Zurdo Ramirez Fight Falls Apart, Benavidez Showdown Now Locked In

Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez gained’t be defending his WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles towards contender Robin Safar as deliberate on January sixteenth.

Safar suffered a hand harm in his final bout in November and gained’t be capable of problem Ramirez for his titles subsequent month. With the struggle off, Ramirez will face David Benavidez subsequent in Might on Cinco de Mayo.

The harm may go in ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez’s favor, as there’s much less danger of him getting injured that might delay his bout towards ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez. He’s going to have to be 100% wholesome for him to carry onto his belts towards the unbeaten challenger.

Mike Coppinger revealed the following day of Safar’s harm. The #4 WBO Safar will now struggle Chris Billiam Smith or Ryan Rozicki subsequent.

Ramirez has obtained to up his recreation for him to defeat Benavidez, as he’s not regarded like his common dominating self in his final two fights towards Yuniel Dorticos and Chris Billiam Smith. At 34, Ramirez is starting to indicate indicators of wear and tear and ring put on from a protracted 16-year profession.

His promoters have properly matched Gilberto since turning professional, and he has solely fought one elite-level fighter in that point, dropping to Dmitry Bivol in 2022. Going up towards Benavidez might be a great check to see how a lot Ramirez has left.

‘Zurdo’ Ramirez has tailored his combating fashion within the final yr, going from being a slugger to a boxer. It’s helped him defeat Dorticos, Billiam-Smith, and Arsen Goulamirian. Towards Benavidez, Gilberto goes to wish to do much more than field and transfer to win.

Benavidez regarded highly effective in his final struggle, stopping Anthony Yarde within the seventh spherical final November. He used his quantity fashion to out-slug Yarde to get the knockout. Benavidez was keen to take Yarde’s finest photographs to ship his personal. It wasn’t straightforward, however ‘The Mexican Monster’ wore him right down to the stoppage.

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