Jai Opetaia accepts challenge from Zurdo Ramírez: “He has to give 100%”

Jai Opetaia, cruiserweight champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), accepted the challenge of Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramírez to unify titles and hopes that the fight can happen very soon.

In an interview for The Sporting News Australia, Opetaia indicated that He also wants to be the undisputed champion of the category.Ay recognized that Zurdo Ramírez starred in a great duel with Chris Billam-Smith.

“I wish I could have fought Chris Billam-Smith before, and then fought Zurdo (Ramírez). But now, (Chris Billam-Smith) is out of the picture, and now I have to fight Zurdo. Let’s have that fight. “I’m excited, because that was a good fight, they were both tough,” he said.

“(The fight with Zurdo) has to be given 100 percent. All these guys have said they’re looking forward to fighting me. We’ll see, because this fight is easy to do. We can make it easy for that fight to happen. I want to become the undisputed cruiserweight champion. “I’m excited about those types of fights, and I feel like they’re getting closer,” he added.

Zurdo Ramírez has just made boxing history for his country and last weekend He became the first unified Mexican cruiserweight champion. The Mazatlán native punished Billam-Smith from the beginning of the fight – who came out with cuts on his face and several injuries to his body – and took the victory on the scorecards by unanimous decision.

The Mexican, champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organization (WBO), He wants to be the first undisputed monarch of his country at 200 pounds and challenged Jai Opetaia after beating the Englishman.

“I want the other champion, the one from the WBC or Jai Opetaia. That’s the idea. Opetaia says he is number one, and I consider myself number one in this division. “We have to continue working to become undisputed champion in this division,” he declared in the ring after his victory.

Jai Opetaia, 29, is the IBF cruiserweight champion and In his last fight he defended his title by knocking out Jack Massey in October. The Australian is undefeated after 26 fights and 20 of them were won quickly.

For his part, Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramírez, 32, captured the WBO title after beating Chris Billam-Smith and made history by becoming the first Mexican to unify at 200 pounds. As a professional, the Sinaloan boxer He has a record of 46 victories, 30 of them by knockout, and one setback in his career.

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