Gilberto Ramirez with coach Julian Chua throughout a media exercise on October 11, 2022, in North Hollywood. (Picture by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Photographs)
Gilberto Ramirez’s gentle heavyweight bout towards Gabriel Rosado this weekend has been scratched after the previous tremendous middleweight titleholder was properly over the contract weight previous to the official weigh-in on Friday.
Ramirez (44-1, 30 knockouts) was unofficially 182.6 kilos, in response to a report on ESPN, resulting in the combat being canceled.
“No excuses. I had by no means missed weight in my 45 professional fights. That is the primary and final time. I’ve at all times prided myself on being an expert, however right this moment was not my most interesting second,” stated “Zurdo” Ramirez in an announcement on Instagram, through which he additionally apologized to the followers, plus promoter Golden Boy Promotions and broadcaster DAZN.
“I by no means gave up making an attempt to make weight, reducing till the ultimate second, however simply couldn’t lose sufficient to make the contracted weight.”
The 12-round bout between former junior light-weight titleholder Joseph Diaz Jr. and title challenger Mercito Gesta will proceed as the brand new major occasion on the Walter Pyramid in Lengthy Seashore, Calif.. Diaz (32-3-1, 15 KOs) weighed in at 139.5 kilos on Friday whereas Gesta (33-3-3, 17 KOs) weighed 137.25 kilos.
“We’re very dissatisfied for letting out followers down, and can work with Gabriel Rosado to convey him again to the ring very quickly,” reads an announcement from Golden Boy Promotions on Instagram.
The promotional firm added that ticket refund requests can be honored up till the doorways open at 3 p.m. Pacific time on Saturday, when doorways open for the present.
Ramirez, 31, of Mazatlan, Mexico was scheduled to combat for the primary time since his first loss, a conclusive unanimous resolution loss to Dmitry Bivol for the WBA gentle heavyweight title final November in Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates.
“I’m embarrassed and upset by my actions and promise that this can by no means occur once more. I’ll make the suitable changes and can be again quickly,” stated Ramirez.
Rosado (26-16-1, 15 KOs) of Los Angeles by the use of Philadelphia hoped to snap a 3 combat shedding streak.
Diaz, 30, a 2012 U.S. Olympian, is seeking to snap a two-fight shedding streak to Devin Haney and William Zepeda, whereas Gesta is preventing for the primary time since an exhilarating unanimous resolution win over Joel Diaz Jr. final April.
The cardboard can even characteristic a ten-round light-weight bout between Oscar Duarte (24-1-1, 19 KOs) of Parral, Mexico towards Alex Martin (18-4, 6 KOs) of Chicago, and an eight-round junior middleweight bout between Eric Tudor (7-0, 6 KOs) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Damon Cato-Cain (7-0-1, 6 KOs) of Oakland, Calif.
Ryan Songalia has written for ESPN, the New York Every day Information, Rappler and The Guardian, and is a part of the Craig Newmark Graduate College of Journalism Class of 2020. He might be reached at [email protected].
