By Chris Williams: The purse bid that was scheduled for Friday for the fight between WBC light welterweight champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) and WBC interim champion Regis Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) has been rescheduled for next Monday, according to Dan Rafael.
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten Josh Taylor (12-0, 11 KOs) will be facing 34-year-old former WBC light welterweight champion Viktor Postol (29-1, 12 KOs) on June 23 in a WBC 140 lb. title eliminator to pick out a mandatory challenger to face WBC champion Jose Carlos Ramirez. The Postol-Taylor fight will take place at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
By Chris Williams: Undefeated interim WBC light welterweight champion Regis ‘Rougarou’ Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) says he’ll be facing newly crowned WBC 140 lb. champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) in his next fight after his 12 round unanimous decision victory over Amir Iman (21-2, 18 KOs) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jim Dower: Jose Ramirez (21-0, 16 KOs) has chance to prove that he’s the next star in the light welterweight division this Saturday night against number 1 WBC ranked Amir Imam (21-1, 18 KOs) in their scrap for the vacant WBC light welterweight title on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Allan Fox: Jose Carlos Ramirez (21-0, 16 KOs) will be fighting for the vacant WBC light welterweight title against #1 WBC Amir Imam (21-1, 18 KOs) this Saturday night on March 17th on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York. The start time for the televised portion of the Ramirez-Imam card begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
ESPN’s live telecast of the Saturday, November 11 Top Rank on ESPN (10:30 p.m. ET to 12:15 a.m. ET) scored two major victories. The overall event delivered 0.9 metered market rating according to Nielsen, making it the second highest-rated boxing telecast on cable television in 2017. The featured co-main event, a battle between Artur Beterbiev (12-0, 12 KOs) and Enrico Köelling (23-2, 6 KOs) for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight world title, delivered a 1.0 metered market rating, making it the year’s second highest-rated boxing main event on cable television.
By Eric Thomas: Undefeated light welterweight contender Jose Carlos Ramirez (21-0, 16 KOs) smashed previously unbeaten #9 WBO Mike Reed (23-1, 12 KOs) in stopping him in the 2nd round on Saturday night at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.