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| Avenamar Peralta | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ramón Avenamar Peralta (1943-01-30) January 30, 1943 (age 81) San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentinian |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 150 |
| Wins | 103 |
| Wins by KO | 64 |
| Losses | 32 |
| Draws | 15 |
Ramón Avenamar Peralta (born December 30, 1943) is an Argentinian professional boxer who fought 150 times and challenged for the European Boxing Union (EBU) light heavyweight title.
Biography
Ramón Avenamar Peralta, mostly just known as Avenamar Peralta was born on January 30, 2024 in San Juan, Argentina. He resided in Quilmes, Argentina and is the younger brother of fellow Argentinian boxer and Heavyweight division contender Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta. After boxing, he has devoted his life to his wife Mercedes and he fathers Avenamar Jr., Marta and Patricia Pérez. Avenamar also earned Spanish citizenship.
Amateur career
Peralta had an impressive background for his Amateur boxing career, having set a record of 61 wins with only 4 losses and 5 draws, he was defeated by: Luis Servioli in the Argentina Boxing Federation, Pedro Ruppel in Olavarría, Salvador Manganelli in Azul, Buenos Aires and "Quito" Torres in Loma Negra. In addition, Peralta was the national amateur middleweight champion in Mar del Plata back in 1961.
Professional career
At the age of 21 on June 12, 1965, Avenamar Peralta made his debut against fellow debutant compatriot Raul Diaz in Azul, Buenos Aires, Argentina, who he beat via third-round TKO out of their eight-round scheduled bout. He would fight opponents with low competition and low profiles making him compromise a record of 36–0 with 3 draws with his most impressive win being a ninth-round knockout against compatriot Argentine Middleweight title-challenger Ignacio Magallanes. His first loss was to debut-loser Santos Gimenez who beat Peralta via Disqualification after Peralta hit Gimenez low, Peralta would avenge his loss on September 14, 1968 via DQ.
Argentine and South American light heavyweight champion
On November 23, 1968, Peralta challenged Argentinian and South American light heavyweight champion Miguel Angel Paez for the Argentinian light heavyweight title in Estadio Luna Park, Peralta became the national champion prevailing via Unanimous decision.
Peralta successfully defended the title against long-time rival Jose Menno on May 14, 1969 and was was named the South American light heavyweight champion on October 1969 after Paez vacated title. His second successful defense was against future world champion Víctor Galíndez on November 29, 1970, however he would lose hold of the title via Points against Juan Aguilar on June 11, 1971 in Mendoza, Argentina.
On April 29, 1972, Peralta defeated his conqueror Juan Aguilar in a rematch where Peralta would make the first defense of his South American title and regained the Argentine National title in Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires. On September 2 the same year however, Peralta lost his Argentine title against Víctor Galíndez and next month, would lose his South American title to the same foe.
Move to Europe
West Germany
After losing to Raul Arturo Loyola via PTS, Peralta settled in Spain on February 1, however he more often fought in West Germany and made his Europe debut on March 2, 1973 in Berlin formerly surrounded by the Communist-counterpart East Germany against American "The Devil" Charley Green, Peralta won via PTS. Peralta would fight once at Spain on January 11, 1974 in Madrid where he beat Zairian Billy Suze, afterwards, Peralta went back to West Germany having three more bouts.
Austria
Peralta fought only twice in Austria, first was a second-round KO victory against Zairian journeyman Jean Tshikuna, the latter bout was a third-round TKO win against Englishman Maxie Smith.
Return to West Germany
On October 14, 1974, Peralta lost to Dutch Rudi Lubbers via disqualification, marking his first loss after 12 consecutive victories. Peralta returned to fight in West Germany on December 10, 1974 until January 16, 1976, in between of those times, Peralta seldom fought in Austria, only fighting in Vienna Stadthalle.
From May 22, 1976, Peralta began fighting more Internationally, he lost to South African Pierre Fourie via PTS in Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa. On October 21, 1976, Peralta prevailed against Norwegian Harald Skog via eight-rounder PTS in Messehallen in Oslo, Norway, He won via DQ against Billy Aird in Caesar's Palace in Luton, England, drew with Ugandan Mustafa Wasajja in the Hall of Randers, Denmark and won via PTS against Hennie Thoonen in Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Spain
Since February 17, 1978, Peralta became a Spain-based boxer after tying with Brit Tony Moore in Madrid. After so, Peralta defeated two opponents.
European light heavyweight title challenger
After 13 years of professional boxing, Peralta has composed an amusing record of 94–14–12 and challenged the reigning European light heavyweight champion Italian Aldo Traversaro on September 5, 1978 in Bibione, Veneto, Italy, the bout ended in a PTS draw.
After failing to win the major title, Peralta started to fatigue down, he mostly fought in Spain, but he fought in Italy on March 4 and April 27, 1979, where he both lost the bouts against former Italian National and subsequent European heavyweight champion Lorenzo Zanon and former Italian National and Leon Spinks-challenger Alfio Righetti. After a two-bouts losing streak, Peralta challenged the reigning Spanish heavyweight strap-holder Felipe Rodriguez in Pabellón Municipal de Deportes de Pontevedra, Peralta would be once more unfortunate losing via PTS.
Spanish light heavyweight champion
On August 8, 1980, Peralta won the vacant Spanish light heavyweight belt against Alejandro Cardoso via PTS in Campo del Gas, Madrid. Peralta defended the title on his next bout in a rematch against Cardoso where he again triumphed victorious via PTS.
On July 4, 1981, Peralta once again tried to be the Spanish National heavyweight champion rematching Felipe Rodriguez, however, Rodriguez once again proved superior, Peralta defended his light heavyweight crown on his next match against Emilio Garcia, however, the new-comer Garcia scored an upset against Peralta and stopped Peralta in the last round of their scheduled match. Peralta tried to reconquer the belt the next year against Emilio Garcia, unfortunately, Garcia retained his title drawing with Peralta via PTS.
Retirement
After tying with Emilio Garcia previously, on October 14, 1982, Peralta battled his last match against future Italian world-title challenger Angelo Rottoli in Marano Vicentino, Veneto, Italy, Peralta would was stopped in the second round due to an injury, next year he officially retired.
Death
Avenamar Peralta died at the age of 71 on October 13, 2024 at 10:30 PM. The rigor of 150 professional bouts took its toll on his health in the last years of his life. Avenamar asked for his remains to be cremated and then his ashes be scattered in places close to the affection of the Peralta family. First at the Station Site, linked to Avenamar's adoloscense then in the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Municipal Park, where he would go running as a boxer and the procedure ended at Almirante Brown Municipal Spa, where he went in the summers. His family and close companions paid a heartfelt tribute.
References
- ^ Zurro, Juan José (July 30, 2023). "Cuando Avenamar Peralta se codeó con los mejores de Europa". darioeltiempo.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ REALCOMBATMEDIA (August 9, 2024). "RCM HISTORICAL BOXING: Remembering Avenamar Peralta". realcombatmedia.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Zurro, Juan José (July 16, 2023). "Avenamar Peralta, un icono del boxeo". darioeltiempo. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ "BoxRec: Avenamar Peralta P. 2". boxrec.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ "BoxRec: Avenamar Peralta". boxrec.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- Persson, Per-Ake (October 23, 2014). "Avenamar Peralta Passes Away at 71 in San Justo". boxingscene.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
External links
- Boxing record for Avenamar Peralta from BoxRec (registration required)