Getting To Know Ray

He hails from the town that is young.

To many, he is known as the good son.

They call him Ray, “Boom Boom”, and Mancini,

But if I were matched with him, I’d pull a Houdini.

For many years, we marveled as he did his work inside the ropes.

Now, he passes time learning all sorts of different chokes.

To get the title, he fought them all, including big and tall.

When he fought Arguello, it was one hell of a brawl.

We look at the induction and praise the fighter,

But the real tough guy lays within the survivor.

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Nader Gamez has a wide background of experience in his upbringing, describing himself as “Basically a Chicago street thug combined with border town Texican and a side of Madison Midwesterner.” He graduated with a BA in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a minor in drinking.

Since then, he has worked several law enforcement and correctional jobs starting with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, the Waukesha Police Department, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Department of Health Services, and Mendota Mental Health Institute. He also competed in amateur boxing as well as with local rugby teams.

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