When is Ramirez vs Saunders?
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez could face the challenge of Billy Joe Saunders in Early 2024 in the United States.
The fight would take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which means the weight limit would be 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).
Ramirez vs Saunders stats
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez would step into the ring with a record of 45 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 30 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Billy Joe Saunders would make his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 14 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggest Ramirez would have advantage in power over Saunders, with a 67% knock out percentage over Saunders' 47%.
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez is the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.
Ramirez has a height advantage of 3 inches over Saunders. This also extends to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Both Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez & Billy Joe Saunders fight out of a southpaw stance.
Ramirez is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 months later than Saunders, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He has fought 55 more professional rounds, 277 to Saunders' 222.
Ramirez vs Saunders form
Ramirez has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight, he won against Joe Smith Jr on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dmitry Bivol on 5th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Going into that contest, he had won against Dominic Boesel on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at Toyota Arena, California, United States.
Before that, he had beat Yunieski Gonzalez on 18th December 2021 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA World Light Heavyweight eliminator fight at AT&T Center, San Antonio.
He had defeated Sullivan Barrera on 9th July 2021 by knockout in the 4th round at Banc of California Stadium, California.
Saunders has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight, he lost to Canelo Alvarez on 8th May 2021 by knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Martin Murray on 4th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Marcelo Esteban Coceres on 9th November 2019 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at Staples Center, LA, United States.
Before that, he had beat Shefat Isufi on 18th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at Lamex Stadium, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
He had won against Charles Adamu on 22nd December 2018 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester.
Activity check
In terms of recent activity, Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez has been fighting more than Billy Joe Saunders.
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez last fought 3 months and 21 days ago, while Billy Joe Saunders' last outing was 2 years, 8 months and 20 days ago.
Ramirez's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 8 rounds on average.
Saunders' last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 6 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 9.4 rounds on average.
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