Bivol Earns One Sided Victory Over Ramirez

By: Sean Crose

Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez could have oozed confidence main as much as this weekend’s mild heavyweight title bout towards defending WBA champion Dmitry Bivol in Abu Dahbi, however mere confidence wouldn’t be almost sufficient for Ramirez to drag out a win. Suffice to say that when the bell sounded on the finish of spherical twelve on Saturday there was little to little doubt that the likeable Ramirez had come up quick in his quest.

Although each fighters had been undefeated strolling in (Ramirez was 44-0 whereas Bivol was 22-0) it was Bivol who managed the tempo of the battle proper from the very starting. At first Ramirez gave the impression to be nearly hesitant to have interaction. When he determined to lastly throw in combos, nonetheless, Bivol was in a position to make use of his spectacular defensive abilities to maintain himself out of bother.

The actuality is that the battle was basically a boxing lesson. While massive and robust, Ramirez was unable to regulate to Bivol’s deceitfully merely hit and don’t get hit model. The defending champion’s footwork could effectively have been essentially the most spectacular a part of his efficiency on Saturday. When all was stated and achieved, Bivol walked out of the ring in Abu Dhabi with the WBA title nonetheless in his possession, courtesy of a unanimous determination nod from the judges.