RCM Historical Boxing: Remembering Avenamar Peralta
By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent
Between 1965 and 1982, one of Argentina’s best light heavyweight boxers was Ramon Avenamar Peralta, who won 103 bouts, lost 32, and drew seven times, with 64 knockouts in the 149 contests he fought. Peralta was undefeated in his first 40 professional bouts.
Some of Peralta’s most famous opponents included: Vicente Rondon (Lose 10), Victor Galindez (Win 12, Lose 10, Win TKO 9, Win 12, Lose 12), Juan Aguilar (Lose 12, Win 10), Jose Menno (Draw 10, Lose 10, Win 12), Eddie Jones (Lose 10, Win 10), Jorge Ahumada (Lose 10, Win 10, Lose TKO by 5), Tom Bethea (Lose KO by 3, Draw 10), Pierre Fourie (Lose 10), Rudi Lubbers (Lose Disqualification 3), Ray Anderson (Draw 10, Win TKO 8), Jean-Pierre Coopman (Win 10), Lorenzo Zenon (Lose 8), and Aldo Traversaro (Draw 15).
A Spanish, Argentine, and South American Light Heavyweight champion, Peralta never got a shot at the world light heavyweight title, and drew over 15 rounds in his only shot at the European Heavyweight title when he later moved from Argentina to Spain.
Peralta fought in Argentina, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Zaire, South Africa and The Congo.
After going winless in his last eight bouts in the last year of his career, Peralta wisely retired in 1982. Peralta, now 71 years of age, is lucky, having his health, and having outlived Carlos Monzon, Oscar Bonavena, Nicolino Locche, Victor Galindez, Pascual Perez, and many of his other boxing contemporaries.
Avenamar Peralta’s brother was the late heavyweight Gregorio Peralta, who made it to the tenth round twice against George Foreman, but never got a shot at the world heavyweight title. Gregorio, who fought between 1958 and 1973, beat Willie Pastrano in a nontitle bout over 10 rounds in 1963, but got stopped in the fifth round of a WBA and WBC World Light Heavyweight title bout with Pastrano in 1964. Gregorio had a 10 round draw with Oscar Bonavena, and had a 10 round draw and a 10 round loss in two bouts with Ron Lyle, finishing his career with 98 wins, nine losses and nine draws, with 60 knockouts.
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