Twitter Reacts to Legendary Publicist Ricardo Jimenez’s Demise
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Prolific boxing analyst and former reporter of the sport, Ricardo Jimenez, passed away on October 11 due to a stroke. The unfortunate incident has saddened the entire boxing community.
Jimenez has contributed for more than a decade in boxing and became a publicist with Bob Arum’s Top Rank promotion. Apart from that, Ricardo Jimenez also functioned as a press officer or translator in several events. Thus, he was a well-known personality amid hardcore boxing fans.
Being closely associated with so many events, he has seen the sport evolve over the years. While boxing fans always wanted to see his presence, the same won’t happen ever again.
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Twitter mourns the death of Ricardo Jimenez
The 64-year-old was reportedly suffering from several heart complexities. Unfortunately, he took his last breath in Los Angeles, making umpteen elites of the sport mourn over the loss.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman turned to Twitter and expressed his grief. He wrote, “I am so sad to learn of the passing away of such a dear member of the boxing community, Ricardo Jimenez. May he Rest In Peace. Our condolences to his family and all his many friends who will dearly miss him.”
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I am so sad to learn of the passing away of such a dear member of the boxing community , Ricardo Jimenez. May he Rest In Peace . Our condolences to his family and all his many friends who will dearly miss him pic.twitter.com/zMpRbSSJkg
— Mauricio Sulaiman (@wbcmoro) October 11, 2020
The official Twitter handle of Top Rank boxing also paid tribute to one of their own.
Ricardo Jimenez was one of boxing’s good guys, a man who chronicled the sport as a reporter and later as a publicist. The Top Rank family sends its condolences to Ricardo’s family and friends, as he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. pic.twitter.com/pVejZTclsQ
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 11, 2020
Senior journalist Lance Pugmire also expressed his shock on Twitter. Moreover, he credited Jimenez for putting so much effort into Top Rank. As per Pugmire, Jimenez has taken the boxing promotion at places where they could have never reached. Thus, it was truly a shocking loss for them.
“He got us (Top Rank) into places we’d never been before,” maximizing Spanish language news coverage from New York, LA, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Samuels said of Jimenez.
— Lance Pugmire (@pugboxing) October 11, 2020
Apart from them, several other people from the sport have turned to social media to express their grief. Here’s a look at those tweets.
Que impactante enterarme de esta triste noticia.
EPD Descanse Ricardo Jiménez.
Un abrazo fuerte y pronta resignación a su familia y amigos y a toda la gran familia boxística. https://t.co/oaQOWdLimC— Paco González (@pacogonzaleztv) October 11, 2020
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Sigo sin poder creer la muerte del gran Ricardo Jiménez durante muchos años PR de @trboxing siempre dispuesto a ayudar, para quienes cubrimos #boxeo en Estados Unidos sabemos la calidad de persona que era DEP pic.twitter.com/IoGDbDNedu
— Daniel Antuna (@danielantunaf) October 11, 2020
While the sport will continue with its action in the coming days, it will miss out on one of its prime persons. Boxing promoters and fight fans will always remember Ricardo Jimenez’s contribution and effort.
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