Cruiserweight champions Chris Billiam-Smith and Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez battle in the main event today on Latino Night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The action begins at 12:00 PM ET, live on DAZN.
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Live updates and results are below.
In the main event, light welterweight contenders Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza Jr. to position themselves to fight for the WBO title. It’s hard to tell how much former 140-lb unified champion Ramirez (29-1, 18 KOs) has left in the tank at this point, as he hasn’t had a serious fight since his loss to Josh Taylor three years ago not in 2021. .
He faced less opposition in a wasteful three-year rebuild, which in hindsight was unnecessary.
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Full card for DAZN
Gilberto Ramirez vs Chris Billam-Smith
Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr
William Zepeda vs. Tevin Farmer
Oscar Collazo vs. Thammanoon Niyomtrong
Oscar Duarte vs. Batyr Akhmedov
Ziad Almaayouf vs Ziad Almaayouf John Garcia
The fight that many fans seem to be more interested in for the card is the lightweight fight between William Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) and Tevin Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs), who in a 10-rounder for the placing the winner in a title fight against WBC champion Shakur Stevenson in February.
Boer wants to pull off an upset to ruin Zepeda’s plans, but that doesn’t seem realistic. He’s too old at 34 and doesn’t fit into the 135-lb landscape like he did at 130.
Last updated on 16/11/2024
