Richie Lemos was a Mexican-American boxer

Boxing

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 in the Featherweight

Featherweight

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 division. He was also a former NBA World Featherweight Champion.

Professional career

Although Lemos was born in Los Angeles, he was known during his fighting days by the nicknames "Plaza Mexican" and also as the "Mexican Tiger." Both his parents were from Mexico

Mexico

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, mother Michaela from Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...

 and father Feliciano from Michoacán

Michoacán

Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...

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NBA World Featherweight Championship

In his first attempt Richie won the World Featherweight Championship by upsetting Petey Scalzo

Petey Scalzo

Petey Scalzo is an American boxer from Brooklyn, New York.Petey Scalzo fought Frankie Covelli for the National Boxing Association World featherweight title at Griffith Stadium Petey beat Covelli by TKO....

 by T.K.O. in the seventh round.

On November 18, 1941 Lemos lost his Championship by a very disputed decision to Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson (Boxer)

Jackie Wilson was an American boxer born in South Carolina but raised and listed from Pittsburgh. He was undefeated in his first 6 fights with a record of 4-0-2....

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Retirement

In 1989 Richie was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

See also

• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• List of featherweight boxing champions

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