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After the victory of the Russian Dmitry Bivol over ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, all the spotlights are on the Russian for the feat achieved by having defeated the man cataloged by many as the best pound-for-pound boxer today.
Despite looking solid against the man from Guadalajara and winning the fight without any discussion, there was a Mexican fighter who sought to fight against the Russian in the 175 pounds but apparently he shied away from his challenge.
Is about Gilberto ‘El Zurdo’ Ramírez who in 2021 warned all the champions of the 100 pounds that he would go for his titles, however, and as the Mexican explained in an interview for BoxingScene.com, Russian shunned him when he challenged him.
And it is q According to ‘El Zurdo’, Bivol had already agreed to a fight with him but in the end the Russian never decided to sign the fight .
“I wanted to fight Bivol because at the time he was looking for me. He said he wasn’t afraid to fight me, but in the end I think he is”, Ramírez confessed.
There is to remember that Ramírez and ‘Canelo’ Álvarez faced each other in several sparring sessions and ‘El Zurdo ‘ He has already asked the Guadalajaran for a fight but he has refused since he is not motivated to face his compatriots.
In the same way Zurdo Ramírez confessed that if he revealed what happened during the sparring sessions, ‘Canelo’ would be upset with him because it would ruin his image.
“We have sparred before and Know what the result would ruin his image” , he confessed during an interview with World Boxing News.
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