By Dan Ambrose: Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez’s win tonight over Joe Smith Jr. has impressed him sufficient to name out Dmitry Bivol for a rematch and Canelo Alvarez if he’s prepared to return as much as 190 lbs to battle him.
It’s secure to say Canelo will go up Ramirez’s invitation, and the identical applies to Bivol, who schooled him final November in a battle that was so one-sided that there’s no method any promoter would waste time in making a rematch.
Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs) defeated former WBO mild heavyweight champion Smith Jr. (28-5, 22 KOs) by a ten spherical unanimous choice on Saturday night time, utilizing a safety-first type that had beforehand been alien to his method of preventing via most of his profession.
However tonight, Ramirez actually boring, and stunning how he’s modified his as soon as entertaining type into that of a cautious fighter. Ramirez beat Joe Smith Jr by the scores 99-91, 99-91 and 99-91.
Ramirez calls out Canelo & Bivol
“After all, he upset my ego and my soul. As a Mexican, I desire a rematch. I need to beat him, and I need to be my greatest,” mentioned Gilberto Ramirez to the media tonight when requested if he desires a rematch with Dmitry Bivol after beating Joe Smith Jr.
Ought to Bivol give Ramirez a rematch?
Bivol stands to realize nothing from preventing Ramirez once more as a result of there’s no public demand in seeing a rematch, and Zurdo’s new ultra-cautious preventing type isn’t an enchancment in his recreation. If he runs from Bivol, he’ll lose once more, and it’ll be simply as one-sided.
“I don’t must look unhealthy. I must stay up for past. Whoever is in entrance, I must beat the man,” Gilberto continued. “I want him nothing however the most effective. He’s an ideal fighter, an ideal champion [Bivol], and he must hold working & preventing for anybody.
“I feel he’ll come up [to cruiserweight] finally. I don’t see any level in coming again [to light heavyweight] in the event that they don’t give me a superb battle, I don’t must do it. But when they offer me a superb battle, it’ll be good.
“Anybody, I need all of the champions. I need to be the primary Mexican cruiserweight champion, and that’s my objective. That’s what I’m working for.
“Finally, if he desires. Two Mexicans within the ring, that’s a warfare,” mentioned Gilberto when requested if he’d wish to battle Canelo Alvarez. “Marquez, Barrera, all of them. It’s an ideal battle. All of the followers need to see two Mexicans within the ring on a regular basis,” mentioned Ramirez.
