John Ramirez will face David Jimenez at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn for the interim WBA Super Flyweight Title. This undercard bout sets the stage for the main event between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia.
Reigning WBA flyweight champion Artem Dalakyan (22-0, 15 KOs) in the sixth defense of his title won a controversial victory by unanimous decision over David Jimenez (12-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday at the London OVO Arena.
WBA flyweight champion Artem Dalakyan at the final press conference before his fight against David Jimenez This Saturday in London, he refused to sit next to a Russian Artur Beterbiev, who in the main fight of this evening will meet with a local boxer Anthony Yardom.
Arthur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs) and Anthony Yard (23-2, 22 KOs) met the light heavyweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony before the fight in London. At stake in the meeting will be the IBF, WBC and WBO championship belts belonging to the Russian. Beterbiev's weight was 79.2 kg, Yard - 79 kg.
Artem Dalakyan mandatory defense of the WBA title against David Jimenez from Costa Rica will spend January 28 at the OVO Wembley Arena in London on the undercard of the fight between WBC, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev against Anthony Yarde.