Gilberto Ramirez Will Get Injured Hand Reviewed on October 5

By Miguel Rivera

The super middleweight champion of the World Boxing Organization, Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez, has not fully ruled out the possibility of fighting in this 2016, and plans to get a new review on his injured hand that was operated on.

Ramirez was scheduled to fight in July, which would have been his first defense as part of the Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol pay-per-view in Las Vegas, but suffered the training injury to the middle knuckle of his right hand and withdrew.

Jesus Zapari, who co-promotes the boxer with Top Rank, says Ramirez will be meeting with his doctor on October 5, and at that point they will know if he can return in late November or December, as the fighter has already begun to physically prepare in the event that possibility is confirmed.

"Everything will depend on what the doctor Steve Shin says. The date is October 5 and we will see what indications are given to us to know whether he can already hit with that hand. Depending on what we are told, we will sit down with Bob Arum," Zapari said to ESPN Deportes.

"If  he tell us that Ramirez can hit, then let's talk about what the plans could be. The whole team is delighted with the idea of ??seeing him fight in December, but right now the future of Gilberto is in the hands of what the doctor says."

For now, the first Mexican world champion in the 168-pound division is working on his physical conditioning while waiting for word from Shin when they meet in California.

"He has already been working. Ramirez is in Mazatlan with Hector (Zapari). On Sunday he will come to Los Angeles and here he will stay for about two or three weeks to work 0 depending on what they tell us," Zapari said.