Comments Thread For: Gilberto Ramirez-Dereck Edwards, June 26 on TruTV

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The return of world ranked super middleweight contender Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (31-0, 24 KOs) has been pushed back by two weeks. He was scheduled to return on June 12th against Derek Edwards (27-4-1, 14 KOs), but the match is now taking place on June 26th. Ramirez vs. Edwards will be broadcast live in the United States by TruTV.

The Mexican boxer was last seen in January, when he picked up a unanimous decision win over Russian fighter Maxim Vlasov.
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[Hougigo]

He shouldn't have problems here unless he gets caught

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Nice stiff test for the young Gilberto... He dominates a guy like Edwards then he is ready for the gatekeepers that are ranked

[Mitchell Kane]

So it's rescheduled for the night before Bradley-Vargas is expected to take place.

Keeping with the theme is TruTv fights on days before HBO fights.

[Mitchell Kane]

Undercard fight has been changed to Diego Magdaleno-Jose A. Gonzalez in a 12-rounder, per Dan Rafael...

Lightweight contender Diego Magdaleno will face Jose A. “Chelo” Gonzalez in a 12-round lightweight bout -- which could be sanctioned as a title eliminator -- on June 26, Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN.com.

Oscar Valdez has been bumped to a non-televised spot the next night on the Bradley-Vargas fight card.

With Magdaleno-Gonzalez being added to the June 26 card, Moretti said that blue chip featherweight prospect Oscar Valdez (15-0, 14 KOs), 24, Mexico, who was originally scheduled to open the truTV card against an opponent to be determined, will instead fight June 27 in an untelevised bout on the Timothy Bradley Jr.-Jessie Vargas HBO card at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12924/magdaleno-to-face-gonzalez-in-a-lightweight-bout

[Eastcoast]

Nice to see Derek Edwards getting lots of opportunities. Good fighter but was never backed by a big promoter.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Undercard fight has been changed to Diego Magdaleno-Jose A. Gonzalez in a 12-rounder, per Dan Rafael...



Oscar Valdez has been bumped to a non-televised spot the next night on the Bradley-Vargas fight card.



http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...ghtweight-bout

Thanks for the info. It sucks that Valdez is not getting any TV coverage though. He needs more TV time, he's one of Top Ranks best prospect.
Valdez>>Magdaleno. But the Magdaleno vs Gonzalez fight is not bad all.

[Mitchell Kane]

Thanks for the info. It sucks that Valdez is not getting any TV coverage though. He needs more TV time, he's one of Top Ranks best prospect.
Valdez>>Magdaleno. But the Magdaleno vs Gonzalez fight is not bad all.

It would have been nice to have seen his fight, but I really like the upgrade though, because while I agree, Valdez's future looks to be better than Magdaleno's, we don't know what kind of opponent it would have been, and there's still a possibility that HBO will show highlights of it.

But I'll take a "contender vs. contender" fight over "prospect vs. TBA".