Prior to Zurdo Ramirez’ fight versus Barrera, WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol posted the following on social media: “@zurdoramirez, I’ve never avoided a challenge. Good luck to you in the fight against Barrera and after that let’s make it happen.”
Zurdo now hopes Bivol lives up to his words.
“Bivol is definitely one of my main targets,” Ramirez said. “Both our teams have explored the fight and they know where to find me. After calling me out on the internet, I’ll be surprised if he retracts from his comments, but it’s boxing and you can never be too confident until contracts are signed. He called me out on social media and his side knows I’m available. If it doesn’t happen, I’m sure he would have a good reason why, but, at the end of the day, I’m 100-percent for this fight and his team is fully aware of it.”
I’ll believe that when I see it
I hear more bark here than bite.
Very good fight for both unbeating fighters !!
Canelo would be the fight. Two Mexican champions. Doubt it would happen though. Hes a very viable opponent.
Zurdo is tough but he seems a few MPH slower than Bivol. He’s tough as nails but very plodding and seems to be markedly slower than Bivol.
I EXPECT ZURDO TO BE A SOUTHPAW
Fighters from Russia or Eastern Euro aren’t backing up from any challenge and they’re often ducked by US or Mexican fighters until they’re old.. GGG or Beterbiev are a perfect exemple of that..
Ramirez probably means he’ll fight Dimitry if the Russian takes the smaller cut, even though he’s the champion. I expect Golden Boy to screw this fight up if it doesn’t happen. Zurdo has fought absolutely nobody with more than double the fights than Bivol has. I think we all know who the braver warrior is between these two, and the more proven at the highest level at 175. I’d be interested to see if Ramirez could even beat Smith Jr. Ramirez is kind of slow and his chin’s never been hit by a giant massive punching light heavyweight.