- Jose Ramos
Jose Ramos (born 1965), aka Pepe Ramos, is a Puerto Rican
boxing manager.Biography
Jose Ramos surfaced in the 1990s, when he became famous in the boxing world as
Felix Trinidad 's career took off. Ramos, Trinidad andFelix Trinidad Sr. were united by a contract, and, in Ramos and Trinidad Jr.'s case, by friendship.Ramos became vital to Trinidad's first era as a boxer, becoming an important link between the Trinidads and promoter Don King. Ramos helped work deals for Felix Trinidad and
Oscar de la Hoya ,Pernell Whitaker ,Yori Boy Campas ,Hector Camacho and David Reid, among others. Ramos was inNew York, New York , when theSeptember 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred; Trinidad was scheduled to fightBernard Hopkins at theMadison Square Garden onSeptember 15 of that year. The fight took place onSeptember 29 instead, and Trinidad lost by a twelfth round knockout.Trinidad retired after one more fight, a win over
Hacine Cherifi . Felix Trinidad Sr. also retired as a manager following his son's retirement. As a consequence, he decided to distribute his other boxers between his close associates, including Ramos. Among the boxers that Ramos received wasFres Oquendo , a Heavyweight contender at the time. Ramos received Oquendo after Oquendo had lost by a ninth round knockout toDavid Tua . He received one dollar and an economical remuneration for a lawsuit that he established against Felix Trinidad Sr. inChicago, Illinois . The lawsuit is still to be decided.Ramos helped Oquendo get title shots against
Chris Byrd , who beat Oquendo by a twelve round decision for the IBF world Heavyweight title, and againstJohn Ruiz , who knocked Oquendo out in the eleventh round for the WBA world Heavyweight title, the latter fight being also being held at the Madison Square Garden and becoming the first time twoLatin America ns and two Puerto Ricans fought for a world Heavyweight championship.Oquendo later wanted to terminate his contract with Ramos, which caused for a verbal fight to break out between the two in different Puerto Rican media, including newspapers.
Ramos is still the on contract manager of Oquendo, and he returned with Felix Trinidad Jr. for his fights against
Ricardo Mayorga andRonald Wright .ee also
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