![]() ![]() Ramírez’s promoter was Bob Arum, a signed-up Democrat and one-time legal adviser to Robert Kennedy Imam is promoted by Don King, one of Trump’s loudest fans. On Saturday night, boxing with as much heart as art, Ramírez outlasted Imam 115-113, 117-111, 120-108, and his Mexican-born mother said ringside through an interpreter: “He’s dreamed of being a world champion ever since he was eight years old.” “A lot of people are afraid, nervous and vulnerable and I’m going to continue to be their voice until something positive happens. “It’s my duty to fight for our neighbours, hard-working, humble families working to provide for their families and make America great,” he said. Ramírez dropped out of college to pursue a boxing career but his scholarship fund to help immigrants through university has already raised $56,000. Whether it’s water or immigrant rights, he puts his money where his mouth is and his fists as well.” His manager, Rick Mirigian, told the Bee: “Not since Muhammad Ali has a fighter been this socially active. Inspired by how his father had championed water rights for thousands of immigrants during California’s long drought, Ramírez became politicised as a teenager around Avenal, where he picked peppers in the fields for 10 hours a day. As the Sacramento Bee reported, the victory cap he wore would not say “Make American Great Again” but “Pro-Immigrant and Proud”. Ramírez, a 2012 London Olympian, was the proud champion of fans who could not afford to make the journey from the west coast. Later he spoke with passion on behalf of his fans, the Californian farm workers who regard themselves as marginalised by president Trump’s anti-immigration policies. ![]() ![]() At Madison Square Garden on Saturday Ramírez, the son of Mexican immigrants, outpointed the slick New Yorker, Amir “Young Master” Imam, to win the vacant WBC light-welterweight belt. ![]()
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