Gilberto Ramirez: record, next fight and profile →
WBC/WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin and WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez have taken to the social networks to ridicule Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, who on Wednesday relinquished his WBC middleweight world championship belt but still hopes to arrange a mega-fight with Golovkin, who was the mandatory to the title and now took over as the WBC's champion.
Earlier today Golden Boy Promotions sent out a press release stating that WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez decided to relinquish his title which freed him from the pressure of following the two week negotiating period mandated by the WBC to come to an agreement to fight his mandatory challenger, WBA/IBF/IBO/WBC interim champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin.
Sources in Mexico have advised BoxingScene.com that a fight between Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez (34-0) and Dominik Britsch (32-2-1) of Germany is nearly finalized for July 23rd.
Héctor Zapari and his father have trained recently crowned WBO super middleweight champion, Gilberto Ramírez (34-0, 24 KOs) since day one. Based in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Ramírez won a unanimous decision over veteran Arthur Abraham on April 9 and coach Zapari expressed his delight in a BoxingScene.com interview.
World Boxing Organization super middleweight world champion Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez will defend his belt for the first time on the 23rd of July at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, as part of the HBO Pay-Per-View undercard to Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol.
On the heels of significant progress made in finalizing terms for the upcoming World super lightweight championship between unbeaten titlists Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol, the staff at Top Rank has begun moving towards putting together the pieces of the undercard.
The Forum, Los Angeles, California - WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) is looking for a big name for his next ring appearance.
Gennady Golovkin has done his part to build towards a mandatory title fight with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, demolishing unbeaten but overmatched challenger Dominic Wade in two rounds Saturday evening in front of a sold-out crowd at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
If Gennady Golovkin defeats Dominic Wade and one of his preferred middleweight options doesn’t work out, Golovkin’s promoter is willing to make a fight against WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez.
Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez (34-0, 24KOs) became the first Mexican fighter to capture a world title at 168-pounds, when he boxed his way to an impressive twelve round unanimous decision to secure the WBO super middleweight championship from longtime champion Arthur Abraham of Germany.