Ric Magramo: Philippine Titles and International Opposition
Ric Magramo is a name found in records for two Filipino boxers from different generations. The later boxer is identified by BoxRec as Renato Magramo, an orthodox fighter associated with Mindoro Oriental. An earlier Philippine flyweight champion, Endirikito Magramo, was also known as Ric. Their results should be traced separately.
Career and championship record
Renato Magramo’s compiled professional ledger lists activity from 1982 to 1998, with thirty-four wins, twenty-two defeats and five draws. BoxRec records Philippine Games and Amusements Board light-flyweight titles in November 1994 and again from October 1997 to October 1998. These were domestic championships.
His international opponents included Joma Gamboa, Pichit Chor Siriwat, Paul Weir and Jacob Matlala. The ledger records a decision loss to Weir in Irvine, Scotland, in April 1995 and another points defeat to Matlala in Hammanskraal, South Africa, in July 1998. His last listed contest was against Lolito Laroa that October.
The earlier Endirikito Magramo’s career is described in a University of the Philippines publication. That account places his rise in the late 1950s and records national-title victories over Arturo “Baby” Lorona and Erbito Salavarria. It also describes meetings with Bernabe Villacampo and overseas opposition including Hiroyuki Ebihara and Walter McGowan.
The same historical account records two losses and a draw against Japanese Oriental champion Tsuyoshi Nakamura. Endirikito’s domestic success and international challenges belong to that earlier flyweight era. Renato’s later light-flyweight titles and his contests against Weir and Matlala form a separate career, rather than a continuation of those earlier results.
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