Rafael Espinoza vs. Robeisy Ramirez 2 and Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez 2 will battle in a doubleheader on December seventh in Phoenix.
Salvador Rodriguez experiences that WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (25-0, 21 KOs) and two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez (14-2, 9 KOs) have agreed to a deal to battle within the co-feaure on the cardboard headlined by WBO tremendous featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-2-1, 31 KOs) defending towards interim champ Oscar Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs)
Navarrete, 29, defeated Valdez by a lopsided 12-round unanimous resolution final yr on August 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. The scores have been large in Navarrete’s favor, with the judges scoring it,
– 119-109
– 118-110
– 116-112
Contemplating how dominant the result of the battle was, it’s unclear why the administration for Navarrete has chosen to go within the route of a rematch with Valdez. A greater choice could be for Navarrete to attempt to avenge his current 12-round break up resolution loss to Denys Berinchyk on Could 18th in San Diego, Califonia.
Navarrete moved as much as light-weight, hoping to seize the vacant WBO belt, however was outboxed by the 2012 Olympian Berinchyk. It was one-sided with Navarrete missing the abilities to win towards the extremely technical Ukrainian.
Former WBO featherweight champion Robeisy Ramirez misplaced his title to Rafael Espinoza in an upset 12-round majority resolution on December 9, 2023, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Robeisy knocked the tall 6’1″ Espinoza down with a proper hand to the pinnacle within the fifth, however was outworked the rest of the way in which. Within the twelfth, Espinoza unleashed a storm of punches to drop a tired-looking Robeisy.
The scores have been:
– 114-112 – Espinoza
– 115-111 – Espinoza
– 113-113
“[Rafael] Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez have an settlement for a rematch for the [WBO] Featherweight Championship. The estimated beginning date and venue was December 7 in Phoenix. We’ll see if it holds. Rafael ‘Divino’ Espinoza vs Robeisy ‘Tren’ Ramírez #DivinoTren2 can be on the coestelar of #NavarreteValdez2 on the seventh of December in Phoenix,” mentioned Salvador Rodriguez on X.