Quotes And Photos: Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez Los Angeles Media Workout

LOS ANGELES, CA.: With a fired up Mexican band establishing a festive tone, media and boxing followers alike rallied collectively for a particular Los Angeles media exercise occasion hosted by undefeated, former WBO Tremendous Middleweight World Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-0, 30 KOs) at Brickhouse Boxing Membership.

Ramirez mentioned his upcoming 12-round championship combat towards Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) for the WBA Gentle Heavyweight World Title on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Etihad Area in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The combat shall be broadcast stay worldwide on DAZN.

Here’s what Ramirez and Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya needed to say:

GILBERTO “ZURDO” RAMIREZ, UNDEFEATED, FORMER WBO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION:
“Camp has been going very properly. I’m pleased to be right here, I’m pleased to be doing this. Man, that is simply thrilling.

“I’m taking again the belt on November 5! I’m very proud to not solely characterize Mazatlán, Sinaloa, however all of Mexico and all Latinos. I can’t wait to show to everybody and to myself that I can do that. Bivol is a troublesome man. He’s a very good problem. However, I’m going to avenge the Mexican inhabitants since he beat Canelo.

“Once I heard the combat can be in Abu Dhabi, I assumed ‘Wow, that’s cool – I’ve by no means been there earlier than.’ After the press convention, I used to be blown away and I’m much more excited to combat there.

“I count on the easiest Dmitry Bivol for this combat. I count on this to be an thrilling combat. Will probably be a warfare.”

OSCAR DE LA HOYA, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS:
“This combat was compelled on Bivol. Zurdo at all times needed to combat for the world title, he needed to combat the easiest. We did our job as a promoter to make this combat occur. We compelled this combat to occur via the WBA, via the rankings.

“We established Zurdo because the primary contender. He’s fought back-to-back eliminators, so he deserved this shot. We did an excellent job in positioning Zurdo, and now it’s Zurdo’s job to convey the belt again.

“The truth that he [Zurdo] has that killer intuition, and that he desires this so dangerous, you’ll be able to see it oozing from out of his eyes. He’s piercing via every little thing. He desires that massive prize towards Bivol. Zurdo is calm, cool, and picked up – and that’s what you need from a fighter stepping up in competitors towards somebody like Bivol.”

Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Govt Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.