Danny Perez Ramírez is a professional Mexican-American boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Light Middleweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 division. He's the former NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

, USBA, and WBO NABO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Light Middleweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 . He holds wins over contender Julio César García

Julio Cesar Garcia

Julio César García is a Mexican boxer who began his professional career at the age of fifteen. His promoter is Roberto Durán.-Pro career:García turned pro five days after turning 15 against Héctor Salazar...

, the 2006 winner of ESPN

ESPN

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's The Contender Grady Brewer

Grady Brewer

Grady Brewer, , is a professional boxer. A former IBA Light Middleweight titleholder, he is the 2006 winner of the ESPN reality show, The Contender. Outside the ring, he works at the Goodyear plant in Lawton to support his wife and four children.In a family of boxers, it was natural that Brewer...

, and former IBA Middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 Champion Jose Luis Zertuche

Jose Luis Zertuche

José Luis Zertuche Chávez is a Mexican boxer in the Middleweight division. José luis was a former IBA Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

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Pro career

In October of 2000, Danny would go on to T.K.O. American title contender Sam Garr in just the second round, to win the NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 Championship in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

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WBO Welterweight Championship

On October 12, 2002 Ramírez lost to WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 Champion, American

United States

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 Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito Montiel is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBA, WBO, & IBF welterweight champion...

 in Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California.

Legacy

Danny Perez has fought many great fighters like Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito Montiel is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBA, WBO, & IBF welterweight champion...

 (twice), Jose Luis Zertuche

Jose Luis Zertuche

José Luis Zertuche Chávez is a Mexican boxer in the Middleweight division. José luis was a former IBA Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

, Julio César García

Julio Cesar Garcia

Julio César García is a Mexican boxer who began his professional career at the age of fifteen. His promoter is Roberto Durán.-Pro career:García turned pro five days after turning 15 against Héctor Salazar...

, Craig McEwan, Erislandy Lara, Jesse Brinkley

Jesse Brinkley

Jesse Lee Brinkley is a professional super middleweight American boxer. He holds the WBC USNBC Super Middleweight Title as of February 22, 2008.-Personal life:...

, Grady Brewer

Grady Brewer

Grady Brewer, , is a professional boxer. A former IBA Light Middleweight titleholder, he is the 2006 winner of the ESPN reality show, The Contender. Outside the ring, he works at the Goodyear plant in Lawton to support his wife and four children.In a family of boxers, it was natural that Brewer...

, Julio César García

Julio Cesar Garcia

Julio César García is a Mexican boxer who began his professional career at the age of fifteen. His promoter is Roberto Durán.-Pro career:García turned pro five days after turning 15 against Héctor Salazar...

, David Lopez, Sam Garr, and David Kamau.

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