Two knockdowns made the difference as former world champion Jose Ramirez lost a close twelve round decision to now undisputed super lightweight champion Josh Taylor.
“He took advantage of some of those clinches but, hey, I got back up and tried to give it my best and stay smart,” said Ramirez afterward. “I was never hurt. I was aware. I was just disappointed every time it happened. I tried to shake it off and get back to my rhythm. But it was overall a good fight. Hopefully, I get back and I learn from my mistakes. You win some and you lose some.
“I felt like I landed some clean shots. It came down to the clinches. He would let his hands go as soon as he got his chance and I think I left it to the referee to do his part and it was a lack of experience on my part.”
You have got my respect with your response to your loss. Well done young man !
Respect?
He’s making excuses and blaming the referee!
Valdez, sounds more like he’s analyzing what he did wrong. He’s not denying he got his ass kicked.
Denial is not just a river in North Africa 🙂
Isn’t that river in ancient Mesopotamia ?
I thought that this would be a good scrap and I was correct.
Ramirez, you must have been hurt to some degree as that left hook counter stunned you when it was delivered on the button! Yes, denial is a common trait in dealing with a loss. You can always try again!
Exactly!!! kid got dropped on his face. Got dropped hard. Twice!!! and fought back hard. Showed why he was a undefeated champion.
Taylor took him to school, lets see where he lands up next.
Yes. It seemed that the most experienced fighter was the Scottish, the Mexican looked that has the 17 professional fights not the Scottish.
Agree because Mexican/american fighters built a lot of their experience against lowest opposition, Fighting 20 journeyman is worst than fighting 3 top contenders !
He was hurt, but that’s a fighter’s mindset.
The things a even a cube boxer like Ramirez will say
Fine and cube .
Ramirez showed up to respectfully box and try to compete while josh Taylor came to fight and destroy.
Did he say he wasn’t hurt!!! Wow!!!
He did say that!
I’d say the first knockdown was a flash and Ramirez got up determined to try to even the round. The second one, he was on rubbery legs for sure. I think he would have survived even without the bell by holding, but it sure didn’t hurt that the bell came as soon as it did. The bottomline though is Ramirez has almost inhuman recuperative power. Call him Wolverine, because that dude seems indestructible.
Already making excuses, Kenny Bayless was in Ramirez corner. In both knockdowns Ramirez got way more time to recover by Bayless. The second knockdown he barely beat the count and was on wobbly legs. I was disappointed Taylor let off the was pedal and secured the UD instead of going for the KO. Btw Garcia really sucks at coaching, never gave Ramirez instructions. Telling Ramirez to do it for his family and for all Mexico may be motivational words but there was never advise to make adjustments. Winning doesn’t have to be pretty and Taylor proved it with a good game plan. Ramirez needs a nee corner for the rematch.
OMG…u hit the nail right on the head…there was no plan B for Ramirez at all…the coach let him down
AlleyCat925, if Taylor would stay in a neutral corner as he is supposed to do then Ramirez wouldn’t get the extra seconds. That was Taylor’s own doing.
It was more than just that ref took way to much time having him move this way and that way. Bayless should go the way of Richard Steele, and Richard Green
I really wanted to see/hear Ramirez make a strong, definitive statement for a rematch, but it appears missing for now. I am also curious as to how Ramirez will professionally react towards his trainer.
Looked pretty damn hurt and beat up to me. I hate it when a fighter doesn’t admit that they were hurt. When everyone watching can see that you were. Even from the look that he had on the corner between rounds you could tell. Very happy with the flight. Always thought he was overrated with all the washed up fighters he was knocking out. Went to see him a couple of times was never impressed by him. And as for Bayless he really needs to be looked into always giving a fighter extra time to recover not the first time I’ve seen him do that.
For all that say that Ramirez was denying he wasn’t hurt. Maybe physically he wasn’t but he said he was disappointed he went down. Maybe mentally is how he was hurt and wasn’t able to recover. In my observation, he wasn’t the same after the first knockdown and that wasn’t necessarily physically.
First time Ramirez went down he looked surprised, not hurt, got right back up. Second time Taylor put him down with an uppercut Ramirez was hurt and on wobbly legs. Bayless gave him a few extra seconds to recover or Taylor might have finished the fight then. Good fight. Knockdowns made the difference.
He should have said: I don’t remember being hurt
Dude..u did not come with plan B…u had no answer to his counter punching…u came to brawl it didn’t happen…and that was it for u…ur coach let u down..he shd have told u to change to plan B…but there was none..Better luck next time..
Warrior, well said. Taylor adjusted and Ramirez didn’t.
They both came to fight and it was a good two way action fight, Ramirez actually won more rounds on all the judges score cards the knockdowns were the difference.
After the undercard fight with a guy winning after getting knocked down 2X and losing a point in a 8 rounder, I thought the judges might screw up the main act in a similar fashion. Came as close as they could, didn’t they? 2 knockdowns (and let’s say to be fair if Taylor won 1/2 of the non-knockdown rounds).. judges STILL made it a closely scored fight… How long can they keep doing this? I would rather have fresh judges in regularly who pay better attention and are not swayed by the promoters. I could care less if we know their names, every time you start thinking a certain judge is decent, they just screw up a fight or two royally. Or in this case they make fights win a fair margin of victory look like they are neck and neck.. Down the line some kid looks at boxrec or does a book report on so and so and interprets this as a razor thin fight margin when in fact Taylor easily won by 3-4 points.
I like both fighters, and they are of high caliber. I had no favorite to win, but Taylor was the better man Sat night. Shame it was a close score. It even makes the fighters believe that in the post fight interviews.
YEP EVERY TIME HE HELD , AS SOON AS THEY BROKE APART HE HIT THE OTHER BOXER EVERY TIME ALSO HIT BEHIND THE HEAD HE DID SO MUCH HOLDING I THOUGH TAYLOR WAS DANCEING HE HELD THAN HIT DID YOU COUNT HOW MANEY TIME HE DID THIS LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKE
Just don’t like the fact that he acts like the ref didn’t do his job. Things happen in boxing. But other than that seemed like a good sport. Don’t like the fact Bernardo when interviewing Garcia made it seem like the knockdown was an illegal break and Garcia ran with that. Both these guys better stay away from Crawford. Maybe Lopez coming up the way to go.