Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez is gearing up for the most important battle of his professional profession.
The previous WBO tremendous middleweight champion will try to turn into a two-division beltholder on November fifth in Abu Dhabi.
In what’s a compulsory battle, Ramirez will problem WBA gentle heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.
Ramirez, undefeated in 44 fights, has gained all 5 his bouts at 175-pounds by knockout.
Bivol, additionally undefeated, is coming off one of many greatest stunners of 2022.
Again in Might, he retained his world title by outboxing Mexican celebrity Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez over twelve rounds in Las Vegas.
Ramirez additionally noticed motion within the month of Might, when he knocked out Dominic Boesel in a WBA closing eliminator.
The Mexican boxer has been chasing a world title battle at 175 for a while – and now the second is nearly upon him.
Whereas Bivol is favored to win, there are numerous who view Ramirez as being a extra harmful opponent for him than Canelo, who was shifting up from 168 and started his profession at welterweight.
Ramirez views Bivol as a giant problem, however not his greatest problem.
“I believe it’s not the most important [challenge of my career]. I’ve been preventing for a very long time with the highest fighters, however on the finish of the day it’s a superb problem. It’s what I need. I need the belt. It’s nice for me and it’s nice for boxing to have this high battle and for folks to be trying ahead to it,” Ramirez instructed The Nationwide.
“Bivol’s a very good problem. And I prefer it as a result of I’m a person of the problem. I’m trying ahead to getting the title, turn into a two-time world champion. And I’ll get it. That’s for positive.
“[A win over Bivol] means all the pieces for me, as a result of it proves I can do it for myself. That’s the problem I’ve been on the lookout for my complete life, that I can do something what I believe, all the pieces what I dream, and make it occur.”
