Raymundo Beltran
Raymundo Beltran 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | Edgar Raymundo Beltrán |
| Fight name | Sugar Ray |
| Weight class | lightweight |
| nationality |
 Mexican
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| birthday | July 23, 1981 |
| place of birth | Los Mochis |
| style | Left delivery |
| size | 1.73 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 47 |
| Victories | 36 |
| Knockout victories | 22nd |
| Defeats | 9 |
| draw | 1 |
Edgar Raymundo "Ray" Beltrán (born July 23, 1981 in Los Mochis , Sinaloa ) is a Mexican professional boxer and former WBO lightweight world champion .
Private
Raymundo Beltrán was born in Mexico and immigrated illegally to the United States as a teenager, where he settled in Phoenix , Arizona . He is married and has three children. He has a P1 visa for competitive athletes, which enables him to box in the USA until 2020. Afterwards, as an “exceptional athlete”, he would have the chance to obtain permanent residence status through a Green Card (EB1) .
Career
Raymundo Beltrán began his professional career in Arizona in 1999 , but boxed in Mexico and Panama in the years that followed . He got his first World Cup chance on September 7, 2013 in Scotland , when he reached a draw against WBO title holder Ricky Burns , which Burns remained title holder. Burns struggled with a broken jaw from lap two and suffered a knockdown on lap eight.
On November 29, 2014 Beltrán boxed against the new WBO title holder Terence Crawford again for the world championship belt, but lost unanimously on points. He received a third chance for the title on May 1, 2015 in the fight for the vacant WBO title against Takahiro Aō . Beltrán won the fight by TKO in the second round, but had exceeded the weight limit and tested positive for stanozolol , which is why he was not named the new world champion.
On February 16, 2018, he finally defeated Paulus Moses in the fight for the vacant WBO title unanimously on points. His first title defense took place on August 25, 2018 against José Pedraza , with Beltrán lost unanimously on points. After a subsequent win against the undefeated Japanese Hiroki Okada, he received another lightweight World Championship chance on June 28, 2019. However, since he could not keep the weight limit, it was only for his opponent Richard Commey for the IBF title. Beltrán lost in this fight by knockout in the eighth round.
Title wins
- February 10, 2019; WBO intercontinental light welterweight champion
- February 10, 2019; Continental Americas Light Welterweight Champion of the WBC
- February 16, 2018; WBO world champion in lightweight
- May 20, 2017; International champion of the WBA in lightweight
- December 10, 2016; North American champion of NABF and NABO in lightweight (2 title defenses)
- April 12, 2014; North American lightweight NABO champion
- July 27, 2012; North American Lightweight Champion of NABF (1 title defense)
- March 4, 2011; American lightweight champion of the USBA
- March 8, 2008; WBC Continental Americas super featherweight champion
- October 1, 2002; Central American Featherweight Champion ( FECARBOX ) of the WBC
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fast Results from Reno: Ray Beltran Outpoints Paulus Moses
- ↑ Boxer Ray Beltran fights for title shot and green card
- ↑ Raymundo Beltran's 'do or die' opportunity could lead him to Vasiliy Lomachenko
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Beltrán, Raymundo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beltrán, Edgar Raymundo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Mochis , Sinaloa , Mexico |