It seems as if DAZN will counter-program PBC’s inaugural Prime Video PPV on March thirtieth, as WBA champion Arsen Goulamirian revealed on Instagram yesterday that he’d signed to face Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in Los Angeles.
Goulamirian (27-0, 19 KO) is, to one of the best of my data, boxing’s least-active champion. He’s fought simply as soon as within the final 4 years, beating the undefeated Aleksei Egorov by unanimous resolution in 2022. To be honest, this isn’t solely his fault; one notably weird incident final 12 months noticed him signal on to face Tommy McCarthy in September, only for the broadcast partner to entirely axe boxing from its programming.
Whatever the circumstances, he’ll be the underdog towards Ramirez (45-1, 30 KO), who looked sharp in last October’s cruiserweight debut against Joe Smith Jr.
After a lull that I’ll blame solely on Lawrence Okolie, it’s good to see the division selecting up steam once more. Between this, Jai Opetaia’s rematch with Mairis Briedis, and Chris Billam-Smith’s rematch with RIchard Riakporhe, we’re in for some good occasions over the following few months.
