Gilberto Ramirez drops Sullivan Barrera three times en route to fourth-round stoppage

Gilberto Ramirez acquired the form of victory his profession sorely wanted on Friday, an entertaining KO in entrance of an appreciative and enthusiastic crowd.

Ramirez (43-0, 228 KOs), a former tremendous middleweight titleholder now campaigning as a light-weight heavyweight, stopped former contender Sullivan Barrera within the fourth spherical of a scheduled 12-rounder in the principle occasion of a Golden Boy Promotions/DAZN presentation at Banc of California Stadium. Ramirez, a 28-year-old southpaw from Mazatlan, fought his debut bout below the Golden Boy banner “Mexican Fashion,” by attacking the physique of the battle-tested Cuban.

After controlling the gap towards a cellular and wily Barrera for 2 and half rounds, Ramirez landed a left to the physique that dropped his 39-year-old foe to his palms and knees. Ramirez did the proper factor and continued to focus on the veteran’s midsection in Spherical 4, which produced two delayed knockdowns and prompted Barrera’s nook to throw within the towel.

“I feel my efficiency was nice,” Ramirez stated after the combat. “I used to be coaching for the physique shot. And I feel it was lovely. At 175 kilos, everybody noticed a greater Zurdo Ramirez. That is my division.”

His dominance vs. a stable fighter who went 12 rounds with Andre Ward and scored a factors win over present WBO beltholder Joe Smith Jr. was necessary, however getting Barrera (22-4, 14 KOs) out of there early and sending the followers dwelling blissful was important.

Regardless of being good-looking, charming, bilingual, expert, undefeated, bodily imposing (he’s acquired the body of a crusierweight) and completed (he was the primary 168-pound titleholder from Mexico and he made 5 defenses of the belt), Ramirez has not been successful with the followers, together with Mexican followers.

That’s as a result of most of his fights have been boring. He was overly methodical and infrequently failed to shut the present when he most likely may have. When he needed to go away his earlier promoter, High Rank, they didn’t shed any tears.

However now it seems to be like he’s seen the sunshine and will probably be fascinating to see if Golden Boy and DAZN, which streamed the combat stay, can construct on this victory. Ramirez is lastly doing his half, together with saying the proper issues throughout his post-fight interview with Chris Mannix, who requested him if he felt he was able to problem the likes of undefeated WBA titleholder Dmitry Bivol (who owns wins over Barrera, Smith, and former champ Jean Pascal).

“It’s best to ask him if he’s prepared for me,” Ramirez replied.