Dead Ringer
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(upbeat music) - Ever think in your wildest dreams that someone might wanna kill you. I would have never thought at anyone would wanna kill me ever in my life, ever. - My dad's a sweet guy, I mean, he's very calm, he's full of laughter, he's full of energy, he's like a life of the party. - My life was once beautiful, wonderful. I have three wonderful kids. I was married to a beautiful lady. - Hi guys, my name is Lucas. - My business was booming. - And I'm Ramon Sosa, a head coach, Foxy. - Welcome to Win This Box in your goodness. - Outside the ring, boxers, they're very loving. They want love from their fans, and they wanna give it back. They're the nicest people. - It was a very, very low-key kind of guy. That's the furthest thing from my mind that somebody wanted me dead. - I remember walking in one night as a gym was in its final hours before it closed. I remember a conversation was taking place about hit men. - What was it about this conversation that caught your attention? - What caught my attention was whose name came up. - Did they mention Ramon? - Yes. (upbeat music) - Now my focus was just on talking to Ramon. - I said, "Mundo, you're joking around, you know, "what's going on?" - Ramon was like, "Don't play with me like that. "This is some serious stuff." - And then he said, "I seen that look on people's eye "before they wanna kill somebody." - It's like a screenplay, something straight out of Hollywood. And it would fit right in with every other horror flick that we've seen in the past. - Except this is real. - It is real. - We're taking you inside the twists and turns of a complex sting operation. And here's what makes it unique. The target of the murder for a higher plot becomes an undercover operative to catch the person who wants him dead.
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A former pro boxer and family man who is targeted for death lives to climb out of his own "grave." Who wanted him dead? "48 Hours" goes inside the sting that took down a hit man-for-hire scheme. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.