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Gilberto Ramirez talked a big game prior to losing one sidedly to the proven light heavyweight Russian Dmitry Bivol whose a P4P talent and always talked about wanting to fight Canelo at 168-175 as he was around the same division, after losing his long but shallow record of 44-0 to 44-1, he seemed to had a big hit to his ego and temporarily down spiraled out of the ring having a bad drunken behavior in Mazatlan, Sinaloa (a state in Mexico) , however Bivol is a P4P talent with the right skillset to beat him along with the athletic ability. Zurdo is not a one punch KO artist at 175 but through accumulation all his victories in the division where via KO/TKO against ranked fighters in Tommy Karpency, Yunieski Gonzalez and Dominic Boesel.
After his loss, he did step up in level of opposition as well, improving to be a well-rounded set of skills after hiring Malik Scott accompanying his current team, a granite chin and despite still being heavy handed, no longer aimed to look for the finish the fight in his recent bouts, coming back after his loss he faced against a fellow Light Heavyweight knockout artist in Joe Smith Jr in a close bout of 10 rounds, who also was coming off a loss to another champion in Arthur Beterviev and unlike Ramirez, was a light heavyweight champion.
Zurdo also became the WBA Cruiserweight Champion after fighting an inactive but undefeated and rugged veteran, who managed to retain the belt for 17 months (2 years). Arsen still was a pretty competent fighter despite his 8-4 loss to Ramirez. Gilberto was in talks against top 5 Cruiserweight ranked Yuniel Dorticos and is now currently scheduled to fight current WBO champion Chris Billiam Smith, who has an active record of 20-1 (13 KOs).
I don't think he ever beats Bivol, nor perhaps Beterviev, but honestly think he would have fared well against most of the fighters at 175 like Callum Smith, Richards, Kalajdzic, Yarde, Buatsi and Gvozdyk. He is having a pretty good run at 200.
Not sure how he fair against Benavidez and Morrell till they have more performances to watch after their light heavyweight debuts. But feel like he be quite underestimated. Also not sure if Canelo would have the means to beat him due to the size disparity.
After his loss, he did step up in level of opposition as well, improving to be a well-rounded set of skills after hiring Malik Scott accompanying his current team, a granite chin and despite still being heavy handed, no longer aimed to look for the finish the fight in his recent bouts, coming back after his loss he faced against a fellow Light Heavyweight knockout artist in Joe Smith Jr in a close bout of 10 rounds, who also was coming off a loss to another champion in Arthur Beterviev and unlike Ramirez, was a light heavyweight champion.
Zurdo also became the WBA Cruiserweight Champion after fighting an inactive but undefeated and rugged veteran, who managed to retain the belt for 17 months (2 years). Arsen still was a pretty competent fighter despite his 8-4 loss to Ramirez. Gilberto was in talks against top 5 Cruiserweight ranked Yuniel Dorticos and is now currently scheduled to fight current WBO champion Chris Billiam Smith, who has an active record of 20-1 (13 KOs).
I don't think he ever beats Bivol, nor perhaps Beterviev, but honestly think he would have fared well against most of the fighters at 175 like Callum Smith, Richards, Kalajdzic, Yarde, Buatsi and Gvozdyk. He is having a pretty good run at 200.
Not sure how he fair against Benavidez and Morrell till they have more performances to watch after their light heavyweight debuts. But feel like he be quite underestimated. Also not sure if Canelo would have the means to beat him due to the size disparity.
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