
& Omar Davila. Each fight was used as a springboard out of San Antonio. With the state
of professional boxing in San Antonio the last thing we need is for one of these boxers
to end up in a dead end job working for some Indian in a neighborhood store.
It's pretty obvious which boxer has a champions pedigree. With a little common sense
and good guidance both boxers should be able to make some decent money in this sport.
My advice to both boxers is, make some money, invest it, then beat the crap out of each other.
S.A. fighter Martinez remains unbeaten
San Antonio super flyweight Raul Martinez beat Adalberto Davila on Friday night in Monterrey, Mexico, to remain undefeated.
Martinez (14-0, 10 KOs) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Monterrey's Davila (9-8-2), who is rated No. 8 in Mexico at 115 pounds.
It was the first 10-round bout of Martinez's career.
But the victory may have come at a price. Martinez hurt his right hand on the first punch he threw. The injury could jeopardize his June 24
fight in Las Vegas against Alex Becerra of El Paso.
"I think I'm going to need a couple of months off," Martinez said. "It's actually an old injury. I've had cortisone shots that help the pain, but the
bruising is still there."
In addition, Martinez suffered a cut over his left eye from a head butt. He received a nasty gash over his right eye in his last fight.
On the plus side, the bout was a homecoming of sorts for Martinez. His father is from Monterrey and several of his relatives still living in the
city attended his bout.
"At least 20 of my relatives were there," Martinez said. "It was an awesome experience."
Coach's loyalty divided in bout
Web Posted: 02/25/2005 12:00 AM CST
Paula Hunt
Express-News Staff Writer
Most people sit during boxing matches. When the action in the ring gets fierce, they stand up. Arturo Ramos?
During the 15th bout at the 2005 San Antonio Regional Golden Gloves Tournament at Woodlawn Gym, the 28 year-old former
professional boxer stood, sat, stood up again, then sat down again with a hand covering his face.
The reason for the odd body language was simple. In the ring fighting in the open lightweight division was Kevin Terrazas of his Ramos
Boxing team with whom he'd been working for six weeks. The other boxer was Ramos' younger brother, Hector.
"There's no right answer about who you want to win," Arturo said. "What do you do?"When Hector Ramos won a 4-1 decision, Arturo still
hadn't made up his mind how he felt about the bout."It was very, very hard to watch," he said.Arturo had to hand over his corner duties to
two associates and watchthe bout from the audience. The Ramos-Terrazas bout was one of 25bouts on Thursday, the third day of the
five-day tournament that has drawn 145 entries and is open to amateur boxers ages 17-34. The crowd of 600 watched bouts in
sub-novice, novice and open divisions.Sub-novice boxers have had no previous bouts; novice boxers have fought up to 10 bouts. All
others compete in the open division. Hector Ramos is stationed at Travis AFB (Calif.) and is a member of the Air Force boxing program
that has been training at KellyUSA."Hector is awesome," said Edward Rivas, the team's coach. "Part of the reason is that his brother has
been such a good coach. It's a dream to get an athlete like Hector into our program because he has so much experience. With all the
deployments, it's been difficult because the number of applicants (to the program) has been limited."For Hector, walking away with a
victory was bittersweet."We had talked about what would happen if (I met one of his fighters), but we hoped it would happen in the finals,"
Hector said. "I can't imagine how he feels. I mean, how could you tell someone to go out here and fight your little brother?"The tournament
continues at 7 tonight at Bennett Fitness Center at KellyUSA with the novice division championships and women's boxing.
Tailwind Story on
Hector Ramos
Boxing fans see spirited bouts
Web Posted: 02/23/2005 12:00 AM CST
John Whisler
San Antonio Express-News
Half of the bouts ended in a referee-stops contest. Miguel Maldonado, a sub-novice middleweight from the Ramos Boxing Team, turned
in the quickest RSC of the night when he stopped Raul Romero III of Calderon Boys & Girls Club in only 34 seconds. Brothers band
together for win
Web Posted: 02/24/2005 12:00 AM CST
Paula Hunt
Express-News Staff Writer
Open light welterweight Kevin Terrazas of the Ramos Boxing Team recorded a unanimous decision over Cory Yett of Ann Wolf Boxing
Gym.
Rios completes trifecta
Web Posted: 02/27/2005 12:00 AM CST
John Whisler
Express-News Staff Writer
Hector Ramos, 23, younger brother of former local boxing standout Arturo Ramos, beat Fernando Diaz, younger brother of San Antonio
pro Oscar Diaz, to win the light welterweight championship
Four-time champ falls
By Trae Thompson
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
Posted on Sat, Mar. 05, 2005
Jose Orozco stood there quietly, his eyes watering as fans kept booing.
Orozco, a four-time Texas State Golden Gloves champion from Fort Worth, lost a 3-2 split decision to San Antonio's Hector Ramos in a
141-pound semifinal bout of the Texas State Golden Gloves Tournament on Friday night at John Justin Arena. One judge scored the fight
58-58 with Orozco the winner, another scored it 59-57 for Orozco, and three judges scored the fight 59-58 for Ramos.
"Ain't nothing I can do about that," Orozco said.
Fort Worth will be represented in tonight's championship fights by fan favorite Oscar Rodriguez, who won a decision over Dallas' Alberto
Baez in the 165-pound division.
Orozco's fight had little action, as Ramos kept moving around the ring and circling him. Ramos landed solid right hooks but seldom threw
them. Compared with other fights, Orozco also didn't throw as many punches, but still remained the aggressor.
Ramos thought he won the fight and felt he threw the crisper shots.
"He fought hard, but I felt I scored more points inside," said Ramos, who is making his second appearance at state.
In the third round, Ramos tied Orozco up near the ropes. Orozco tried to get out of it, but the fight almost seemed like a wrestling match as
Ramos kept clinching.
Said Cipriano Orozco, Jose's father and trainer: "Everybody holds him. I thought he won easy. [Ramos] didn't throw nothing, even in the
second round and was just holding."
After an electrifying win Thursday night, Rodriguez didn't face near as tough of a challenge against Baez, who kept him tied up. Rodriguez
traded at times, highlighted by a great five-punch combination in the third, but also did well as he stepped back and ducked shots from
Baez.
Sheldon Parker, Rodriguez's trainer, saw room for improvement but was already looking ahead to tonight's final match against Joshua
Garza, a talented and sharp boxer from Southeast Texas.
"I like Josh's style, and he's much more of a boxer, so it's going to force Oscar to box more," Parker said.
NOTE: After viewing the video of this bout one would think Stevie Wonder & Helen Keller were the two judges who scored the bout
for Orozco. It was obvious these judges were influenced by the hometown crowd of Orozco. Ramos clearly won the bout scoring
the cleaner blows throughout the fight. For a video of the bout send a blank VHS, and postage to Ramos Boxing Team, 518
Moursund, San Antonio, Texas 78221.
2005 REVIEW
Jan. 1, 2006
Overall our team had a good year. Our boxers doubled up their wins from 2004 and added a few
National titles to their resume. Once again we'll try to keep our boxers active through the coming
year to prepare them for the year end tournaments, National Silver Gloves & Ringside World
Championships.
2005 Andy Milonakis Awards
MOST DEDICATED
Jairo Martinez & Celina Salazar
MOST IMPROVED
Christian Santibanes & Jairo Martinez
HARDEST WORKER
Cresencio Ramos
DOWN & OUT INCHES BEFORE THE FINISH LINE AWARD
Felix Galvan
WHY DO I ALWAYS END UP BOXING THE BEST BOXERS AWARD
Jesse Santibanes
THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH EATING A WHOLE PIZZA THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEIGH-INS AWARD
Eric Guajardo
TIME TO GO TO ANOTHER GYM ITS BEEN OVER 8 DAYS AWARD
Kevin & Jose Terrazas
*Celina Salazar 7-1* Cresencio Ramos 12-4* Christian Santibanes 8-4*Kevin Terrazas 3-1*
Miguel Maldonado 3-1* Felix Galvan 5-2* Jesse Santibanes 3-4 *Eric Guajardo 5-3*JairoMartinez 4-4
Paige Galvan 1-2*Billy Polson 0-2*Adam Castillo 0-2* Eddie Guajardo 1-0*Hector Ramos 18-3
Ramos impressive at local smoker.
San Antonio, Texas
Dec. 24, 2005
Five boxers decided to try and end the year with wins, Jairo Martinez, Eric Guajardo,Celina
Salazar, Christian Santibanes and Cresencio Ramos remained in the gym while others took
advantage of time off of school/work to celebrate the holidays. With a poor turnout in the
last boxing show of the year only two boxers were matched, Christian and Cresencio.
Cresencio Ramos closed out the year in impressive fashion. Genaro Cavazos of Edinburg, Tx.
no answer for Cresencios power. The first punch of the bout was an early indication of what was
to come as a powerful right hook sent Cavazos across the ring. It was a great way to end the
year for Cresencio as he flirted with a National Title early this year.
Christian Santibanes decided to save his fireworks for the New Years. It was a rematch
of this years JO's finals; with different results. Michael Baladez Montopolis - Austin, Tx. got
the best of Christian this time around winning at 2-1 split decision.
Jairo Martinez, Eric Guajardo and Celina Salazar were not matched.
OPERATION: Littlerock, Ark.
December 9, 2005
After a poor showing in Beeville, Tx and some Butterbean effort type sparring/training I
decided our team would not participate in this years Silver Gloves tournament. This tournament
is considered the "SUPERBOWL" of boxing for all junior boxers under the age of 16. Being
such a important tournament for our youngsters I expected much more from them, in training &
competition. A few of our boxers felt they were ready for competition and decided to give it shot.
Jairo Martinez, one of the few bright spots all year long had every right to feel he was ready (If i
had to make a decision to choose one boxer i thought was ready it would be him). Cresencio Ramos
decided to attend the tournament as well. Cresencio is one of the few people i know who always
gives it 100%. He's always up for competition. Whether is a watermelon seed spitting contest or a
friendly game of basketball, Cresencio plays to win!
Both boxers lost very close decisions.
Jairo Martinez had the toughest draw, a boxer from Houston-Savannah, Gustavo Alacron 119lbs.
After viewing the tape of the fight (a few times) I felt he was a few punches from winning the decision. "Fortunately" for Jairo, he lost
a close decision. Gustavo was given an "H" the following night.
Cresencio Ramos had an easier draw. He drew Mario Barrios of ESBC-San Antonio. Not to
say Mario is not a tough little dude, but Cresencio has had the privilege of sparring Mario a few
times; he was very familiar with Marios's style and scored and impressive victory. The 2nd night
was an easy victory for Cresencio as he won by walkover. Leonard Estrada Ft. Worth-Diamond
Hill Boxing Gym was unable to make weight and was DQ'ed. Ramos lost a tough (close) decision
in the finals to Hector Valdez - Dallas. In order to avoid all clichés I'll just say we lost a close one.
Thanks to Cresencios parents (Cresencio Ramos Sr. & Julie Ramos) Cresencio Jr. was able to make the trip out to McKinney.
Tony Jaramillo of ESBC - San Antonio provided transportation for Jairo Martinez and helped Cresencio & Jairo as their cornerman.
Ramos Boxing Team shoots -2 Under Par in Beeville, Texas
November 20, 2005
Cresencio Ramos was out of timeouts, Felix & Paige Galvan were running late & Eric Guajardo
managed to put on five (5) pounds overnight to weigh in at his heaviest, a blubbery 123lbs. Jairo
Martinez was the lone victor in Beeville.
Jairo Martinez vs Gerardo Levaro - Jairo (matched up against a foe from his former team) was
aggressive from the opening bell. It was up to Jairo to determine if our team would be heading up to
McKinney for the Silver Gloves tournament next week. His lone victory left an ounce of hope.
Cresencio Ramos vs John Baladez. Cresencio as always gave it 100%, this time it wasn't enough.
In his first fight in 4 months, Ramos' timing and counter punching were a bit off.
Eric Guajardo vs Frankie Olivia. Fresh from winning a National Championship in Kansas City,
Eric seems to have left some of his game in Kansas City. In was a totally different Eric in the 3rd
round. "You have to win this round(3rd) if you WANT to win the fight" just didn't register this time;
as it has in the past. The 5+ pounds he put on in less than 12 hours might have had something to do
with it, as he looked a bit lazy in the last round.
The next week will determine if we (as a team) will be traveling to McKinney, Texas for the State
Silver Gloves tournament.
Silver Gloves Boxers
Paige Galvan - 75lbs*Christian Santibanes -65lbs*Cresencio Ramos - 70lbs*Eric Guajardo - 201+*Felix Galvan - 156lbs*Jairo
Martinez - 112lbs
Haunted Boxing Gym
November 11, 2005
Well, my computer is ALIVE!
Haunted House once again was a success thanks to the help of some generous boxing / family volunteers. Thanks to the $1
donation that was accepted by those present we were able to hand out cash prizes to costume winners this year.
Haunted Boxing Gym
October 24, 2005
After a successful turnout last year we will once again turn our boxing gym into a crapinyourpants
haunted house. We will also have a costume contest, food, music, moonwalk and diapers for all those
in need. Like last year we will have cameras setup throughout the haunted house for all to view the
following day at the gym.
Last year our very own Christian Santibanes denied being scared, "It wasn't that scary" What Mr.
Christian didn't know was that our cameras caught him yelling at the top of his lungs on the floor,
grabbing onto a young womans leg. The funny thing about it was that Christian didn't know the
young lady, she just happen to be the closest human being nearby.
Haunted House will open at 7:30. This year our haunted house will be open to the public so all are
welcome. For more info call 210-380-8955
Ramos off to Colorado Springs.
October 20, 2005
Hector Ramos in town preparing for the 2006 Armed Forces received an invitation to the 2005 World Championships training camp at the
Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Co.. Karl Dargan (ranked #1) & Hector Ramos (ranked #2) will be competing to represent
Team USA at the World Championships & a dual meet vs Azerbaijan.
NOVEMBER
5-13 -- Men’s World Championships at Mianyang City, China.
DECEMBER
3 -- USA vs. Azerbaijan Dual at Harvey, Illinois
Doctor, Doctor!
Austin, Texas
For the 2nd week in a roll an amateur boxing card was cancelled. Both shows (San Antonio - Calderon & Austin - AB Cantu/Pan Am) had
to send all traveling boxers packing as no doctor was available to be at ringside during the matches. .
AB Cantu/Pan Am Boxing Team
Capitol City Showdown Amateur Boxing
Sept. 24, 2005
SHOW INFO
When: Saturday - October 15, 2005
Weigh Ins 8:00am - 10:00am
Pairings & Physicals 10:00am - 12noon
Bouts: 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Admission: $5 per person. Two coach passes per team
Bouts will be held at the AB Cantu-Pan Am Center "The Center of Austin" 2100 E. 3rd Street , Austin, Texas 78072, 512-476-9193
For directions click on the "Directions to our gym" link above.
Break is over!
Sept. 1, 2005
The following boxers will be competing in Austin, Texas at the Montopolis Rec. Center. Christian Santibanes, Eric Guajardo, Jairo
Martinez, Celina Salazar & Jesse Santibanes. To pre-match your boxers call Coach Guerrero at 512-326-3515
National Champions featured on AUSABOXING.com
San Antonio, Tx. August 25, 2005
Webmaster Esteban Erik Stipnieks stopped by our gym Thursday to snap a few photos of national champions, Celina Salazar, Eric
Guajardo and Hector Ramos. Click here to view story & pictures. AUSABOXING.COM
Twenty Elite Athlete Convene in Colorado Springs
Sept. 15, 2005
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - Twenty of the nation’s top amateur boxers traveled to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
for the 2005 Men’s Continental Championships Training Camp, September 12-25. Eleven of the athletes will travel to Teresopolis, Brazil
on September 25 for the event which will run through October 2..
The twenty elite athletes participating in the training camp are 2005 light flyweight national champion Marco Rangel (Scottsdale, Ariz.);
2005 Under 19 light flyweight national champion Vincent Montoya (Cheyenne, Wyo.); 2004 flyweight Olympic runner-up Aaron Alafa
(Visalia, Calif.); 2004 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion Teon Kennedy (Philadelphia, Pa.); 2005 U.S. Championships
bantamweight silver medalist Sytel Wilbarn (Los Angeles, Calif.); 2005 U.S. Championships bantamweight bronze medalist Troy
Wohosky (Medford, Ore.); 2005 U.S. Championships featherweight silver medalist Richard Baltazar (Lynwood, Calif.); 2005 lightweight
national champion Michael Evans (Dayton, Ohio); 2005 U.S. Championships lightweight silver medalist Jonathan Gover (San Antonio,
Texas); 2005 light welterweight national champion Karl Dargan (Philadelphia, Pa.); 2005 U.S. Championships light welterweight
bronze medalist Hector Ramos (San Antonio, Texas); 2005 welterweight national champion Demetrius Andrade (Providence, R.I.);
2005 light welterweight silver medalist Charles Hatley (Dallas, Texas); 2005 middleweight national champion Edwin Rodriguez
(Worcester, Mass.); 2005 U.S. Championships middleweight silver medalist Jonathan Nelson (Little Rock, Ark.); 2005 U.S.
Championships middleweight bronze medalist Shawn Estrada (Lynwood, Calif.); 2005 light heavyweight national champion William
Rosinsky (Brooklyn, N.Y.); 2005 National Golden Gloves heavyweight champion Eric Fields (Ardmore, Okla.); 2005 U.S. Championships
heavyweight bronze medalist Marcus Henry (Baltimore, Md.); and two-time super heavyweight national champion Mike Wilson (Central
Point, Ore.)
The team is being led by Head Coach Bill Meartz (Beaverton, Ore.), 1998 USOC Developmental Coach of the Year Mike Stafford
(Cincinnati, Ohio); and Jose Martinez (Bryan, Texas). Robert Silva (Odessa, Texas) will serve as Team Manager with Dr. Armando
Sanchez (Milwaukee, Wis.) working as team physician and Angel Villareal (Milwaukee, Wis.) serving as the AIBA official.
In addition to daily gym workouts, the team is participating in international protocol classes, nutrition classes, media training, video
study, strength and plyometric training and early morning runs.
USA Boxing, as the national governing body for Olympic-style boxing, is the United States’ member organization of the International
Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). USA Boxing thanks its sponsors:
Everlast, Adidas, and Tanita for their continued support of USA Boxing and its athlete
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