Ramírez won on all three scorecards (100–90 x3).

His opponent was American Derrick Findley in a scheduled ten-round bout which went the distance. Ramírez fought in the United States for the first time in his career on 24 August 2013 at the Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California. According to sources in February 2013, Ramírez was on the verge of signing with promotional company Top Rank. Ramírez then went down to middleweight successfully defending the WBC Youth title a final two times against Richard Gutierrez, who Ramírez beat on all scorecards (100–90) and Marcus Upshaw, also winning via ten-round unanimous decision (98–92, 99–90 twice). Ramírez next fought at super middleweight against Isaac Mendez, winning via TKO in round eight. Ramírez went ten rounds with Jaime Barboza (17–6, 8 KOs). He successfully defended the title beating Oney Valdez, Amilcar Edgardo Funes Melian and Samuel Miller all inside the distance. In July 2011, Ramírez moved back down middleweight to defend his WBC Youth title.

Ramírez next stopped Francisco Villanueva in seven rounds. In his first fight of the year, Ramírez fought 32 year old Antonio Arras and knocked him out via technical knockout (TKO) in round eight. Starting from 2011, Ramírez moved up to super-middleweight. The bout was held at the Gimnasio German Evers in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. On 17 December 2010, Ramírez knocked out the undefeated Rogelio Medina to win the vacant WBC Youth middleweight title. In April 2010, Ramírez beat veteran Jesus Ayala by second-round knockout (KO) in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. As of November 2022, Ramírez is ranked as the world's third best active light heavyweight by The Ring magazine, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and BoxRec. He previously held the WBO super middleweight title from 2016 to 2019, and is the first boxer from Mexico to win a major world title in those weight classes. 'When he comes in,' Chavez said of Ramirez, 'he lowers his head too much.Gilberto Ramírez Sánchez (born 19 June 1991) is a Mexican professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) ( Super version) cruiserweight title since March 2024. Just as predictable was Chavez's verbal counterpunch. Even with Steele's deduction, all three judges had Chavez ahead.Īfterward, there was the reflex protest of Ramirez that the butt was intentional and that he figured he was winning the fight anyway.

Homansky took a look and would not let Ramirez continue.īy the rules, Steele was obliged to penalize Chavez, as the uninjured fighter, a point in the scoring, and the bout went to the judges' scoring of the first 10 rounds for the verdict. The referee, Richard Steele, temporarily halted the bout so that the ringside physician, Flip Homansky, could examine the cut. Blood spilled from a gash on Ramirez's scalp, close to the middle of his forehead.

lightweight champion, and left as the victim of a somewhat controversial ending.Īs Ramirez moved forward in the 11th round of the scheduled 12-round bout, he and Chavez butted heads. But Ramirez righted himself and gamely fought back, as he did all night.Ĭhavez's hand speed was superior to that of the 29-year-old Ramirez, who entered the bout as the W.B.C. While Chavez never scored a knockdown, he buckled Ramirez's knees in the fourth round with a right hand that sent Ramirez reeling backward in a half-squat that nearly put him on the canvas.

WBC Lightweight Title (3rd defense by Ramirez).

WBA Lightweight Title (2nd defense by Chavez).

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