By Chris Williams: Former WBO light welterweight champion Mike ‘Mile High’ Alvarez (38-4,26 KOs) will be fighting journeyman Martin Angel Martinez (18-14-1, 11 KOs) on June 30 on the undercard of WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo on ESPN on Top Rank Boxing at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The televised portion of the card will be shown on ESPN at 9:00 p.m. ET. The fight card will be shown on ESPN+ at 6:00 p.m. ET.
By Chris Williams: WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) will defend his WBO title against No.10 WBO Roamer Alexis Angulo (23-0, 20 KOs) of Colombia on June 30 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Ramirez vs. Angulo fight will be televised on ESPN.
By Chris Williams: WBO World super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (37-0, 26 KOs) could be making his next defense against #3 WBO Rocky Fielding (26-1, 14 KOs) in June or July in a Top Rank promoted card on ESPN in the U.S.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum reportedly is offering his fighter WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) as the replacement opponent to face Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) on May 5 on Cinco de Mayo if Saul Canelo’ Alvarez is suspended further by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, according to news from Michael Benson.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn is close to making a deal for #3 WBO Rocky Fielding (26-1, 14 KOs) to challenge WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) for his title after his win 35-year-old journeyman Karel Horejsek (11-8-3, 9 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, UK.
By Jeff Aranow: Last Saturday night’s doubleheader on ESPN between WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez and Habib Ahmed in the main event and IBF World super flyweight champion Jerwin ‘Pretty Boy’ Ancjas vs. Israel Gonzalez in the co-feature bout averaged 741,000 viewers on ESPN, according to news from the Nielsen Media Research. The fight card took place at the Bank of America Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
By Dan Ambrose: WBO World super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) took care of business last Saturday night in stopping challenger Habib Ahmed (25-1-1, 17 KOs) in the 6th round to successfully defend his title.
By Chris Williams: WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) beat #4 WBO Habib Ahmed (22-1, 17 KOs) by a 6th round stoppage on Saturday night to remain undefeated in a fight televised by ESPN Boxing at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
By Chris Williams: Gilberto Ramirez, challenger Habib Ahmed, Jerwin Ancajas and Israel Gonzalez made weight on Friday for their fight this Saturday night on ESPN at the American Bank Center, in Corpus Christi, Texas. This is a Top Rank promoted card, with main event and co-feature fights being mismatches. These are both showcase fights. In other words, mismatches, which is why the boxing public isn’t too excited about the fights. This will be defense No.3 for the Ramirez for his WBO 168 lb. strap.
By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) will be having a meeting this Saturday with his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank for him to finalize his title shot against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) for April 14 on ESPN at Madison Square Garden, New York.