Former world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs) will make his debut in the cruiserweight division and measure up against former light heavyweight world champion Joe “Common Man” Smith Jr. (28-4, 22 KOs) of Long Island, New York on Saturday, October 7. The 12-round clash, presented in association with Star Boxing, will take place live from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and live around the world on DAZN.
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Apparently Zurdo has successfully eaten himself out of the lightheavyweight division already. This would be a pretty good and important fight at 175. I expect Ramirez to come in at every bit of 200lbs and I expect Smith to win, but I don’t think either one does much damage at cruiser going forward.
Evenly matched
Good match up evenly matched leaning slightly to Joe Smith jnr
Good fight where there should be plenty of action, back to big slower guys for Zurdo after Bivol absolutely embarrassed him
I like this fight. Both coming off huge losses. Smith is a big hitter and Ramirez has some pop too. Both might swing for the fences to save face after their last fights. Should be some fireworks.
Good fight to test him again! He could not pass the first test against bivol now, This will be a make it or break it in boxing for him!
Zurdo OGT…. i have some advise for you.
Mucho ruido pocas nueces.
In the past you have talked too much but haven’t heard much from you lately.
Shut your mouth and show us with your fists.
Ramirez never impressed me and now he’s fighting at 200lbs! I like Joe Smith but he’s way past his best after taking punishment in some tough fights. But it’s an interesting matchup with action almost guaranteed.
pretty good matchup..
Smith is taking a payday..mid round stoppage by Zurdo..hope I’m wrong but if he were serious he’d be fighting light heavy building himself back for like a Berlanga at msg
It doesn’t have the hype of Crawford vs Spence (which delivered) but this is another fighter that proves boxing is winning in 2023. Pulling for Joe but it should be plenty of action.
Joe showed he can’t compete with the elite at LHW and no real cruiser will be bothered by his power, so this fight against a blown up SMW who can’t push away from the table is perfect. The winner of this saves some face in the sport and might get to be a name on some cruiserweight champs ledger.
If the winner is smart, they will pursue Kovalev or the WBC champ Badou Jack, both are ancient, have big names to pull in some $ and they not natural cruisers either. By the same token Jack and Kovalev will probably see the winner as a winnable fight.
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