Ramirez vs Jimenez

Who won Ramirez vs Jimenez?

David Jimenez beat John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 20th April 2024 at Barclays Center in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 111-117, 111-117, 112-116 in favor of winner David Jimenez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Devin Haney losing to Ryan Garcia. Also, on the undercard Charles Conwell beat Nathaniel Gallimore, Arnold Barboza Jr defeated Sean McComb, Bektemir Melikuziev was victorious over Pierre Hubert Dibombe, Sergiy Derevyanchenko beat Vaughn Alexander, Darius Fulghum defeated Cristian Olivas, Amari Jones was victorious over Armel Mbumba Yassa and Shamar Canal beat Pedro Penunuri Borgaro.

Ramirez vs Jimenez stats

John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

David Jimenez made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Jimenez had a slight advantage in power over Ramirez, with a 73% knock out percentage over Ramirez's 69%.

John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Jimenez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ramirez.

John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez fought out of the orthodox stance, while David Jimenez was a southpaw.

Ramirez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2020, 1 year and 10 months later than Jimenez, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 71 to Jimenez's 109.

John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBA and 14 by the IBF at super flyweight.

Ramirez vs Jimenez form

Ramirez had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Ronal Batista on 21st October 2023 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBA World Super Flyweight eliminator fight at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Fernando Diaz on 27th May 2023 by split decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio.

Going into that contest, he had won against Luis Villa Padilla on 23rd February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio.

Before that, he had beat Jan Salvatierra on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Toyota Arena, Ontario.

He had defeated Roberto Pucheta on 19th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at USC Galen Center, Los Angeles.

Activity check

Ramirez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

Jimenez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

What time did Ramirez vs Jimenez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Barclays Center, New York, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Ramirez vs Jimenez?

Ramirez vs Jimenez was broadcast on DAZN PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN PPV UK.

What were the odds on Ramirez vs Jimenez?

John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez was a 13/25 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while David Jimenez made his way into the ring at 31/20 (+150) with oddsmakers.