Charkey Ramon

{{Short description|Australian boxer}} {{refimprove blp|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox boxer | name = Charkey Ramon | image = | real_name = Dave Bruce Ballard | nickname = | weight = welter/light middle/middle/light heavyweight | height =  | reach =  | nationality = Australian | birth_date = | birth_place = Gulgong, NSW, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | stance = Orthodox | total = 35 | wins = 33 (KO 21) | losses = 1 (KO 0) | draws = 1 | no_contests = | medaltemplates = }}

'''Dave Bruce Ballard''', known professionally as '''Charkey Ramon''', is a retired Australian professional welter/light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer.

==Early life and education== Dave Bruce Ballard was born in Gulgong, New South Wales.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

==Career== Ballard was professionally known in his boxing career as Charkey Ramon. He was managed and trained by Bernie Hall.<ref name="Biography at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Charkey_Ramon|title=Biography at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>

In the 1970s, he boxed in the welter, light middle, middle, and light heavyweight categories. His professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|147|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. welterweight to {{convert|175|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light heavyweight.<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=32032&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174301/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=32032&cat=boxer| archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

He later became a referee.

==Professional boxing record== Ramon won the Australian light middleweight title, and inaugural Commonwealth light middleweight title.

==Honours== Ballard was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.<ref name="Biography at boxrec.com"/>

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==External links== *{{Boxrec|id=32032}} *[https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/32032 Charkey Ramon]

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