![]() Since that loss, Ramirez has fought just once with his lackluster 12-round decision over Jose Pedraza in March 2022. Josh Taylor beat Ramirez in May 2021 by a 12-round unanimous decision in an undisputed light welterweight championship fight. That’s why Ramirez must look good tonight because if he struggles against the likes of Commey, you can write him off for good as being past it, and dead weight for Top Rank However, if you look at Commey’s recent ring record of 1-2-1 in his last 4 fights, it lets you know that Ramirez ducked the Prograis clash for an easy mark against Commey. ![]() If you’re a casual fan who doesn’t follow boxing closely, you might not see it as a big deal that Ramirez picked Commey over a title shot against Prograis. Ramirez, 30, has put himself in a challenging position where he has to look out of this world good against the 36-year-old Commey, given that he turned down a title shot against WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis to take this fight. Instead, Ramirez will be a challenger if he fights the champions Taylor or Matias for their belts, and he’s not going to get a 50-50 split against either of those guys, which is what he wanted to fight Prograis. Read: David Benavidez rejects Morrell fight, wants Munguia next Unfortunately, Ramirez only focused on the short term, thinking of the less-than-huge money he’d get fighting Prograis for his WBC belt rather than focusing on what he could do if he won that belt by making huge cash in a unification. If Ramirez had beaten Prograis, he could have taken the WBC title and made excellent money fighting WBO champion Josh Taylor in a unification contest in a rematch and/or fought newly crowned IBF champ Subriel Matias in a bout that would have attracted a ton of fan interest. Ramirez complained that the money he would have made fighting Prograis wasn’t to his liking, but many fans believed he didn’t think he could win that fight, so he ducked it in favor of the easier one against Commey tonight. Some believe that Ramirez’s self-confidence is totally shot after his loss to Josh Taylor, and gift decision against Jose Ramirez in a fight that most boxing fans had him losing in 2018. However, Ramirez rejected a title shot against Prograis and chose Commey instead. Commey fight a light welterweight title eliminator to determine a mandatory for champion Regis Prograis. ![]() Read: Berlanga not ready for Canelo Munguia too experienced says Roberto Diaz Preview: Ramirez turned down title shot The time of the stoppage was at 2:31 of the eleventh round.įormer WBC & WBO light welterweight champion Jose Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) hopes for a strong showing tonight in his headliner bout against former IBF lightweight champion Richard ‘RC’ Commey (30-4-1, 27 KOs) in a WBC 140-lb title eliminator at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California. Moments later, Ramirez landed a perfect left to the body of Commey that caused him to go down to one knee in a delayed reaction.Īlthough Commey didn’t look like he was in pain, he stayed on one knee, showing no emotion as the referee counted him out. The 2012 Olympian Ramirez was given a stern warning by the referee Jack Reiss not to keep it clean. ![]() Ramirez got a little overanxious after Commey got back up, and used a professional wrestling move by body-slamming him to the canvas. In the 11th round, Ramirez stunned Commey with a right uppercut on the inside and then put him down on the canvas with a left temple shot. Jose Ramirez (28-1, 18 KOs) looked like a vintage version of himself, defeating a surprisingly effective former IBF lightweight champion Richard ‘RC’ Commey (30-5-1, 27 KOs) by an 11th round knockout on Saturday night in a WBC light welterweight title eliminator at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California.Īfter an early blazingly fast starting, Ramirez was being fought to a standstill by the 36-year-old Commey.
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