Ken Hissner reports that at the Chelsea Ballroom in the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada, previous WBO Super Middleweight champ Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez took on against previous WBO Light Heavyweight champ Joe Smith Jr. in the Main Event. Promoters Oscar De La Hoya from Golden Boy Promotions and Joe DeGuardia from Star Boxing provided the occasion, which was streamed on DAZN.
Ramirez, a southpaw from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, had the upper hand in the early rounds, utilizing Smith as target practice. However, Smith handled to land a right to Ramirez’s chin in the closing seconds of the 2nd round. Smith’s lack of exercise revealed his rustiness in the 3rd round.
In the 4th round, Smith started landing punches and took control. But Ramirez rapidly restored control in the 5th round and controlled the remainder of the fight. Smith discovered some success in the seventh round, however Ramirez concealed for the a lot of part.
Ramirez continued to control in the later rounds, with Smith suffering an abrasion under his ideal eye in the 8th round. The ninth round was competitive for the very first 2 minutes, however Ramirez ended up strong in the last minute.
The referee for the fight was Tony Weeks.
In another bout on the card, WBA Inter-Continental Super Middleweight southpaw Bektemir ‘Bully’ Melikuziev stopped Alantez ‘SlyAza’ Fox in the 4th round. Melikuziev landed an effective overhand left in the preliminary that rocked Fox, and he continued to control throughout the fight, eventually requiring the referee to stop the bout.
Additionally, Darius ‘DFG’ Fulghum knocked out Alan ‘Amenaza’ Campa in the preliminary of their arranged eight-round fight. Fulghum controlled from the start, landing a delegated the body that sent out Campa to the canvas.
In an extremely welterweight bout, Eric Tudor suffered his very first loss to Jose ‘El Guerro’ Luis Sanchez after 8 grueling rounds. Tudor revealed excellent boxing abilities in the early rounds however had a hard time as the fight advanced, with Sanchez landing precise punches and controling the later rounds.
The ratings for the Tudor vs. Sanchez bout were 78-74 and 77-75 two times.
Other battles on the card consisted of Tristan ‘Street T’ Kalkreuth’s fifth-round interruption of Aaron ‘Ghozt Mas’ Casper in a cruiserweight bout, Erik ‘Aidahoe’ Garcia Benitez’s success over Daniel Luna in a four-round light-weight bout, and Victor Toney’s bulk choice win over Jahyae Brown in an eight-round extremely welterweight fight.
The ring commentator for the occasion was Joe Martinez.
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