Abraham vs. Ramirez

Gilberto Ramirez with big test against Arthur Abraham

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ramirezBy Dan Ambrose: The Top Rank promoted #1 WBO 168lb contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) has one month to go before he challenges WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley 3 fight on HBO PPV on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ramirez, 6’2”, is being thrown to the wolves so to speak with him being put in with the 35-year-old Abraham in this fight. Ramirez, 24, has little in the way of experience at the pro level.

The experience Ramirez has going for him consists of his fight against fringe contender Maxim Vlasov last year in January 2015 in a fight that Ramirez barely won by a 10 round decision. Ramirez was quickly backed off from stiff competition after that fight, and he’s looked a lot better against the two poor opponents he’s been in with.

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Arum talks Brandon Rios and Gilberto Ramirez

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arum4By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he was able to get WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) to agree to come to the U.S to fight his fighter Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) by making him an offer he can’t refuse.

Arum needs the 24-year-old Ramirez to defeat Abraham in order to turn him into a star. Abraham and Ramirez will be fighting on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley 3 card on April 9 on HBO pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

It’s unclear how much money it cost the 84-year-old Arum to get Abraham to agree to come over from Germany to take the fight with Ramirez. Abraham normally doesn’t fight outside of his home country of Germany.

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Arum sees Gilberto Ramirez as opposite of Chavez Jr

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ramirez8By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated #1 WBO Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) will be challenging WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) for his WBO title on April 9 on HBO pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ramirez’s promoter Bob Arum thinks that the southpaw is going to beat the 35-year-old Abraham to capture his WBO title and become a superstar in the sport. The Abraham vs. Ramirez fight is the co-feature bout on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley 3 card.

Arum sees the 24-year-old Ramirez as the opposite of former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who Arum previously promoted. Arum thinks that Ramirez is a hard worker and is dedicated to his craft.

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Arthur Abraham battles Gilberto Ramirez on April 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada

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abraham553By Dan Ambrose: WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will be defending his title against Top Rank fighter Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The fight will be televised on HBO pay-per-view, as the fight will the co-feature on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley card. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum hasn’t been putting on a lot of interesting fights on some of Pacquiao’s recent cards, but for his fight against Bradley, Arum is really stacking the card.

You can make an argument that Arum is only doing this because with Pacquiao saying he’s retiring after this fight, he’s going to need to have some popular fighters in his Top Rank stable that can step up and become stars themselves.

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Arum wrapping up Arthur Abraham vs. Gilberto Ramirez for Pacquiao-Bradley card

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ramirez78By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is on the verge of finishing up on a deal that will see unbeaten #1 WBO Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) facing WBO super middleweight champion Arthur “King Arthur” Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) in the co-feature bout on the April 9 undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley 3 card on HBO pay-per-view.

The fight card will be staged at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arum wants to load the undercard of the Pacquiao-Bradley fight with Mexican talent, and the 24-year-old Ramirez is just one of the names that Arum is looking to put on the card.

Besides that Abraham-Ramirez fight on the undercard, former IBF featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich will be facing two-time Mexican Olympian Oscar Valdez in a 10 round fight. Also on the card is 2012 U.S. Olympian Jose Carlos Ramirez (16-0, 12 KOs) facing journeyman Manuel Perez (25-11-1, 6 Kos) in a 10 round bout.

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Sauerland wins Abraham-Ramirez purse bid

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ramirez78By Chris Williams: In bad news for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley fight card for April 9th, promotional company Sauerland Events has won Wednesday’s purse bid in beating Top Rank’s bid to stage the title fight between WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) and the Top Rank fighter Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs). Sauerland won the purse bid with a winning bid of $1, 563, 057 compared to Top Rank’s $1.5 million.

The Abraham-Ramirez fight could still wind up on the Pacquiao vs. Bradley 3 card, but it might be difficult to make that happen unless there’s enough money to go around for Abraham. If not, then the Abraham-Ramirez fight will be staged in Berlin, Germany on 4/9.

It’s important that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum get the Abraham vs. Ramirez fight for the Pacquiao-Bradley card, because they need a strong undercard to help interest the boxing fans to purchase the card on HBO PPV.

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Arthur Abraham vs. Gilberto Ramirez possible for Pacquiao-Bradley undercard

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abraham6By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is really looking to beef up the undercard of the April 9th Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley 3 fight card on HBO pay-per-view at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The latest fight that Arum is hoping to add to the undercard for the fight is a showdown between unbeaten #1 WBO Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) and WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs).

Arum believes that the 24-year-old Ramirez can become popular like Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Thus far, however, Ramirez remains a flawed fighter with an inflated resume of wins over weak opponents. Ramirez looks nowhere near the talent level of the 25-year-old Canelo.

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