Likar Arturo Ramos Concha (born September 8, 1985, in Barranquilla, Atlántico) is a boxer from Colombia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country.
He started boxing at age nine, according to his profile on the official website of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Ramos Concha made his debut for Colombia at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, winning a silver medal.
In 2003 he won the gold medal at the Pan American Games.
In Athens he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Featherweight (57 kg) division by Belarus' Mikhail Biarnadski.
He started his professional career unspectacularly, losing two of his first twelve bouts. However, after November 2006, he won eleven straight bouts.
On November 19, 2009, he defeated Angel Granados via twelve-rounds unanimous decision in MedellÃÂn, Colombia for the vacant WBA Interim Super Featherweight Championship.
On July 16, 2011, he lost to Juan Manuel Márquez at the Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. âÂÂDinamitaâ Marquez landed a hard right hand on Likar's chin who fell ending the bout at 1:47 in the first round. Many boxing fans believe that the blow landed on Ramos was not hard enough to result in a knockout & felt that Ramos took a dive.
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