Charkey Ramon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | Dave Bruce Ballard Gulgong, NSW, Australia |
| Weight | welter/light middle/middle/light heavyweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 35 |
| Wins | 33 (KO 21) |
| Losses | 1 (KO 0) |
| Draws | 1 |
Dave Bruce Ballard, known professionally as Charkey Ramon, is a retired Australian professional welter/light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Dave Bruce Ballard was born in Gulgong, New South Wales.[citation needed]
Career
[edit | edit source]Ballard was professionally known in his boxing career as Charkey Ramon. He was managed and trained by Bernie Hall.[1]
In the 1970s, he boxed in the welter, light middle, middle, and light heavyweight categories. His professional fighting weight varied from 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb), i.e. welterweight to 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[2]
He later became a referee.
Professional boxing record
[edit | edit source]Ramon won the Australian light middleweight title, and inaugural Commonwealth light middleweight title.
Honours
[edit | edit source]Ballard was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Boxing record for Charkey Ramon from BoxRec (registration required) Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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