Taps For Caimerino, Super Featherweight Carmelo Negron Dies at Age 53
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Correspondent
Chicago, IL (May 11th, 2013)– Hard hitting Puerto Rican Super Featherweight Carmelo ‘Caimerino’ Negron, who won the first 17 bouts of his career, including 10 bouts at Madison Square Garden at the Felt Forum in New York City, who knocked out 23 opponents in his 24 wins over a 22 year ring span, but who never lived up to his highly touted potential in the bouts which followed, died on May 10, 2013, in his native in his native Illinois at the age of 53 from stomach cancer and advanced dementia after an operation to remove a stomach tumor. Negron will be buried on May 17, 2013, in Hartford, Connecticut.
An email sent out by Matt Farrago, President of Ring 10, confirmed Negron’s wife Elizabeth called Farrago to state Carmelo had major surgery to have a large tumor removed from his stomach on Tuesday March 7, 2013, and hoped for a miracle, but Negron did not survive.
Brief 2008 YouTube Video Clip, Los Borinquas Saludos a Carmelo Negron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=803Z4BWSEl0
Negron had a solid though not lucrative 22 year career in the ring between 1978 and 2000. After the 17 bout win streak which opened his career, Negron lost 8 of 1o bouts, and was unable to beat the likes of Bernabe Montanez (who lost his last seven bouts), 34-0 Jaime Garza (who won the WBC Super Bantamweight title from Bobby Berna two fights later), Gerald Hayes (who beat Juan LaPorte in his next fight), Ron Cisneros (winless in his next 13 bouts), Manuel Batista (who subsequently lost seven bouts), a ten round split decision loss to James Pipps after knocking Pipps down ( later won the WBC Continental Americas Bantamweight title), and Louie Espinosa (who won the WBA Super Bantamweight title two fights later).
Negon retired in April 1986 after the Espinosa loss. In August 1996, Negron failed in a comeback bid as a lightweight against Raheem Lee (who lost three bouts a year later and retired). Negron attempted a second comeback in 1997, knocking out Steve Maddux and Eric Crumble in the first round, then losing a 10 rounder to 24-0 in February 1998 Super Featherweight Mike Garcia of Chicago for the Illinois State Super Featherweight title (Gonzalez won one more fight then retired at age 30).
Negron won his last three bouts, decisioning David Turner over six rounds in September 1998, stopping Elvesto Mills in the sixth round in June 1999, and knocking out Anthony Cobb in the first round to win the Illinois State Lightweight title in November 2000 at age 41 in his final ring appearance.
Negron’s final ring record: 24 wins and 9 losses, with 23 knockouts in his 24 wins, an impressive statistic in the lower weight class.
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