She did not grow up poor or in a rough neighborhood. She did not “run the streets” and did not use drugs. So how did this little girl with long wavy hair end up in one of the most grueling sports of all?…

It all began after her father died the summer of 1986. Laura Alysia Ramsey
was born in 1969 to Annie (foodservice worker) and Henry Ramsey
(contractor). At age 16, she became pregnant as a result of depression from
the loss of her father. Due to graduate from high school in spring of 1987
and attend college on a basketball scholarship, she felt as though her life
was crumbling in her hands. With her best efforts she tried to keep a
positive attitude and push forward through life’s struggles. As trials and
tribulations would test her, she became more agitated holding all inside and
forming an inner drive and desire like that of a ram, thus leading to the
who she is most often referred to as “Lady Ram”.

Lady Ram began her athletic career at age 6 in YMCA basketball and Little
League softball. In 4th grade she began taking piano lessons. In the 5th
grade she learned to play the flute-a-phone and learned how to ride a
unicycle. By the 6th grade she graduated to playing clarinet and ucalaly.
Throughout middle and high school she was involved in many sports such as
basketball, volleyball, softball, and track.

Lady Ram attended college on volleyball, basketball, and softball scholarships and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Management. After college she became employed by Doyle Baseball, a company that offers baseball and softball instruction. One year later, Lady Ram worked for Florida’s Natural, a world-renowned citrus company, until 1997. From 1994 to 1996, Lady Ram was involved in women’s national power lifting and semi-pro baseball.

She began boxing training in 1996 at Winter Haven Police Athletic League
with Jack Leonard and Tony Morgan. In 1997, taking a “leap of faith”, Lady
Ram excepted a draft offer to play professionally in the Women’s
Professional Fastpitch league on the Charlotte, North Carolina based team.

At the beginning of her second year of professional softball, she sustained
a career-ending injury that left a plate and four screws in her left hand.
Upon returning to Florida, she began working with Polk County School Board
and became involved in coaching volleyball, basketball, and softball at
various local high schools.

In 1999 Lady Ram, briefly, worked for UPS. Five months later she accepted
employment at Avon Park Youth Academy, a residential facility for Department of Juvenile Justice. Currently, she is Administrative Dean (acting
assistant principal), and is state certified in Physical Education and
Middle School Integrated Curriculum.

In 2001, Lady Ram formed Lake Wales Boxing Team to help neighborhood teens focus their attention on something constructive. With no sheltered place to train, they met at a nearby park where a heavy bag was hung and other boxing equipment was pulled from the trunk of Ramsey’s car. After entering Lake Wales Christmas parade Lady Ram decided to become officially registered with United Stated Amateur Boxing, the governing body of Olympic amateur boxing.

In January 2002, she competed in her first amateur bout in St. Petersburg,
Florida against Alexandria Maloy. Although the bout was close, Lady Ram won the decision based on points. It was at this time, she decided to train
harder and take boxing more seriously.

Lady Ram’s next amateur bout was not until 2003 where she went on to capture several championships which included State Champ (2-0), Regional Champ (3-0), National Champ (5-0), Golden Gloves Champ (7-0), and Ringside National Champ (9-0) against Akondaye Fountain. She continued her travel internationally to the Russia Dual Invitational (9-1-1) against Natascha Ragosina and to the Sweden Invitational (9-2-1) against Anna Laurel.

Approaching age 35, Lady Ram had to make a career decision to either remain amateur for a few more months or turn professional. In February 2004, under the advice of Bonnie Canino, she made her pro debut in Coconut Creek, Florida,  where she won a unanimous decision over Jennifer Mancil. She was idle for the remaining year due to becoming a grandmother and starting her fitness center that was named Lady Ram’ s Self-Enhancement Center.

Lady Ram’s second bout was April 2005 in Hamilton, Bermuda, on a pro-am card against southpaw Teresa Perrozzi where she won a unanimous decision.

She then traveled to Georgetown, Guyana, in July 2005 with co-promoter, “A
Ring of Their Own” to fight ranked Sharon Ward. But due to mysterious last
minute changes from the Guyanese promoter, fought Pamela London’s sister and pro debuter, Pauline London, instead. Lady Ram won by TKO.

At 3-0 Lady Ram stepped into the ring with Yolanda Swindell on August 2005,  in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She stepped out of the ring 4-0 with a split
decision.

“A Ring of Their Own” invited Lady Ram to fight against “their” Aasa Sandell  
on October 2005 in Laughlin, Nevada. Once again Lady Ram returned home
undefeated at 5-0 with a split decision.

 

Lady Ram to fight against “their” Aasa Sandell
Copyrighted photos by Sue TL Fox

In November 2005,  an invitation from “A Ring of Their Own” was extended for a WIBA world title bout in Alberta, Edmonton, Canada as a 72-hour replacement for Leatitia Robinson against Shelley Burton. After celebrating her 36th birthday, two days prior and at 172 pounds,  Lady Ram accepted the offer. With minimal bag work and no endurance training Lady Ram lost her first professional fight in 10 rounds of pure drive by majority decision.

A fourth offer came from “A Ring of Their Own” to fight Erin Toughill in
Hollywood, California. For the first time in her professional career, Lady
Ram came to this fight feeling complete with a trainer of 6 weeks. Although
feeling prepared, She would walk a way with her second loss in two months by a unanimous decision now with a record of 5-2.

Even though she has no manager or trainer,  Lady Ram is focused and determined to fight as long as she is healthy.  As she prepares for her next opponent, she is also preparing for her exodus of competition inside the ring. In the planning stages of becoming a boxing promoter and manager, she will continue to train the amateurs on the Polk County Boxing Team and the pros at Lady Ram’s Self –Enhancement Center. For inquiries about future fights, you can email at ladyram10@hotmail.com.

Lady Ram would like to especially thank all those who have supported her
thus far. Some of these people include Forde Rego (Bermuda), Tony Morgan
(FL), Ivan (FL), Daniel Soto (FL), Bonnie Canino (FL), Bo Hill (FL), Oswaldo
Garcia (FL), Gwen Lundy (FL) and Myra Hamilton (GA).