Ramirez was forced to defeat Comey in Fresno

On Friday, the Californian tipped the scales at an agreed-upon 140 pounds, the same load as the former Ghana champion.

US Olympic Jose Carlos Ramirez He has a need to win and shine Saturday night in his hometown of Fresno, California, when he faces a full house against the former world champion. Richard Comey in the main event highest rankingwhich would have a particular attraction for charismatic hero Sinisa Estrada in reunification against Tina Ruprecht.

The evening will be distributed with a sign ESPNAnd ESPN SportsAnd ESPN+And ESPN KNOCKOUT TECHNOLOGY And star + on the Latin American continent and will also include the fight between Antonio Meireles and Patrick Mailata in the highest category of professional boxing, heavyweight.

Jose Carlos He dismissed, after defeating José Pedraza in March last year, lawsuits against José Zepeda and also against Regis Progress, so by Comey He has to show that he’s still elite in this category and any of the current champions, be it Josh Taylor, Subriel Matias, Alberto Boileau or Regis Progress, should be on the alert.

On the flip side, it’s always dangerous Comey He has fallen short in his last two outings and has only managed one win in just over three years. Vasily Lomachenko defeated him at lightweight in December 2021, and last year he tied with ‘Sniper’ Pedraza in a fight held at Super Lightweight in August.

On Friday, the Californian tipped the scales at an agreed-upon 140 pounds, the same load as the former Ghana champion. For her part, the People’s Champion of the World Association of boxingSinisa ‘Superbad’ Estrada, tipped the scales at 104.2lbs, before the unification fight against World Council Champion Tina Ruprecht boxing He weighed in at 104.8 pounds, which is less than the 105 pounds allowed.

In other sets before the stellar part of the job, Raymond Moratala will face Hunberto Galindo in the Super Lightweight division, while Charlie Sheehy will clash with Ángel Rebollar in the lightweight, and in addition, Jessie James Guerrero will have a tough duel against Eduardo Alvarez in Light Fly.