WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (25-0, 21 KOs) might be trying to go 2-0 towards former 126-lb champion Robeisy Ramirez (14-2, 9 KOs) of their rematch this Saturday, December ninth. The struggle will happen on the Footprint Heart in Phoenix. ESPN and ESPN+ will present the occasion life at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT.
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Espinoza, 30, pulled off an upset of the WBO champion Robeisy a 12 months in the past on December ninth, profitable a 12-round majority determination in a struggle that was determined within the championship rounds.
The center of the 6’1″ Mexican Espinoza was an excessive amount of for the two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy and received him the struggle. Espinoza dropped a tired-looking Robeisy within the twelfth and had him near being knocked out because the bell sounded to finish the competition.
Robeisy claimed afterward that he wasn’t 100% and undoubtedly didn’t look it. In Ramirez’s final struggle, he bounced again from his loss to cease Brandon Leon Benitez within the seventh spherical on June twenty ninth in Miami Seaside, Florida.
If Robeisy appears nearly as good as he did towards Benitez, Espinoza doesn’t stand an opportunity. Ramirez has means too many technical expertise for Espinoza, and can decide him aside to indicate that his earlier loss was only a fluke.
“Sure, everyone knows about my top benefit, however I even have one other benefit, and that’s my coronary heart. So, I’m going to indicate my coronary heart by giving the whole lot within the ring this Saturday,” stated Rafael Espinoza.
Coronary heart will not be sufficient for Espinoza to win on this struggle. The bell saved him within the fifth spherical of their earlier struggle, and the referee gave him an enormous break by not stopping the struggle. The struggle ought to have been stopped as a result of Espinoza stumbled and fell into the ropes, exhibiting that he was out on his toes after getting up. Many referees would have stopped it.
“I believe that to say issues from the previous proper now could be pointless as a result of it feels like excuses, and I’ll by no means give excuses on this sport. Merely put, I believe that I discovered how it’s best to struggle whenever you’re not at 100% bodily and mentally,” stated Robeisy Ramirez
