Ryan Burnett To Defend WBC International Against Ramirez
By Elliot Foster
Ryan Burnett now has an opponent for his next fight.
The Belfast bantamweight is set to return to the ring next weekend, live on Sky Sports.
British champion Burnett, 24, will defend his WBC International title at Leeds’ First Direct Arena on July 30, as part of the undercard to Josh Warrington’s WBC International featherweight title defence against former world title challenger Patrick Hyland.
And it has been revealed that the 13-0 (9 KOs) undefeated man will come up against Mexican opposition in his first fight since winning the crown back in February on the undercard of Carl Frampton’s world super bantamweight title unification win over Scott Quigg at Manchester Arena.
Burnett, who won every round over 10 against Frenchman Anthony Settoul to capture the prize, will have Cesar Ramirez in the opposite corner.
Ramirez, 28, is nicknamed ‘Perico’ and has a record of 12-2 with six early endings to his name since turning professional in April, 2012.
One of his two losses came by way of knockout in the second of six scheduled rounds in only his third outing in the paid ranks and he has yet to have a fight scheduled for longer than eight stanzas.
The fight against Burnett is set for 10 rounds, which is a distance the Ulsterman has been scheduled for three times and completed twice in his last two outings.
Ramirez’ last win came only last month when he stopped Leonardo Anguiano, who slipped to 2-3 as a result of the defeat, after just 125 seconds.
The vacant WBC Silver lightweight title fight between Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell and former IBF super-featherweight world champion Argenis Mendez is set to provide the chief support, while the undercard is stacked with talent as heavyweight pair Dillian Whyte and Dave Allen meet for the vacant WBC International belt.
Elsewhere, Tyrone Nurse and Tommy Coyle meet in a mouthwatering super-lightweight clash for the former’s prestigious British title, Frankie Gavin and Sam Eggington feature in separate contests ahead of a local derby in Birmingham in October and Gamal Yafai defends his Commonwealth bantamweight strap against former British super-bantamweight title challenger Josh Wale.
And there is action for Darren Tetley, Connor Seymour and former Team GB star Felix Cash, while Jake Ball and Reece Mould will look to keep up their undefeated ledgers alongside Commonwealth Games gold medallist Scott Fitzgerald and surprise addition Vincent Feigenbutz, the Team Sauerland super-middleweight who is looking for his second win after losing to Giovanni De Carolis in a challenge for the WBA super-middleweight title in January.
