WON: 15
LOST: 0
DREW: 0
KOs: 9
RANKING: PRELIMINARY BOXER
TITLES HELD: MULTIPLE AMATEUR TITLES
NICKNAME: “SAUVECITO”

A native of Pico Rivera, California, Rico Ramos had a storied amateur career, winning a number of regional, national and world titles en route to a 97-17 record.

His collection of tournament championships included the Golden Gloves, Silver Gloves, Ringside National and 5 Bert Colemio Romero Amateur World Championships (BCR championsips).

In addition, Ramos won the National PAL title in 2006 in Oxnard, California, and the Pan-Am Box-offs in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2007.

From there he went on to the 2007 U.S. Championships -- again in Colorado Springs – and won his first two bouts before losing on points to eventual 2008 U.S. Olympian Raynell Williams.

In August 2007, Ramos travelled to Houston, Texas to compete in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. He went 2-2 in the double-elimination format – eventually won by Williams.

He closed out his amateur career with two world tournaments: winning the USA vs. England Dual in London, England last November, but losing the USA vs. Mexico Dual in San Diego back in January of this year.

Ramos made his professional debut in March 2008 by winning a four-round shutout decision over Sammy Yniguez in San Jose, California. It was the first of eight victories posted by Ramos in the calendar year.

He followed that up with a pair of second-round TKO wins over Denis Moreno (May 17, 2008 in Primm, NV) and Jerry Mondragon (June 5, 2008 in San Jose).

Three weeks later (June 26, 2008), Ramos stopped Harvey Phillips retiring him on his stool before the second round began.

In his fifth pro bout, Ramos earned a four-round unanimous decision over then undefeated (6-0, 4 KOs) Jonathan Velardez on the James Toney-Hasim Rahman undercard in Temecula, California (July 16, 2008).

Ramos registered a pair of early knockouts in his 6th and 7th bouts. In his first scheduled six-round bout in San Jose, California on September 11, 2008, he stopped Alvaro Muro (6-9, 5 KOs) in the third round and, in his most recent bout he took out veteran Manuel Sarabia (16-27-9, 10 KOs) halfway through the first round in a televised bout on the Versus network from San Jacinto, California on September 25, 2008. Of note, Sarabia a tough gatekeeper for up-and-coming prospects hadn’t been stopped since 2005 in a fight against current world champion Juan Manuel Lopez, going the distance with seven undefeated fighters in-between Lopez and Ramos.

A unanimous-decision win in October against Torrence Daniels in Lemoore, California capped off his sensational first year as a professional.

2009 proved to be another banner year for the impressive young prospect, as he chalked up a half-dozen more victories.

In April he defeated Escamilla by unanimous decision on a major fight card in Las Vegas, Nevada. Paul Williams decisioned Winky Wright and Chris Arreola stopped Jameel McCline in the headliners.

Ramos came back a month later in May and registered a third-round TKO over veteran Trinidad Mendoza at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

In mid-July, Ramos engineered another stoppage when Juan Jose Beltran could not answer the bell for the fourth round in Lemoore, California.

A busy September saw Ramos fighting twice in a two-week period. First, he stopped Victor Martizez in the third round in Temecula, California, and then won a one-sided decision against Kermin Guardia on the Chris Arreola-Vitali Klitschko undercard at LA’s Staples Center.

Ramos capped of 2009 with an overwhelming performance in decisioning once-beaten Alejandro Perez to claim the vacant WBO NABO Youth Super bantamweight title.

MOST RECENT BOUT:

On March 5, 2010, Ramos kicked off the year by beating his toughest opponent to date, Cecilio Santos, in Temecula on ESPN2. Ramos sent the veteran Mexican, who competed in four world title bouts, to the canvas with a vicious body shot. The bout was stopped at 1:19 of the fourth round and Ramos successfully defensed his title.

FAMILY:

His mother Jackie White and stepfather Clinton White, a retired diesel truck driver, raised Ramos. He has three brothers: Tony (age 28), Edward (23) and Pierre (18) Ramos; two sisters: Kianna (22) and Keisha (19) Ramos and two stepbrothers: Clinton White, Jr. (15) and Jackie White (14).

EDUCATION:

Ramos matriculated through the Los Angeles public school system, attending Weigand Elementary School, the Markham Middle school and Jordan High School.

WHY BOXING:

“I got interested in boxing because it’s a fun sport. I also get to meet a lot of new people when I fight. I‘ve had many famous people come up to me after my fights and tell me how good I did.”

LITTLE KNOWN FACTS:

CHILDHOOD HERO: “Power Rangers.”

PEOPLE MOST ADMIRED: “My mom, stepdad and my big brother.”

EARLIEST BOXING MEMORY: “Going to England for the USA vs. England
Dual in 2007.”

GREATEST SPORTS MOMENT: “Winning the Silver Gloves Championship.”

PRE FIGHT FEELINGS: “A little nervous, but confident.”

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: “Basketball, football, watching TV and
going to the mall.”

FAVORITE MOVIES: “Butterfly Effect.”

FAVORITE MUSIC: “Rap & R&B.”

FAVORITE MEAL: “Spaghetti.”

FAVORITE BREAKFAST CEREAL: “Golden Grahams.”

FAVORITE JUNK FOOD: “Candy & Pizza.”

FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: “Butter Pecan.”

FIRST JOB: “Teachers aid for summer school.”

FAVORITE BOXER TO WATCH: “Floyd Mayweather, Jr.”

TOUGHEST OPPONENT: “Gary Russell (amateurs).”

FAVORITE FIGHT (Own): “When I won my fifth BCR Amateur World
Championship.”

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: “I had to use the restroom during a fight.”

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES: “Spending time with my grandfather.”

GOALS: “To win a world title in three different
weight classes: super bantamweight,
featherweight and super featherweight.”

THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE
FANS TO KNOW: “That I am a good person in and out of the
Ring.”

PRESENT: Ramos looks to capture his 16th consecutive victory on April 8, 2010 at the Tachi Palace & Casino in Lemoore, CA. Looking better with each outing, Ramos appears destined for a world ranking in the near future.