Raúl MacÃas Guevara (July 28, 1934 in Mexico City â€" March 23,
2009) was a former Mexican boxer and boxing trainer. He took the NBA
World Bantamweight Championship on March 9, 1955. Widely known as
"Ratón" MacÃas, or "Mouse" MacÃas, he won a bronze medal at the
1951 Pan American Games.Macias was born on July 28, 1934, in Tepito,
Distrito Federal, Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City. MacÃas had always
expressed pride at being Mexican.Macias began his amateur career at
age fourteen, winning the National Junior Flyweight, Flyweight and
Bantamweight titles. He won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games,
and represented Mexico as a bantamweight at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic
Games. In the Olympics, he first defeated Angel Amaya of Venezuela in
a unanimous decision, then lost to Gennady Garbuzov of the Soviet
UnionBelow is the record of Raul Macias, a Mexican bantamweight boxer
who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics:
2009) was a former Mexican boxer and boxing trainer. He took the NBA
World Bantamweight Championship on March 9, 1955. Widely known as
"Ratón" MacÃas, or "Mouse" MacÃas, he won a bronze medal at the
1951 Pan American Games.Macias was born on July 28, 1934, in Tepito,
Distrito Federal, Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City. MacÃas had always
expressed pride at being Mexican.Macias began his amateur career at
age fourteen, winning the National Junior Flyweight, Flyweight and
Bantamweight titles. He won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games,
and represented Mexico as a bantamweight at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic
Games. In the Olympics, he first defeated Angel Amaya of Venezuela in
a unanimous decision, then lost to Gennady Garbuzov of the Soviet
UnionBelow is the record of Raul Macias, a Mexican bantamweight boxer
who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics:
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