{"id":104748,"date":"2021-07-01T17:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T22:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104748"},"modified":"2021-07-01T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T22:05:54","slug":"gilberto-zurdo-barrera-vs-sullivan-barrera-set-for-july-9th-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104748","title":{"rendered":"Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez Vs Sullivan Barrera Set for July 9th &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104748\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104748\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104749 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zurdo-barrera-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zurdo-barrera-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zurdo-barrera-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zurdo-barrera-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zurdo-barrera.jpeg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Undefeated former WBO Super Middleweight Champion and Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs), currently a highly ranked light heavyweight contender, will have a lot on the line July 9th against world light heavyweight title challenger Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KOs), including world title fight implications and, ultimately, his boxing legacy,<\/p>\n<p>Zurdo vs. Barrera, presented by Golden Boy Promotions, will be streamed exclusively on DAZN, live from Banc of California Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Football Club (pro soccer), located in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>To get a world light heavyweight title shot against any of the reigning champions \u2013 WBC &amp; IBF Artur Beterbiev (16-0 (16 KOs), WBA Super Dmitry Bivol (18-0, 11 KOs) or WBO Joe Smith (27-3, 21 KOs) \u2013 Barrera stands in Ramirez\u2019 way in the 12-round Zurdo vs. Barrera main event. Ramirez is ranked No. 3 by the WBA and WBO, as well as No. 5 by the IBF.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s what the fans want but I\u2019m not sure if these fighters are ready for me,\u201d Ramirez boldly said about Beterbiev, Bivol and Smith. \u201cI wasn\u2019t impressed by any of the three in their recent bouts. They can run as much as they want, but they can\u2019t hide forever. I know I\u2019m the best in the division and, sooner or later, I will be snatching each of the belts and taking their souls one by one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez, who recently turned 30 (June 19), was the first Mexican fighter to capture a world super middleweight title, which he relinquished in 2019 to move up to the light heavyweight division, in which he is 2-0 (2 KOs) having defeated Tommy Karpency (29-6-1) and Alphonso Lopez (32-3) last December to capture the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) crown.<\/p>\n<p>A decorated Cuban amateur boxer (285-27 record), 39-year-old Barrera defeated future pro world champions such as Chad Dawson, Beibut Shumenov and Mariano Natalio Carrera prior to defecting from Cuba to Miami and turning pro.<\/p>\n<p>Barrera, fighting out of Cuba by way of Miami, is 3-3 vs. past or present world champions with victories against Jeff Lacy (WTKO4), Karo Murat (WKO12) and Felix Valera (WDEC10), losing to Bivol (TKO12), Smith (DEC10), and Hall of Famer Andre Ward (DEC 12).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always expect the best from my opponents,\u201d Ramirez noted. \u201cBarrera is a professional and I know he will be ready when the lights are on. He displayed that he\u2019s a strong fighter when he beat and broke Joe Smith, Jr.\u2019s jaw in their bout. A victory for Barrera can resurge his career and alter my path; so, I prepare for the best version of Barrera, and I will not let anything deter my goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been working hard. There\u2019s new stuff I\u2019ve been fine tuning and I can\u2019t wait to showcase it July 9th. Come fight night, I know all my hard work will pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated former WBO Super Middleweight Champion and Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs), currently a highly ranked light heavyweight contender, will have a lot on the line July 9th against world light heavyweight title challenger Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KOs), including world title fight implications and, ultimately, his boxing legacy, Zurdo vs. Barrera, presented by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26821],"class_list":["post-104748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-gilberto-zurdo-ramirez-vs-sullivan-barrera-set-for-july-9th-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104748"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}