Raul Macias
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| Real name | Raúl Macías Guevara | |||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Ratón Macías | |||||||||
| Rated at | Bantamweight | |||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||
| Reach | 1.61 m (63 in) | |||||||||
| Nationality | Mexican | |||||||||
| Born | July 28, 1934 Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Died | March 23, 2009 (aged 74) Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||
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| Total fights | 43 | |||||||||
| Wins | 41 | |||||||||
| Wins by KO | 25 | |||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||
| Draws | 0 | |||||||||
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Raúl Macías Guevara (July 28, 1934 in Mexico City - March 23, 2009) was a former Mexican boxer and boxing trainer. Born in the same Mexico City barrio as Rubén Olivares, Macías had always expressed pride at being Mexican. Widely known as "Ratón" Macías, or "Mouse" Macías, he won a bronze medal at the 1951 Pan American Games, Macias died at the age of 74.
Macias began his amateur career at age fourteen, winning the National Junior Flyweight, Flyweight and Bantamweight titles. He also won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games, and represented Mexico as a bantamweight at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. His results were:
On January 1, 1953, Macias debuted as a professional boxer with a first round knockout win against Memo Sanchez in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Exactly one month later and in only his second fight, Macias had his first ten-round bout, and he outpointed Chucho Tello in Culiacán, a feat he would duplicate in their rematch, which was Macias' third fight.
Macias piled up a record of 8-0 with 2 knockouts and then faced Beto Couray on October 17, 1953 in Mexico City, for the Mexican Bantamweight title, lifting the national championship from Couray with a 12-round decision win. After 6 more wins, he challenged Nate Brooks on September 26, 1954 for the continental, NABF Bantamweight championship, which he took with a twelve-round decision in Mexico City.
Macías was one of Televisa's first boxing stars. As television was in its infancy around the world, he was one of Mexico's popular fighters of the time, and many of his fights were shown live on Televisa during the 1950s.
National Boxing Association World Bantamweight champion Robert Cohen refused to defend his title against Macías, so the NBA decided to declare the title vacant and have Macias and Chamroen Songkitrat fight for the championship. It was both Macías' first world title try and fight abroad. On March 9, 1955 in San Francisco, California, Macías became NBA world Bantamweight champion by knocking Songkiktrat out in round eleven. The referee of that fight was Fred Apostoli, a former world champion boxer himself.
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