Comments Thread For: Still-Ambitious Jose Ramirez Ready for Start of Career's Second Chapter

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Jose Ramirez will fight with a new promoter (Golden Boy Promotions) for the first time since he turned pro against Rances Barthelemy on Saturday, April 27 at the SaveMart Center in Fresno, California, which will be broadcast by DAZN.
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[STREET CLEANER]

Maybe he will finally grow the cojones and fight Prograis. At this stage he should beat him.

[Malvado]

Ramirez gets a lot of criticism (deservingly so) for not fighting more top fighters whether is by inactivity or avoiding certain fighters.

But still, I feel like people are underestimating the guy, he might not be the cream of the top at current landscape of light welterweight, he has faced and beaten top fighters with records like Orozco (27-0), Imam (21-1), Commey (30-4-1), Postol (31-2), Pedraza (29-3), Zepeda (29-3), Hooker (26-0-3), and Reed (23-0).

They have a combined record of:

217 Wins 14 Losses 4 Draws

Which they have wins over the likes of: Alex Saucedo, Jackson Marinez, Humberto Soto, Ray Beltran, Yordenis Ugas, Ivan Baranchyk, Terry Flanagan, and Lucas Matthysse.

Should make for some interesting fights if he were to fight Garcia, Prograis, Hitchins, Barboza and primarily Matias.

[Wacked_Out]

GB knows he isnt much of a draw outside of Fresno anymore. Now I just see a lot of fighters in this division taking him out. I look and see about 15 - 20 guys I think beat him. No joke the division has passed him by. Theres some real killers here. Its not even a given that he beats Barthelomy but he will probably win a decision.

[Corelone]

He shot himself in the foot. Nobody else to blame. He refused a fight out of fear. Fear of losing, fear of getting hurt, fear of being underpaid, it doesn't matter. Of all the sins a fighter can make, this is one of the worst.

[Claude Palle]

He shot himself in the foot. Nobody else to blame. He refused a fight out of fear. Fear of losing, fear of getting hurt, fear of being underpaid, it doesn't matter. Of all the sins a fighter can make, this is one of the worst.

I don't understand these guys. The prime of your career is short. A loss in a competitive fight actually could be a blessing in disguise. Sitting around stagnating is never a good thing for an athlete. The fans forget about you and you make even less money. I just don't get it!

[Roj]

He shot himself in the foot. Nobody else to blame. He refused a fight out of fear. Fear of losing, fear of getting hurt, fear of being underpaid, it doesn't matter. Of all the sins a fighter can make, this is one of the worst.

Well said.