2 weeks Ago
ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez brings word that Golden Boy Promotions and Riyadh Season are gearing up for a November show in Saudi Arabia headlined by a cruiserweight unification between Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and Chris Billam-Smith. After outgrowing 168 and getting chased out of 175 by Dmitry Bivol, Ramirez (46-1, 30 KO) kicked off his cruiserweight campaign by dominating Joe Smith Jr. That win set up a title shot against the skilled-but-inactive Arsen Goulamirian, whom Ramirez figured out and overpowered down the stretch to claim WBA gold.
Billam-Smith (20-1, 13 KO) scored a truly bizarre upset of Lawrence Okolie for the WBO belt last year, and after surviving a walloping from Mateusz Masternak to force an injury stoppage, he avenged his lone career defeat in June with a grinding decision over Richard Riakporhe . Per Rodriguez, the rest of the lineup includes: Very strong lineup if they can put everything together. Hoping we get confirmation soon.
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