Cuban Olympian Robeisy Ramírez (11-1, 7 KOs), two-time Olympic gold medalist, knocked out late replacement José Matías Romero (26-3, 9 KOs) in the ninth round in the undercard’s undercard bout who had former three-division world champion, the Ukrainian Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko, defeated by unanimous decision the American Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz, from whom he snatched the unbeaten one, in the main event of a card that took place this Saturday at the Hulu Theater in New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Ramirez knocked down Romero in the first round, then went through seven slick rounds before whacking Romero and earning the referee’s break in the ninth round. The official time was 2:20 minutes of the ninth round. Ramírez can now face number 1 Isaac Dogboe for the WBO belt, as reigning champion Emanuel Navarrete is announced that he will climb up to 130lbs.
“We know that Matías is a skilled fighter, who knows how to survive in the ring, and that was his plan. I hurt him soon, but then we tried to get him out early. Besides, Ismael Salas, who is my strategist … he is a chess master. He is moving the pieces and we were finally able to get it right and finish it, ”Ramirez said.
“I think the result speaks for itself. I got the knockout, I sent a message and in the end, if Navarrete is no longer the 126lb champion, if he’s fighting Oscar Valdez for the 130lb championship, then I’m next in line at 126 and I want him belt. ” .
Undefeated 2020 Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. (4-0, 4 KOs) finished against Ahmed Hefny (13-3, 5 KOs) in the third round. Torrez knocked out Hefny in the first two rounds and then got the knockout after another knockdown in the third.
Undefeated 2020 Olympic silver medalist Duke Ragan (8-0, 1 KO) won an eight-round unanimous decision over Luis Lebron (18-5-1, 11 KOs) in a jr. Regan survived the buzz in seventh place by winning with scores of 77-75, 78-74 and 79-73.
Undefeated middleweight Nico Ali Walsh (7-0, 5 KOs), grandson of the great Muhammad Ali, had to work harder than expected to make a six-round unanimous decision over little-known Billy Wagner (5-3, 1 KO) . stun). The scores were 58-56, 58-56 and 59-55.
For his part, undefeated 2020 Olympian Tiger Johnson (6-0, 4 KOs) won by points in six rounds over Esteban Garcia (15-2, 7 KOs), undefeated 2020 middleweight Olympian Troy Isley (8-0, 4 KOs) defeated Quincy Lavallais (14-4-1, 9 KOs) in eight rounds with scores of 79-73, 80-72 and 80-72.
Instead, undefeated lightweight Abdullah Mason (5-0, 4 KOs) stopped undefeated Angel Barrera (4-1) and undefeated super feather Haven Brady Jr. (8-0, 4 KOs) overtook Eric Mondragon. (7 -1-1, 4 KOs) in eight rounds with scores of 78-74, 79-73 and 79-73.
