Former WBO featherweight champion Robeisy Ramirez faces contender Brandon Leon Benitez in a bounce-back ten-round combat this Saturday, June twenty ninth, on the James L. Knight Middle in Miami. The occasion will probably be on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT. Within the headliner, Teofimo Lopez defends towards Steve Claggett.
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Brandon Leon Benitez (21-2, 9 KOs) is ranked #6 WBO and #7 IBF at featherweight and a troublesome opponent for Robeisy, 30, to be preventing along with his coming off a loss in his earlier outing.
Robeisy’s promoters at Prime Rank probably really feel it’s important for the #2 WBC and #4 WBO contender to combat a high-caliber man like Benavidez, 26, to get him able to combat for his former WBO title.
The 2-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy (13-2, 8 KOs) was dethroned by Rafael Espinoza in an upset twelve-round cut up resolution loss in his final combat on December 9, 2023. Robeisy knocked the 6’1″ Espinoza down within the fifth however dropped him within the twelfth. The scores have been 113-113, 114-112, 115-111 for Espinoza.
That combat confirmed that Robeisy must be in higher situation, throw extra punches, and be extra aggressive towards fighters who use quantity punching. Espinoza is a particular case as a result of he’s a freak of nature in top and attain for the 126-lb division.
Though Espinoza didn’t use his attain to combat on the skin towards Robeisy, it was nonetheless troublesome to trace his punches due to the lengthy looping approach he was throwing them. What Robeisy wanted to do was throw extra straight photographs down the pipe to make the most of Espinoza’s fashion, however that was dangerous due to the uppercuts that he was throwing and the short-body punches.
It was troublesome for Robeisy to take care of all of the angles Espinoza was throwing of their combat, which ultimately wore him down. It didn’t assist that Robeisy seemed chunky in that combat and never within the form he wanted for that problematic opponent.
“Yeah, perhaps,” mentioned Robeisy to Fighthype when requested if he desires a rematch with Rafael Espinoza to avenge his loss to him from final December.
“I do know Robeisy wasn’t well-trained for that combat. I do know he didn’t do power or conditioning or any of that stuff, and he dropped him,” mentioned Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, speaking about Robeisy’s loss to the tall 6’1″ Espinoza.
“For a dude that a lot, it’s at all times going to be laborious. Let’s see the way it goes. If Robeisy wins, they make that combat occur once more. It’ll be an even bigger combat.”
