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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  USATODAY.com - International inductees highlight Hall of Fame class   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
By Kevin Rivoli, AP Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos (left) and Ismael Laguna recognize faces in the crowd during their induction.
Ramos successfully defended his crown three times before Hall of Famer Vincente Saldivar knocked him out in the 12th round in a September 1964 bout.
Ramos retired in 1972 with a 55-7-4 record and 40 KOs.
www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2001-06-10-hall.htm   (742 words)

  
 uramos
Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos, a legendary Cuban Featherweight champion and now Hall of Famer was honored by the people of South Florida this past Saturday, July 21st, at the Miami Plaza Hotel in Hialeah Gardens.
Ramos promised her a championship belt and delivered it when be beat Orlando "El Gallito del Ring" Castillo, then Cuban Featherweight champion.
Ramos' purse for the championship fight with Davey Moore was a measly $8,000.00, but he still gave his heart and soul in the ring, no excuses, no holds barred.
www.braggingrightscorner.com /uramos.html   (1072 words)

  
 Kahuku will miss its mill - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Angel Ramos, who worked as a machinist at the Kahuku Sugar Mill, stands by a flywheel of the type that was found inside the mill.
The Kahuku Sugar Mill, built in 1890 and for eight decades the lifeblood for the Portuguese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants who came to work the plantation, will be torn down soon — a victim of decay and the high cost of cleaning up polluted land.
Ramos was part of the sakada (recruited contract workers) group of thousands of Filipino laborers brought to the islands to work on sugar and pineapple plantations in 1946.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jan/25/ln/ln09a.html   (1070 words)

  
 World Sugar History Newsletter 12 (6/88)
Although the sugar industry was changing with cultivation in the hands of smaller farmers (colonos) who furnished the cane for large producers, it was the whites who benefited and sugar cane farming was predominantly a white occupation by the late 1800s.
Sugar is produced in many countries under complex sets of conditions peculiar to each, and the world sugar economy is not a homogeneous entity.
There are relatively few pieces dealing specifically with sugar, but some of the techniques employed both in the more general works and those on other commodities should be of interest to those working on the history of sugar.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /epc/wshn/number12.html   (3045 words)

  
 Mando Ramos:
I Did Love the Cheers of the Crowd | Karl Hegman
Armando “Mando” Ramos was all that in the middle 1960’s and early 70’s.
Ramos was tall for a lightweight -- 5’11-- and boyishly handsome -- a Latin matinee idol.
Ramos followed the Crawford win with a non-title victory over WBC Super Featherweight Champion, Hiroshi Kobayashi in L.A. Mando was blessed with equal power from the left or right side, could box or slug, and had that unique gift of being able to switch from orthodox to southpaw and attack from angles.
fightbeat.com /article_detail.php?AT=86   (2897 words)

  
 Boxing News : Fischer : Son of Sugar Ramos Finds His Own Way
This is why Santiago Ramos, the 21-year-old son of former featherweight champion Sugar Ramos, is a professional fighter.
Ramos, now 62, knows that being a prize fighter is a hard life -- one he preferred his sons not to endure.
Ramos, known as "Ultiminio", still had enough punching power to stop future lightweight champ Chango Carmona in '69 and enough savvy to out-point former featherweight titlist Raul Rojas in '70, before he retired in '72, which was about the time that Perez's older brother, Enrique, was born.
www.maxboxing.com /fischer/fischer120403.asp   (931 words)

  
 Sugar Ramos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos (born December 2, 1941, Matanzas, Cuba) is a Cuban boxer, who began his boxing career in his native country.
This was similar to Ramos' twelfth professional fight in which Jose Blanco died from injuries sustained in the fight.
Ramos lost his title in 1965 and never challenged for his title again.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sugar_Ramos   (258 words)

  
 IBHOF / International Boxing Hall of Fame, Ultiminio Sugar Ramos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ramos retained the title three times before losing the crown via 12th round KO to Hall of Famer Vicente Saldivar on September 26, 1964.
Ramos rebounded to twice challenge Hall of Famer Carlos Ortiz for the lightweight championship in 1966 and 1967 (Ortiz scored a 5th round KO and 4th round KO respectively).
Ramos continued to box for several years, although he never again challenged for a world title.
www.ibhof.com /ramos.htm   (197 words)

  
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Ramos was talking about the necessity of driving carefully, and since her place was four miles from campus, "practically in the country, you should be especially alert.
Ramos started speaking to her seriously, and the daughter, while showing Helen Ramos around the garden, could clearly hear what he was saying.
She and Ramos were still talking next to his car in the dry heat of the parking lot under the intense sun when the two secretaries walked by on their way back to the office.
www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=13080   (6363 words)

  
 Former mill workers move on - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
In the 1950s, Waialua Sugar brought in mechanical harvesting equipment to replace workers who cut sugarcane by hand, triggering layoffs that continued in the decades that followed.
Ramos drove a cane hauler at the mill; his father, John, was an irrigator.
Back when sugar was Hawai'i's king crop, Waialua Sugar workers each year tore down and rebuilt the bin that held the bagasse until it was burned in the mill's furnace.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/May/16/bz/bz04a.html   (1374 words)

  
 México: Strike Temporarily Lifted to Continue Negotiations
And the hundreds of telegrams and e-mails that were sent to the Presidency of the Republic, as well as to the Ministries of Labor and of Agriculture, signaled to us that we were in a position of great strength to grant this extension.
He was never one to be seen at parties and banquets, but traveling from one end of the union’s territory to the other, permanently standing by its workers, sharing their fate, their hardships and their joys.
We are confident that ‘Quique’ Ramos will give his all to make this mobilization of sugar mill workers a success.
www.rel-uita.org /sindicatos/con_ramos-eng.htm   (808 words)

  
 Mando Ramos Vs Bobby Chacon - Boxing Forum
The hand speed and flashy combos were still there for Ramos, but he could no longer get out of the way of the stuff coming back, and he was far the lesser fighter for it.
Ramos, it seems to me, was the larger man, and he seemed to have (a bit) more skill than Chacon, so, even though he was susecptable to cuts, I think I might pick him to defeat "The Schoolboy", even if the fight did go into the trenches.
I mean he hit Sugar with EVERYTHING but the kitchen sink in their fight, and couldn`t manage to put him down once, and remember Sugar was a natural featherweight.
www.eastsideboxing.com /forum/showthread.php?p=1031386#post1031386   (840 words)

  
 Go ahead, celebrate Chocolate Chip Day - 8/4/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Chef Ramos was trained in the pastry arts at The Le Notre Culinary Institute in Paris and most recently studied the latest pastry techniques at the World Pastry Forum in Phoenix, Arizona.
For instance, make sure the ingredients are at room temperature, never over mix the batter and always use half white sugar and half brown sugar.
Ramos is so passionate about wanting to help people with their recipes he's offered his phone number so that anyone with questions or baking problems can give him a call.
www.detnews.com /2005/eatsdrinks/0508/04/G08-269246.htm   (486 words)

  
 CBC Sports Online: ANALYSIS: JOHN F. MOLINARO
At 29, the fan-favourite Moore was in the fourth year of his title reign but faced a stiff challenge in Ramos, an up-and-coming 21-year-old Cuban refugee and the No. 1 contender to the featherweight crown.
The younger Ramos battered Moore with punches early on, and in the fatal 10th round the young Cuban's pounding reached a crescendo.
An offensive flurry by Ramos sent Moore staggering across the sweat-stained ring before a left hook shot him reeling backwards into the ropes and down to the mat.
www.cbc.ca /sports/columns/analysis/molinaro/molinaro_050414.html   (1341 words)

  
 Boxing News : Body Work
From the Depression era to the 1970s, boxing was at the forefront of sports in Los Angeles and the Grand Olympic Auditorium regularly had sold-out crowds at the brown colored construction that fit more than 10,400 in its seats and most all of them were excellent for viewing professional and amateur fights.
Who could forget Sugar Ramos and Mando Ramos tangling with each other in a 10-round bout Aug. 7, 1970.
Sugar was a Cuban fighter who migrated to Mexico.
www.maxboxing.com /Kim/kim010203.asp   (1522 words)

  
 Carlos Ortiz
The Ramos fight proved controversial, because the WBC's president proclaimed at first that the punch with which Ortiz had beaten Ramos with had been illegal, but he later reconsidered and gave Ortiz the title, and the knockout victory, back, with the condition that a rematch be fought in the future.
And so 1967 came, and Ortiz and Ramos met once again, this time in San Juan.
Ortiz retained the title by a knockout in 4 rounds, and this time the bout went without any controversies.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Carlos_Ortiz.html   (968 words)

  
 Cuban Sports Timeline, 1962-2006
Ramos retains the World Featherweight title with a decision in 15.
In Tokyo, "Sugar" Ramos successfully defends his title against Mitsunori Seki.
In a rematch fought in San Juan, "Sugar" Ramos again defeats Carlos Ortiz with a knockout in 4 for the World Lightweight title.
www.historyofcuba.com /history/time/sports-2.htm   (2092 words)

  
 The Webtender: Powdered sugar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Granulated sugar or white sugar is made from sugar canes or sugar beets, that is highly refined sugar.
Granulated sugar is also available in cubes or tablets of various sizes, as well as a variety of textures.
Confectioners' or powdered sugar is granulated sugar that has been crushed into a fine powder with a small amount of cornstarch is added to prevent clumping.
www.webtender.com /db/ingred/236   (170 words)

  
 RETIRED BOXERS FOUNDATION
Alex Ramos, known as the "Bronx Bomber" in a career that spanned twenty-two years and over 300 amateur and professional bouts, is the founder of the Retired Boxers Foundation, whose mission is to assist fighters in their transition from their professional boxing, to a dignified retirement.
Richardson met Ramos at an opening of a boxing gym for which she had written a grant to get kids off the street and into gyms.
While Ramos and Ward were from different weight classes, they still followed the careers of their friends from the amateur days.
www.retiredboxers.org /aboutus.htm   (6163 words)

  
 IBHOF / 1999 Induction Speeches (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sugar took the mic and he said very modestly, "You made a big thing out of me being the best pound-for-pound fighter.
Wherever I go, I'm asked over all these years, what was the favorite fight that you put on, the fight that got you the most excited.
I can say that this gentleman right here that is going in, Ultimino Sugar Ramos, when he fought Mando Ramos at the Olympic Auditorium, it was the greatest fight I've ever seen.
www.ibhof.com.cob-web.org:8888 /01trans.htm   (1216 words)

  
 RAMOS GIN FIZZ Recipe at Epicurious.com
This fizz is named after Henry C. Ramos who served it in his New Orleans bar, the Imperial Cabinet Saloon.
Each drink must be shaken for as long as five minutes so Ramos hired young boys who did nothing but shake the fizzes for his clients.
Combine all ingredients except the soda in a cocktail shaker and shake steadily until the mixture is thick and frothy.
www.epicurious.com /drinking/drink_views/views/200051   (379 words)

  
 Boxing in Las Vegas: Amato's Digest 6/4/06.htm
Flash Elorde and Sugar Ramos both failed to dethrone the great Carlos Ortiz.
Nevertheless Roberto had bigger fish to fry like Carlos Palomino and Sugar Ray Leonard and Alexis would win a piece of the title after Roberto gave it up to pursue the welterweight title.
Sugar Ray Robinson went after Joey Maxim's light heavyweight crown.
www.boxinginlasvegas.com /Amato/amato_060406.htm   (340 words)

  
 BraggingRightsCorner.com - "Vicente Saldivar: A Mexican Legend" ... by Jim Amato
He battered the great champion Sugar Ramos and the bout ended in the twelfth round with a new champion being crowned.
Saldivar was about to begin a campaign that eliminated all opposition to his throne.
He failed in a 1961 bid to dethrone flyweight champion Pone Kingpetch and in 1964 he was beaten in six rounds by featherweight king Sugar Ramos.
www.braggingrightscorner.com /amatosaldivar111505.html   (858 words)

  
 Hall of Fame 2001
Captured the title for the first time in April 1965 with a decision over Hall of Famer Carlos Ortiz, who won it back in a rematch.
Laguna regained the title five years later with a ninth-round knockout of Mando Ramos, but held it only six months before losing it to Ken Buchanan another Hall of Famer, later Buchananan would also loose it to another future inductee, Panamanian Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran.
Mexican Ultiminio “Sugar” Ramos, who captured the Featherweight title in 1963 after defeating Davey Moore with a 10
www.wbaonline.com /event/halloffame/12halloffame.htm   (276 words)

  
 Mando Ramos - Page 3 - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mando is one of my best friends whom I call upon for advice from time to time, as he has seen and done it all.
Mando Ramos has never steered me in the wrong direction.
Mando and Sylvuia Ramos are always there for their friends 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /cbzforum/showthread.php?p=35031   (427 words)

  
 Bob Dylan Who's Who
"All the while, a savage war was developing." Ramos, a 21-year-old Cuban living in Mexico City, took control to the delight of the largely Latino crowd.
In the 10th, Ramos' left hooks sent Moore into the ropes.
A series of Ramos lefts and rights drove Moore toward the center-field side of the ring, where a left hook knocked him onto the seat of his shorts, his head twanging against the lowest of the three ropes.
www.expectingrain.com /dok/who/m/mooredavey.html   (940 words)

  
 History of Cuban Boxing, Part 1, Kid Chocolate, Kid Gavilan, Luis Rodriguez, Jose Napoles
Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos left Cuba and became the world featherweight champion while living in Mexico.
That streak ended in April of 1960, not because a fighter went the distance against Fernandez, but because it was his last fight in Cuba.
"Sugar Ray Robinson was a great admirer of Kid Chocolate," said Fausto Miranda, a former Cuban journalist who covered many of Chocolate's fights.
www.ibhof.com /ibhfcuba1.htm   (2647 words)

  
 Boxing in the 1960s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
December 10- After a ceremony to honor Sugar Ray Robinson for his retirement (featuring former Robinson rivals Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer, Carl Olson and Randy Turpin), Emile Griffith retains his world Welterweight title with a fifteen round decision over Mexican-American Manuel Gonzalez, in the first fight ever to be shown in color on television.
March 1- Horacio Accavallo beats Katsuyoshi Takayama by a fifteen round decision in Tokyo, Japan, to win the WBA world Flyweight title, making Salvatore Burruni (the champion who was stripped of the title by the WBA) be, as of 2004, boxing's last undisputed world champion in the Flyweight division.
July 13- Emile Griffith defeats Joey Archer (the last man to beat Sugar Ray Robinson), by a fifteen round decision to retain his world Middleweight title, New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxing_in_the_1960s   (2936 words)

  
 MiamiHerald.com | 12/11/2006 | Duran gets spot in hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The stigma of Duran's ''No Más'' decision to quit fighting during a welterweight title rematch against Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980 proved deep and far.
Duran, 55, will be part of the 2007 Hall of Fame class, which also will feature Pernell Whitaker, considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in the early 1990s, and Ricardo Lopez, the eight-year minimum-weight champion, who retired unbeaten in 52 career bouts.
Other notables selected were Amilcar Brusa, trainer of 14 world champions, including middleweight great Carlos Monzon, and promoter-manager Cuco Conde, who helped guide Sugar Ramos and Jose ''Mantequilla'' Napoles to world titles.
www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/sports/16211895.htm   (618 words)

  
 Angelo Dundee
In addition to Ali and Sugar Ray, Dundee has trained champions Jimmy Ellis, Luis Rodriguez, Sugar Ramos, Ralph Dupas, Willie Pastrano, and George Foreman.
Actually one of Dundee’s great feats was when he was in Foreman’s corner as he knocked out Michael Moorer to win the heavyweight title.
Drop the right hand over, make an angle” etc. Some of the famous punching combinations used by Muhammad or Sugar Ray were his inventions.
www.fightingmaster.com /trainers/dundee   (829 words)

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