By Miguel Rivera

According to the team behind Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez, the undefeated boxer will be making the fourth defense of his WBO super middleweight championship on a date in June.

The event will take place in the United State after Mexico was discarded as the main target.

Jesus Zapari, who is the director of Zapari Boxing, recently traveled to Los Angeles to have a meeting with Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum - where the two executives discussed the coming future of Ramirez.

 

 The opponent for Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) is currently unknown, but the boxer's contest will headline an ESPN televised event.

"For the time being, the plan is for 'Zurdo' is to return in June in the United States to defend the world championship again," Zápari said to ESPN Deportes.

"We had the possibility to make a defense in Mexico and in fact that was the plan, but for the moment, right now, what is happening is that it's better for Ramirez to return to the United States - where he can continue to showcase himself and defending his title," Zápari added.

'Zurdo' Ramírez has been training for three weeks with Héctor Zápari in the gym, and was simply waiting for a confirmation about the possible date or his return, so he could schedule his training plan and fitness program for his second presentation of the year.

"We have the possibility of doing two or three more fights [this year], we want 'Zurdo' to be active and obviously looking for the best possibilities for him. If there is a chance to have a unification fight it would be sensational, but let's see what possibilities there are, because soon we have to return in June in the United States," stressed the Sinaloa-based promoter.

Already in 2018, Ramírez made a successful defense of the WBO title, having defeated Ghanaian challenger Habib Ahmed at the Bank of America Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on  February 3, the night before the Super Bowl.