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Word: boxeo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soul as well. In the torched gray wasteland where he lives, Ramos is a glowing ember. When he turns pro this September, he will be the first Puerto Rican ever to come out of the South Bronx, in the classic ghetto way, as a potential campeón de boxeo. He is also the first U.S. Hispanic whom fight promoters regard as good enough to become, sooner or later, a contender for the world middleweight crown. In New York City, where there are 1.9 million Hispanics, most of them fanatic fight fans, Ramos' name is up in lights over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Bronx: Campe | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

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