Chris Billam-Smith’s world cruiserweight title unification battle with Gilberto Ramirez this Saturday is stay on Sky Sports activities.
Britain’s Billam-Smith, the WBO champion, takes on WBA titlist Ramirez in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a vastly important battle for the burden division, with stay protection from 5pm on Sky Sports activities Combine.
“Zurdo” Ramirez is a formidable opponent. He was the primary Mexican to grow to be a super-middleweight and cruiserweight world champion and is seeking to take over the 200lb division.
He has solely misplaced as soon as in his profession, to nice light-heavyweight Dmitry Bivol.
However Billam-Smith is in a wealthy vein of kind himself. Most just lately he avenged his solely earlier loss in a profitable world title defence in opposition to Richard Riakporhe.
That was Billam-Smith’s third consecutive victory in a world championship contest.
“It’s an exciting unification fight against someone who has only been beaten by Bivol,” Billam-Smith mentioned.
“It’s a very hard test and it would be an honour for me to become unified champion.”
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Highlights of Chris Billam-Smith’s stoppage win over Mateusz Masternak to retain his world title
Ramirez mentioned: “I’m excited to make this fight happen with Chris Billam-Smith. It’s been a long time coming, and I’m looking forward to becoming the unified champion in this division.
“I’ve at all times mentioned this was my division and I am blissful for the chance to showcase my abilities at this stage on a worldwide stage in Riyadh.
“It’s truly an honour to be a Mexican warrior and to showcase what true Mexican boxing is all about while bringing my culture to a global audience.”
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