Super lightweight Arnold Barboza Jr. returns to action this Saturday night at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona on the undercard of Ray Beltran versus Jose Pedraza for the WBO lightweight title. Barboza Jr., who is coming off the biggest win of his career, Mike “Yes Indeed” Reed, a former

On September 14th, local central valley hero and WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez of Avenal, CA will make his first title defense against Antonio Orozco in 12-round world title fight from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA. Ramirez, a fighter with strong ties to the community in Fresno,

Jose Ramirez will finally get to defend his WBC super lightweight title in Fresno, CA as his first title defense will take place on September 14th against Antonio “Relentless” Orozco at the Save Mart Center. Ramirez hoped to defend his title on July 7th at the same venue, but his

Ramirez didn’t return home In what was supposed to be a homecoming for WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez instead saw him as a member of the crowd as his opponent Danny O’Connor suffered a form of kidney failure forcing him to collapse, taken to a hospital and removed from

The Jose Ramirez-Danny O’Connor WBC super lightweight title bout was called off after it was determined O’Connor was physically unable to compete. Ramirez will now make his first title defense at a later date, while the NABF welterweight title bout between Egidijus “The Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas and Juan Carlos Abreu has

The homecoming is almost here. WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez will make the first defense of his title against Danny O’Connor on Saturday at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, a short drive from Ramirez’s hometown of Avenal. Ramirez-O’Connor and the 10-round welterweight showdown between Egidijus Kavaliauskas and Juan Carlos Abreu will be televised live on

Ramirez comes home WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez will defend his title for the first time and it what better setting than the place he virtually built in terms of a boxing market at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Ca, against Danny O’Connor. The bout might not be

The Mean Machine, Egidijus Kavaliauskas, is looking to cement his name as a welterweight to watch when he defends the NABF title against Juan Carlos Abreu, July 7 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno as the ESPN-televised co-feature to Jose Ramirez’s WBC super lightweight title defense against Danny O’Connor. The undercard will

On Saturday, July 7th, from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA, WBC super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez will make his first title defense against #15 ranked in the WBC rankings, Danny O’Connor, in his voluntary title defense after winning his title in March at Madison Square Garden in New

by Stanly Williams / ITRBoxing.com The next chapter of Jose Ramirez’s career —  this one as a world champion —  will occur with a new voice in his corner. After a long and successful partnership with Freddie Roach, Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) hired Robert Garcia as his head trainer following his unanimous decision victory over