Jose Ramirez And Richard Commey Fight For Promise Of Revenge, Shoot For Josh Taylor And Teofimo Lopez Rematch | boxing news
Jose Ramirez and Richard Commey are both former world champions, both with all-round action styles and both determined to return to the top of the sport.
But only one of them can.
That will be decided when they fight at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, live on Sports sky early Sunday morning.
“He has experience,” said Ramirez Sports sky. “He came in very energetic. That also motivated me.
“What motivates me a lot is the excitement I bring to the boxing fans. They love my boxing style. They love boxers like me who respect the sport, people who respect everything about the sport, who go out on the field and definitely show all the skills and they put all their hearts inside that ring.
“World titles, legacy, I feel like there’s a lot that I haven’t done in this sport and I want to do in this sport. The goals that I set for myself are one part of my motivation every day.”
Ghana’s Commey knew that at this stage of his career, a defeat to Ramirez would end his ambitions of returning to the title division.
“It’s all about winning this war,” he said. “I’m going to do my best and this fight really means a lot. It means a lot to me, I have to go in there and do what I have to do.”
After losing the IBF lightweight belt to Teofimo Lopez, Commey also went further with the great Vasiliy Lomachenko.
He then went up to 140 lbs, but still hit a tough fight there, drawing with Jose Pedraza.
“I thought I should have won that game. I think I got it. It was like that. Everything happens for a reason,” he said.
Commey believes those experiences still make him a better boxer.
“Loma, his footwork is great,” Commey said. “He moves in a way you don’t expect him to so he’s a little bit tough.
“I should have done much better [but] he’s good.”
Now that Teofimo Lopez has also gained 140 lbs, Commey would love a rematch.
“If I get a chance to fight him again, I will,” he said. “I could have done more than that.
“We’re both at 140 lbs and it’s going to be something else, it’s going to be great.”
Similarly, Ramirez also has a past failure that he wants revenge on. He lost his unified WBC and WBO lightweight belts to Josh Taylor in their undisputed title fight in 2021.
“There were a few small mistakes that I made in the middle of the game, in the sixth and seventh innings, that made me feel like I paid for the game,” Ramirez said. Sports sky.
Taylor knocked him out in those rounds. But Ramirez is adamant: “The better boxer that day won, not necessarily the better boxer overall.”
He said: “If I hadn’t made the mistake of showing so much respect to him and the referee then I feel like I wouldn’t have been caught with that headbutt. I didn’t just lose the round. It also took me a lot of time.” about two laps to get my leg down and it also gave him a second wind.”
For a second chance with Taylor, Ramirez will be looking to become the mandatory challenger for the WBO title the Scot holds.
“In the first five rounds, I started knocking him out, I showed my physical strength,” Ramirez said. “I could see in his body language that I broke him.
“I’m the beast that goes out there and is very determined to win,” he continued. “That war in the near future is likely to happen.”
That’s one of the reasons why, in front of his home fans in a packed arena tonight, Ramirez needed to win.
Both men, as Commey said, had to give their all.