Gilberto Ramirez vs Yunieski Gonzalez – Results & Post-Fight Report

Gilberto Ramirez moved a step closer to a shot at the WBA light heavyweight title, as he stopped the brave Yunieski Gonzalez in ten rounds at the AT&T Centre in San Antonio, Texas.

Ramirez hasn’t overly set the world alight at 175 pounds following his spell as WBO super middleweight champion, and he was forced to dig deep here to see off Gonzalez, and move towards a potential meeting with Dmitry Bivol, the current WBA ruler.

Gonzalez made a good start to this one, meeting Ramirez head on and forcing the Mexican to back up in the opener. Ramirez learned his lesson, and dominated the second, landing eye catching hooks and straight left hands. Gonzalez was docked a point in the third for holding Ramirez in a headlock, and the pair traded, as they did in round four, with Gonzalez looking tired from constantly winging in punches. Ramirez was well on top, but Gonzalez bravely continued to trade with him, and he was doing well to withstand a barrage of power punches, with rounds five, six and seven punishing ones for the underdog, although he did land a left hand towards of the end of the seventh that rocked Ramirez. The fight was being drained out of the Cuban despite his bravery, and a straight left hand in round ten signalled the beginning of the end. Ramirez followed up on his success, unloading lefts and rights, before the referee had no chance but to jump in.

In world title action, Marlen Esparza kept hold of her WBC flyweight title, posting two knockdowns before defeating Annabel Ortiz on the scorecards. Ortiz hit the deck in rounds two and five, and watched Esparza take the bout by scores of 100-88, 99-90, and a hard to figure out 95-94.

The other world title clash emphatically went the way of Seneisa ‘Super Bad’ Estrada, as she defended her WBA minimum weight gold with a fourth round knockout of Maria Micheo Santiza. Estrada had Santiza down twice prior to the conclusion.

Lamont Roach defended his NABF super featherweight title with a wide points win against former world champion, Rene Alvarado. Two scores of 98-92, and a third at 100-90 ensured Roach took the win.

Raul Curiel impressed at welterweight, becoming the first man to stop Kendo Castaneda with a seventh round knockout success. Curiel landed a chopping left hand that felled Castaneda, and he failed to beat the count.

The WBC International featherweight remained vacant, as Victor Morales and Rudy Garcia fight to a ten round split draw, while at super lightweight, Russian Madiyev took a unanimous decision win over ten against Luis Hernandez. At bantamweight, John Ramirez moved to 8-0, knocking out Miguel Angel Rebullosa in two rounds.