WBA and champion WBO cruise Gilbert ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (47-1, 30 ko) decided to defend their two belts against #1 WBA candidate Yuniel Dorticos (27-2, 25 KO) 28 June.
The ring reports That Ramirez, 30, decided to defend against 39-year-old Dorticos further. This fight will not attract almost as much interest as Ramirez agreed to face IBF champion Jai Predaia in the United Play. This fight will not move the needle with the fans, but gives Gilbert the opportunity to keep his two titles a little longer.
Dorticos: Then now
Dorticos Gilberto Ramirez’s section will be comfortable sentimental Older fans, who remember how exciting the Cuban fighter was during his best years ago. However Dorticos did not beat opponents from his victories Andrew melt In 2019 and Mateusz Masternak In 2018, even these two were higher levels of edge than the top of the trees quality fighters. It’s long, long for a fighter to pass between competitors. Because of this, Dorticos is a bad choice for Ramirez to promote Golden Boy to defend himself. If the idea is to move his two belts as long as possible, he is a great choice.
In his last fight, Ramirez took a valuable career sentence, beating Chris Billiam-Smith by a unanimous decision in 12 rounds in the war of November 16 last year in Riyadh. Some of the heads that Gilberto absorbed into this fight from the heavy Billiam-Smith were brutal. After that struggle, it is understandable why Ramirez decides to defend herself of 40-Ish Yuniel, not to face the walking guillotine Jai Pictaia.
Dorticos did not fight anyone in five years, and it is not clear how much he left him in the tank at his age.
The State of the Department
The Dorticos World Boxing Association has been ranked #1, but the level of opposition he has beaten in the last three struggles suggests that he should rank it at the bottom of the place. It also reflects how weak the cruise division is now. It is one of the weakest weight classes in sports, in addition to the divisions in medium weight and medium weight.
Dorticos’s last three opponents
-An Camp-19-9
-Deibis Berrocal-18-12
-Jesse Bryan-20-5-2
Former IBF champion WBA Cruiserweight Dorticos was once one of the main names in the division. However, he only fought once since he lost the IBF title for Mairis briedis to September 12, Decision 26 September 2020.
Dorticos seems to have arrived in a circuit for the adjustment and stayed on it for the last five years, not that he returned to the fight against world class opposition. Who knows what is the reason for this – lack of ambition or confidence in the Dorticos part?
How do you only fight for three in five years against the opposition of the second level? When you see a fighter who has been inactive for a long time, there is a reason behind it. Did that loss of Briedis do anything on Dorticos’ confidence?
Last time updated 03/04/2025
