Jose Ramirez vs Richard Commey – Results & Post-Fight Report

Jose Ramirez edged closer to returning to world title level matches, as he knocked out Richard Commey in the penultimate frame of their super lightweight meeting at Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California.

Ramirez (28-1, KO18) had only one sole loss on his slate, losing his WBC and WBO world titles in a May 2021 decision to Josh Taylor, where two visits to the canvas by Ramirez proved crucial. Since then, he had returned with a points win against Jose Pedraza last March. Commey (30-5-1, KO28) was a former world lightweight champion, but was held to a draw by Pedraza in his 140 pound debut last August.

Commey went on the attack from the off, and was willing to exchange, but it was to his cost as Ramirez landed some solid shots in the opening rounds. Commey was determined to go on the offensive, but Ramirez was getting much the better of the action, and although the pace slowed in the second half of the contest, Ramirez was still in large control as he looked for the finish. That came in round eleven, when a left hand left Commey on unsteady legs, and he then fell to the canvas. After surviving the count, Commey was disorganised, and clinched before the two fell to the floor, and on the resumption, a left hook to the body by Ramirez did lasting damage, as Commey fell to a knee, and was counted out.

Seniesa Estrada (24-0, KO9) impressed, and she added the WBA minimumweight title to her WBC crown with a wide points win against Tina Rupprecht (12-1-1, KO3). ‘Super Bad’ Estrada won all ten rounds on all three scorecards to unify.

Raymond Muratalla (17-0, KO14) had to survive a scare, as he got off the canvas in the opening round at super lightweight against Humberto Galindo (14-3-1, KO11) before scoring a ninth round knockout. Galindo would be dropped himself to the body in round four, and after suffering the same fate in the ninth, he was counted out from a third body shot thereafter.

Another to overcome a crisis was Antonio Mireles (6-0, KO5) who was dropped in the third round, and then took a split decision win at heavyweight against Patrick Mailata (6-2, KO3). Mireles took two verdicts of 57-56 against one for the same score for Mailata.

Charlie Sheehy (6-0, KO4) took a points win over six at lightweight against Angel Rebollar (6-2, KO3), and Ricardo Ruvalcaba (8-0-1, KO7) took a first round win against Marco Cardenas (9-8-1, KO4) at welterweight.

Subaru Murata (4-0, KO4) won inside a round against Jose Negrete (2-2, KO2) at super bantamweight, and Jessie Guerrero (3-0-2, KO3) and Eduardo Alvarez (0-2-1) couldn’t be separated in a four round draw at flyweight.