Bivol-Ramirez Purse Bid set for August 21

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has called a purse bid for the light heavyweight world title bout between the champion Dmitry Bivol and his mandatory challenger, Gilberto Ramirez to take place Sunday, August 21, at the Caribe Royale Hotel, in Orlando, Florida.

After the negotiation period from July 11 to August 10 expired and the parties did not reach an agreement, the WBA made the decision to call for the bidding.

The communication was officially sent to both parties on Thursday, August 11. The minimum amount to participate is $400,000 with a split of 75% for the champion Bivol and 25% for the challenger Ramirez as established by the rules of the body.

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    • Le Boxeo, you will be El Brokeo (El Homeless Beg E O) if you bet all of your money on this. I encourage you to do this. And while you are at it, bet on other losers too, like Merrick Garland & Liz Cheney. Diversify your losses.

      • “…bet on other losers too, like Merrick Garland & Liz Cheney.”
        – Who are they fighting?????

        • Garland will be facing off against Jim Jordan when Jordan takes over for Jerold Nadler in January, and Cheney will get KO’d early against Harriet Hageman.

    • Ramirez does not have enough in his arsenal to stop Bivol. He’ll do much better than canela did, but the results will be the same.

  • will be better than Bivol /Canola. Bivol will box beautifully and Zurdo will lose . Think. Which one of the two of them has fought world wide with all styles? Bivol w12 split. Easier than the score says.

  • they will throw everything at Bivol to try to get a loss on his record because he stopped the stupid Canola train. After he beats Zurdo, thay will make him fight Beterbeiv. He beats Beterbiev but Canelo will retire when that happens. Trying to secure legacy. He has money. He wants ass kissing.

    • Bivol is a nice fighter no doubt, but he is being overrated now because he beat an overrated Canelo. I can’t see him beating Beterbiev. He doesn’t have the power to keep him off of him. Completely different animal than Canelo. Beterbiev is a monster who is deceptively quick and hits like a mule. He completely broke down Gvozdyk, who was at least on the same level as Bivol, and basically ended his career. If the winner of this fight has to fight Artur they are gonna have serious problems.

      • Well first of all there isn’t going to be a speculation on who the winner of a Bivol/Ramirez clash, if it happens, would be because there was only one outcome. The Russian by unanimous decision and wide. The Mexican is Clumsy, has s*** stamina and is as slow as a three-legged turtle. However, I agree with you on Beterbiev being too much for Bivol. Artur would eventually get to Dimitry and break him down. Nobody touches the Chechen fighter at 175. Not ever.

  • Andrey Ryabinskiy and German Titov have expressed an interest in Bivol fights in the past
    If either bid and win this fight could end up outside the US. Bivol will box Zurdos head off wherever it is.

  • I Ike zerdos chances here. While his defense is somewhat suspect, he throws a lot of punches and is a southpaw. Orthodox fighters have a hard time establishing the jab, and that’s Bivols best punch that he uses to control range. Zurdo is huge in comparison, but obviously Bivol more polished

  • Bivol should totally outclass Ramirez unless he gets crooked judges like he did against Canelo who tried to steal the win from Bivol. Much rather see Bivol against Beterbiev the top two at 175 for 175 supremacy and the true lineal title. Screw the corrupt alphabet titles.

  • Hearn obviously didn’t want this fight, so I guess it will be up to Oscar to front the $400k.

  • I had no idea that this was in negotiations. This is a pretty good fight. A good boxing fans fight. I’m looking forward to watching this.

  • If Ramirez actually wants to fight and thinks he can beat Bivol, then his side will accept this purse bid and move forward with the fight. However, I can see this purse bid falling apart and no deal reached due to Ramirez side. He just wants to get paid the big money for his first loss or continue fighting the speed bumps that has padded his pathetic record. There’s no way he can beat the Russian and any knowledgeable boxing fan, including his team, know this.

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