By Craig Daly: Jose Ramirez says he’d be prepared to nonetheless struggle WBC gentle welterweight champion Regis Prograis for a 45-45 break up with 10% going to the competition’s winner.
Other than that, Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) says he needs to struggle Teofimo Lopez or Arnold Barboza Jr subsequent. Ramirez has two fights left on his Prime Rank contract, and he needs to struggle Teofimo and Barboza Jr earlier than he strikes as much as 147.
It’s uncertain that Prime Rank will let the susceptible Teofimo stroll the plank by preventing Ramirez as a result of that’s a struggle that Teo seemingly loses. Teofimo is trying like a head case proper now, and he must get issues collectively earlier than preventing a top quality man like Ramirez.
He talked about presumably signing with a brand new promotional firm that’s well-stocked with 147-pounders, which might imply that Ramirez would possibly find yourself with Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] if he doesn’t re-sign with Prime Rank.
“I haven’t made beneath 1,000,000 since 2018,” mentioned Jose Ramirez to ESNEWS. “I fought the perfect. I fought the winner of that match [Josh Taylor and lost]. If Regis had been the winner of the match, I might have fought Regis then.
“I petitioned for 45-45 with 10% of the gross going to the winner,” mentioned Ramirez concerning the Prograis struggle. “Give me a one and a half, and I’ll struggle Regis Prograis. That’s what my minimal is. We’ll do 10% of the highest goes to the winner. He could make 55%, and I could make 45% if he can beat me. That’s it. 10% will go to the winner. Individuals push on him. Regis, take the struggle. It’s that easy.
“He’s a superb fighter, however sadly, he’s with a promoter that doesn’t have a community. Sadly for me, I’m with a promoter that doesn’t work together with his promoter.
“Most undoubtedly, 100%,” mentioned Ramirez when requested if he’d be inquisitive about preventing Devin Haney if he moved as much as 140. “I might like to struggle Devin Haney. I might like to struggle Regis Prograis. I might like to struggle all these guys, so long as the phrases are honest for each of us. We each bought to eat. We are able to’t be preventing at no cost.
“Regis Prograis fought Redkach once I was preventing [Josh] Taylor on the time,” mentioned Ramirez.
Regis Prograis:
“45-55?” I’ll take it,” mentioned Prograis when requested if he’d be prepared to struggle Ramirez for a 55-45 break up. “What occurred to the provide that we simply had [65-35]? Why didn’t you’re taking that? That’s what the WBC mentioned. They put a rule in for it.
“That’s what it’s presupposed to be. That’s the foundations that the WBC made. Y’all knew that going into it. Pay attention, I’m preventing whoever they inform me. I’m going by the foundations. In case you was the champion, I might do regardless of the guidelines.
“I attempted to struggle you [in 2018] so dangerous. You didn’t need to struggle me.”
Jose Ramirez:
“In 2018, I didn’t know who you had been, and also you most likely didn’t know who I used to be. Once I turned a world champion, I didn’t don’t know who you had been. I had no concept about politics. I fought for 125,000 towards Amir Imam to turn into a world champion. So why didn’t you pursue a handbag bid?”
Prograis:
“I attempted to struggle you, bro. Your promoter, Prime Rank, put a present for me in New Orleans. You forgot that? You understand that, proper? I knew you weren’t going to struggle me.”
Ramirez:
“I didn’t know who you had been, Regis.”
Prograis:
“You had been #1 WBC, I used to be #2. Amir Imam was #3 and Viktor Postol was #4, proper? The WBC mandated you and Amir Imam [for the 140-lb title]. #1 and #3 for the true title. They mandated me vs. Postol. #2 and #4 for the interim.
“After that, I used to be obligatory for you. I used to be presupposed to struggle you, and it didn’t occur.”
Ramirez:
“Why didn’t you pursue the purse bid in case you had been obligatory? Why didn’t you?”
Prograis:
“I don’t learn about that? What do you imply? All I do know is I wished to struggle you. I didn’t learn about purse bids on the time. All I mentioned is I need to struggle you. Why did your promoter [Top Rank] give me my very own present?”
Ramirez:
“Probellum doesn’t have a community. Why doesn’t Probellum ship me a suggestion?”
Prograis:
“I don’t do enterprise. I’m a fighter. Possibly you recognize concerning the enterprise greater than me. I don’t learn about enterprise s**t, bro. I’m a fighter.”
Ramirez:
“While you went to the match, I used to be similar to you. I’ll struggle whoever is subsequent. I by no means bought a suggestion from the match personally. bro.”
Prograis:
“You possibly can have gotten within the match. Everyone might have gotten within the match. On the time, it was two belts in and two belts out.”
Ramirez:
“Hooker had the WBO.”
Prograis:
“It was two belts within the match and two belts out of the match.”
Ramirez:
“I had ESPN and Hooker had Matchroom Boxing. You guys didn’t have a platform.”
Prograis:
“You guys might have went within the match.”
Ramirez:
“I by no means bought a suggestion to enter the match. I by no means bought one.”
Prograis:
“So what the story? You by no means bought a suggestion? You didn’t need to go since you had the community behind you. You had the community.”
Ramirez:
“I used to be a younger man studying the enterprise, attempting to struggle. I used to be attempting to maximise my earnings, bro on the time. I promised the followers that I might struggle the winner [of the 140-lb tournament, which was Scottish fighter Josh Taylor after his controversial win over Prograis in London, England] in 2019], which I did, proper?”
Prograis:
“Proper. Let’s imagine stuff, however there’s nonetheless going to be stuff occurring behind closed doorways [with the management]. We are able to say we’re going to struggle, however behind the scenes, they’re going to manage the s**t. It don’t even matter. We are able to say, ‘Let’s struggle’ and you’re taking the purse. However then when the enterprise stuff begins speaking, that s**t don’t occur. However for me, its all discuss proper now, so it don’t make sense to even discuss concerning the s**t.”
Ramirez:
“What p***ses me off is that I’m being thrown beneath the bus proper now.”
Prograis:
“It’s boxing; all people will get thrown beneath the bus. In case you take a look at these feedback, some individuals say I’m ducking, and different individuals say, your ducking. You’ve bought to have robust pores and skin. I hope you might have robust pores and skin.
“For me, I’d struggle you subsequent, however I noticed that it’s not taking place. That’s it. I don’t care. Regardless of the WBC tells me to do, I’m going to do it. Whoever they inform me I’m going to struggle, that’s it. I used to be anticipating you subsequent.
“Now that you just’re not subsequent, the subsequent individual in line is Teofimo or whoever.”
Ramirez:
“We each could possibly be subsequent. The distinction is, I’m not going to threat preventing for 30% of that bull s**t.”
Prograis:
“If it’s a promotional state of affairs with Probellum, what would you like me to do about that? I’m not the enterprise individual behind this s**t. I’m only a fighter. I believed I used to be preventing Ramirez, that’s what I believed.”
Ramirez:
“My contract with my promoter isn’t that far out. As soon as I’m a free agent, we will search for a promoter that may pay us probably the most cash. I’m not afraid to struggle you.”
Prograis:
“If it doesn’t occur subsequent, f**ok it. Let it marinate if that’s what they are saying. I believed I used to be preventing you subsequent. They advised me that Ramirez was subsequent. Mentally, I was getting ready for you subsequent. I’ve been desirous to struggle your a** for a very long time. So, I suppose we’ll finally get it on.”
Ramirez:
“I promise you we are going to, bro.”
Prograis:
“Yeah, we are going to finally. When the time comes, the time comes.”
Ramirez:
“It doesn’t make sense for me to struggle the most important struggle after which take a pay reduce.”
Prograis:
“Jose, simply inform the people who we you’re about to struggle me subsequent anyway since you’re about to struggle Richard Commey. It’s scheduled. So that you already had that up your sleeve anyway. You’re not preventing Richard Commey?”
Ramirez:
“That’s a struggle that Prime Rank needs to present me to maintain me in-house. If Probellum can get a community behind the struggle as a result of I’ve no contract to signal with.
“All my profession, I’ve been preventing the perfect. What makes you suppose I concern Regis? I set the objective of changing into undisputed, and I got here up brief. However I’ve by no means been afraid of preventing nobody.
“That is the place I get thrown beneath the bus. Prime Rank doesn’t do enterprise with Probellum [Regis Prograis’s promoters]. They don’t care about Probellum or their fighters, and that’s the place I’m being thrown beneath the bus.
“I’ve bought two fights with Prime Rank, and hopefully, they both give me an enormous struggle with Teofimo, however these are the choices I’ve bought to make. I need to struggle Teofimo. What occurs with my profession if I am going with a distinct promoter that has extra 147-pounders? I need to transfer as much as 147.
“I’ve been at 140 for all my profession. It’s time for me to get larger and let my physique get large. There are nice fights I could make with Prime Rank. There’s Arnold Barboza. I’ll struggle Arnold Barboza in the summertime. I’ll struggle him in the summertime or Teofimo in the summertime. These are nice fights that may generate in-house cash. I’m not afraid of preventing no person,” mentioned Ramirez.
