{"id":44922,"date":"2011-02-07T13:16:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=7359"},"modified":"2011-02-07T13:16:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T18:16:38","slug":"its-showtime-for-rico-ramos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=44922","title":{"rendered":"It's Showtime for Rico Ramos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of boxing\u2019s best and brightest young prospects will get a chance to show if he\u2019s worthy of a world title shot in 2011 when undefeated and WBA #1 ranked super bantamweight Rico Ramos takes on former world title challenger Alejandro Valdez on Friday, Feb. 11, LIVE on ShoBox: the New Generation on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET\/PT, delayed on the West coast).<\/p>\n

In the co-feature, a pair of super middleweight prospects will tangle as unbeaten rising knockout artist Cornelius White (16-0, 15 KOs), of Houston, faces Chicago\u2019s Don George (20-1-1, 17 KOs) in a 10-round affair from Bally\u2019s Grand Ballroom in Atlantic City, N.J.<\/p>\n

Ramos, of Los Angeles, will look to keep his perfect 18-0 (10 KOs) record in tact when he faces Valdez (24-4-2, 17 KOs), of Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, in a 10-round 122-pound main event. Both Ramos and White are both represented by the show\u2019s promoter Goossen Tutor Promotions. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is it. This is my time to shine,\u201d said Ramos, who hails from Pico Rivera, CA is currently training out of Hawthorne, Calif., under the guidance of head coach Darnell Walker. \u201cThis is going to be a real step up for me. I know Alejandro plans to bring it on Feb. 11 but there is no way he stands in my way of a world title shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Walker: \u201cThe intensity is up, you can just feel it. I just think because Rico knows he\u2019s so close to a world title shot the focus has changed. He wants to be the next superstar of boxing and knows he\u2019s a main event guy now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramos has shown flashes of brilliance and dominance and displays flat-out raw power. In his last fight he recorded a knockout worthy of a \u201cBest of 2010\u201d clip with a second-round one-punch annihilation of Heriberto Ruiz on Nov. 8, 2010. \u201cYeah, people are still talking about that one,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cIt\u2019s been all over Facebook and Twitter. A lot of people were shocked by it. A lot of people had me losing that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramos began boxing when he was just 8 years old at South LA\u2019s Broadway Boxing Gym. A strong amateur (97-17), Ramos competed in the national Golden Gloves championships and won a Silver Glove and PAL title. In 2007 he was a runner-up at the U.S. National Championships, losing to U.S. Olympian Raynell Williams.<\/p>\n

Ramos made his professional debut in March of 2008 by winning a four-round shutout decision over Sammy Yniguez in San Jose, Calif.<\/p>\n

The southpaw Valdez, 27, has lost two title shots, one coming in 2008 and the other in 2009. He was knocked out in the second round by then-bantamweight titlist Hozumi Hasegawa in 2008 and suffered
\nan 11th-round knockout loss to Nehomar Cerme\u00f1o in a 2009 interim title bout. Valdez owns a technical<\/p>\n

draw against bantamweight titlist Fernando Montiel in a 2009 nontitle fight. The referee, despite video replays showing differently, ruled a cut to Montiel was caused by a head butt rather than a punch.<\/p>\n

He won his last two fights in Mexico, the only two he had in 2010. \u201cIt is great to get this fight to get me back on the map,\u201d Valdez said. \u201cI have tasted what it\u2019s like to fight on boxing\u2019s biggest stage. That experience will lead me to victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

On his opponent, Valdez said Ramos has good speed but is somewhat untested. \u201cWe want to test his chin. We want to be the first to give him a loss,\u201d Valdez said.<\/p>\n

The co-feature will pit \u201cDa Beast\u201d (White) fighting \u201cDa Bomb\u201d George, who was upset in his last fight by technical decision to Francisco Sierra. Prior to that, ShoBox fans remember George winning a unanimous decision over Osumanu Adama.<\/p>\n

White, 29, is a native of Houston, Texas, and has knocked out all but one opponent. Newly signed by Goossen Tutor and TNT Productions, White is currently training at trainer Bobby Benton\u2019s Houston gym and sparring with ShoBox alum Marcus Johnson.<\/p>\n

White is looking to continue his knockout streak of 13 straight. The only time he didn\u2019t register a KO during his career is when he got the decision over Larry Pryor back in 2008 in just his third professional fight.<\/p>\n

Besides his last fight in Oakland, White has only fought in Texas and Arkansas.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since I\u2019ve been with Dan Goossen he\u2019s come through and gotten me the fights,\u201d White said. \u201cNow I\u2019m on SHOWTIME and I can show the world what I have. One year from now I will be ready to fight for a world title.\u201d<\/p>\n

On his knockout streak, White commented: \u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019m trying to knock out guys, it just works out that way. I know if I train hard and I work hard then the knockouts will come.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe super middleweights get a lot of attention on SHOWTIME. I\u2019m in no rush. The fans will see a lot of action. George is a strong guy, but I\u2019m coming. I\u2019m not coming to play or to hug. I\u2019m coming with my hands up. One of us is going to get knocked out and it won\u2019t be me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old George last appeared on ShoBox on April 30, 2010, in his hometown of Chicago, Ill.<\/p>\n

George is hoping to display his patented back flip he does in the ring after every win. \u201cI\u2019m going to do whatever I can to get people to remember and recognize me,\u201d he said. \u201cTraining has been great and I just feel really confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

George was the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Chicago Golden Gloves amateur champion at 147, 178 and 165 pounds, respectively. George suffered his first loss on July 30, 2010, when he lost to Sierra by decision after seven rounds.<\/p>\n

George was inactive for one year and nine months from August, 2007 to May, 2009.<\/p>\n

Curt Menefee will call the ShoBox action from ringside with Steve Farhood and Antonio Tarver serving as expert analysts. Gordon Hall is the executive producer of ShoBox with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.<\/p>\n

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