Rafael Espinosa (24-0, 20 KOs) quite unexpectedly won by majority vote of the judges Robeisi Ramirez (13-2, 8 KOs) in the main event of the boxing evening in Pembroke Pines. Thus, the Mexican took the WBO world featherweight title from the Cuban.
Four weeks ago two-time Olympic champion Robeysi Ramirez (12-1, 7 KOs) won the vacant WBO featherweight belt, and on July 25 he will make his first defense. The Cuban will perform at a boxing evening in Tokyo on the undercard of the fight between Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue. The challenger will be a local boxer, ranked twelfth in the Organization’s rating, Satoshi Shimizu (11-1, 10 KOs).
As part of the Top Rank boxing evening in Tulsa, two-time Olympic champion Robeysi Ramirez (12-1, 7 KOs) won the vacant WBO featherweight belt by unanimous decision Isaac Dogboy (24-3, 15 KOs). Judging scores: 117-110, 118-109 and 119-108.
Robeysi Ramirez (11-1, 7 KOs), two-time Olympic champion, after an unsuccessful professional debut and significant changes, he will finally fight for the world title.
Two-time Olympic champion Robeysi Ramirez drew the attention of Top Rank with a loud knockout over the invincible Abraham New and his career should noticeably accelerate. After a shaky start to his professional career when he lost a decision on his debut, Ramirez (10-1, 6 KOs) seems to be aiming for something big again in his next featherweight outing.