Will winning convincingly tonight on HBO make Gilberto Ramirez a headliner?

No,,, he needs to be showcased on major undercards for the next year.. Needs to fight 4-5 times this year vs fringe contenders on PPv or TV undercards.. Much like canelo 4 years ago..

I meant who would Rameriz be able to headline on HBO against? The options at SMW are slim. For the same reason as Golovkin, he won't get Froch, Kessler, Abraham, Sturm, Steiglitz. DeGale, Groves are busy, and all the other top guys are Haymon (off-limits). I was also referring to Rameriz as an opponent for Ward in one of Ward's tune up fights. I would actually take a chance on a fight like that if I was TR. Ward is rusty right now. A caller on the Kim/Montoya podcast couple weeks ago was talking about Ward getting dropped a couple times recently in Kings Gym, and that's why his return is looking April. When you stay out of hard sparring for an extended period of time, your punch resistance drops. TR should take a chance and jump on Ward early in his return. If he wins, Rameriz shoots past Chavez as a Mexican star. If he loses, it's no big deal. He's young and it'd be expected. Even if Ward smokes Gilberto, he doesn't hit hard enough to wreck the kid like Froch could. Didn't hear about Ward getting dropped in sparring, that's pretty interesting. How credible is the source, though? Anyways, I think that would be a bad choice to face Andre Ward, he'd absolutely dominate Ramirez even with the long lay off.

His defense sucks like hell. He leaves himself open too much at this point and will get caught flush at some point in the near future and fall hard. Lets see him "win convincingly" against Andre Dirrell or Saiko Bika, not the guy tonight who no one picks him to lose against and then he can be a headliner. And that is a big IF. Anyone saying otherwise is trying to pump sunshine up the asses of people who know better. I agree, I know the guy is young and could improve but I just don't see anything that impressive right now from him. I also think his punchers are pretty slow. Seems like a good kid, though.

His defense sucks like hell. He leaves himself open too much at this point and will get caught flush at some point in the near future and fall hard. Lets see him "win convincingly" against Andre Dirrell or Saiko Bika, not the guy tonight who no one picks him to lose against and then he can be a headliner. And that is a big IF. Anyone saying otherwise is trying to pump sunshine up the asses of people who know better.

If he ever leans the definition of the word defense, he may turn out good. But he leaves himself open too much at this point and will get caught flush at some point in the near future. Lets see him "win convincingly" against Andre Dirrell or Saiko Bika, not the guy tonight who no one picks him to lose against and then he can be a headliner. And that is a big IF.

MAxim Vlasov, he is not that good(he is slooww), but he is a decent tune up I meant who would Rameriz be able to headline on HBO against? The options at SMW are slim. For the same reason as Golovkin, he won't get Froch, Kessler, Abraham, Sturm, Steiglitz. DeGale, Groves are busy, and all the other top guys are Haymon (off-limits). I was also referring to Rameriz as an opponent for Ward in one of Ward's tune up fights. I would actually take a chance on a fight like that if I was TR. Ward is rusty right now. A caller on the Kim/Montoya podcast couple weeks ago was talking about Ward getting dropped a couple times recently in Kings Gym, and that's why his return is looking April. When you stay out of hard sparring for an extended period of time, your punch resistance drops. TR should take a chance and jump on Ward early in his return. If he wins, Rameriz shoots past Chavez as a Mexican star. If he loses, it's no big deal. He's young and it'd be expected. Even if Ward smokes Gilberto, he doesn't hit hard enough to wreck the kid like Froch could.

Maybe co main on a BAD card. If he looks good I'm sure they'll try to get the hype train rolling.

Against who? He'd be a dangerous tune-up for Ward though.MAxim Vlasov, he is not that good(he is slooww), but he is a decent tune up

Against who? He'd be a dangerous tune-up for Ward though.