Ralph Ruelas

Name: Ralph Ruelas
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Died: 1971-09-24 (Age:19)
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Obituary

Ralph Ruelas Arizona junior lightweight boxing champion is dead The Pueblo High School was found in a desert area Bear South 12th Avenue and W St Saturday morning after he apparently shot himself with a revolver Friday night lowing an argument with his girlfriend dy Gee a Pueblo High junior Miss Gee and Ruelas had an argument while seated in her father's automobile and Ruelas got out of the car and Miss Gee drove away The time was between 8 and 9 p.m I knew he had the Miss Gee yesterday I drove off and heard the shot about 20 seconds later I though he just fired it to scare me but I returned anyway I couldn't find him ui darkness so I left I kept caling his home during the remainder of until around midnight Ruelas Beto nez who was his manager and trainer in boxing said yesterday that he wasn't alarmed when Ruelas failed to come home 43rd St He was going to help out at the erner said Martinez who guided his adopted son of two and one-half years to a pro record was to be his first night on the I didn't expect him home until 6 Saturday When Ir awoke Saturday and found that he wasn't in his room I called the Westerner discovered that he had failed to show up for his job About that time Cindy arrived and told me that something horrible had happened She had returned to the area and in the light of day had found Ralph's body We called the authorities and she led me to the site they had quarrelled the day be- fore but didn't pay much attention to it I had been with Ralph while lie trained in the gym He came dropped off his boxing equipment and apparently picked up the gun before he went to meet her again Ruelas won the Arizona junior lightweight title in April when he scored a one-round knockout over Bobby Lee of Phoenix As an amateur he posted a record and was state and regional novice weight champion in Golden Gloves com- petition Earlier this month Ruelas had received suspension for spitting on the manager of Dave Speedy following his knockout of White at the Tucson Sports Center i the incident almost incited a riot at the i Sports Center but the Arizona Com- i mission handed down the light suspension when the investigation uncovered the fact White's wasn't licensed to his corner and that he had earlier threat to Ruelas following an at