Marcos Ramírez (born March 31, 1981) is an American former

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who competed from 2000 to 2008. Ramírez is a former

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- NABO and IBF Latino

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champion.

Personal life

Marcos a current firefighter, was once 21-0 and on the fast track to a shot at the world

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championship. Until his first-born son, Diego, died unexpectedly in January 2006 at the age of 13 months. All Ramírez knows is that there was a fever that did not subside. He lost his passion for boxing after Diego's death. After a brief comeback, he retired from

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in 2008 with a career record of 25–1. "It changed who I was," Ramírez says during his shift as a back-end man at the firehouse. "A big chunk of my heart was ripped out."

Professional career

On October 4, 2008, Ramírez fought

Yuriorkis Gamboa Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 23 December 1981) is a Cuban professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title ( Regular version) from 2009 to 2011, and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight ti ...

after a long layoff and had Gamboa staggered in the first round but would go on to lose the bout.

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