Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, Mexico’s undefeated WBO super middleweight titleholder, and two-time Mexican Olympian and undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender Oscar Valdez, have been added to the Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol fight card on HBO pay-per-view, Saturday, July 23rd. Also added to the card is Jose Benavidez Jr. vs. Francisco Santana.
An undercard announcement press conference will be held on Tuesday, May 31st in Los Angeles.
Ramirez (34-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan, is Mexico’s first super middleweight world champion. He will be making his first title defense against Dominik Britsch (32-2-1, 11 KOs), of Germany. Valdez (20-0, 17 KOs), of Nogales, Mexico, will go mano a mano with No. 2 world-rated contender Matias Rueda (26-0, 23 KOs), of Argentina, for the vacant WBO featherweight title. Benavidez (24-0, 16 KOs), of Phoenix, AZ., will risk his undefeated record and Top-10 world rating when he collides with Santana (24-4-1, 12 KOs), of Santa Barbara, Calif., in a 10-round welterweight rumble.
The six warriors boast a combined record of 160-6-2 (103 KOs) — a winning percentage of 95% with close to 2/3 of those victories coming by way of knockout.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Tecate and the motion picture “Hands of Stone,” the Crawford vs. Postol world championship event will take place on Saturday, July 23, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View.
Crawford vs. Postol tickets are priced from $54 to $304, and are still available at either MGMGrand.com or AXS.com.
