A season of thrilling rematches begins on Sky Sports activities this weekend with the Rafael Espinoza vs Robeisy Ramirez and Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez double-header.
Later this month Tyson Fury will battle Oleksandr Usyk a second time for the unified world heavyweight championship.
Ramirez will probably be within the first of those world championship rematches when he containers Mexico’s Rafael Espinoza for the WBO featherweight world title the Cuban used to carry.
A yr in the past unheralded Espinoza upset Ramirez in among the best fights of 2023, and the Cuban believes it will likely be simply as intense a contest second time round.
“You may count on a struggle,” Ramirez instructed Sky Sports activities. “Everyone knows how Mexican fighters are. They by no means hand over.
“The truth is it wasn’t the most effective model of me and I used to be nonetheless capable of give an important present and so the second battle will probably be higher.”
Highlights of Rafael Espinoza’s beautiful upset win over Robeisy Ramirez as he clinches the WBO Featherweight Title.
It will not be the primary time Ramirez has needed to regroup from a harmful defeat. The 2-time Olympic gold medallist misplaced his skilled debut to Adan Gonzales, in an enormous upset, however had his revenge when he received their rematch a yr later.
He needs to repeat that kind this weekend.
“I strive to not go in there with anger in direction of the fighter. I’m going in there targeted on my job. I all the time characterise myself for getting up after falling down,” he mentioned. “I will probably be a champion once more.
“I’ll return to the place the place I ought to be.”
Within the first battle Ramirez dropped Espinoza within the fifth spherical, solely to be knocked down himself within the final spherical as Espinoza took a majority determination.
“I recognise that he did come to win. However I did not see myself lose. Within the final spherical he did not land a punch that put me in a foul place. I went down, if you happen to see the replay, I went down from being drained,” Ramirez insisted.
“I did not see myself because the loser.”
Robeisy Ramirez produced a shocking uppercut knockout on Brandon Benitez within the seventh spherical of their Featherweight battle.
Victory would set him up for thrilling fights with different champions, like Nick Ball or Angelo Leo, in 2025.
“There is not any downside preventing any of them. That is one of many issues I’ve all the time had in my thoughts in my profession and one of many issues I have to do in my profession,” he declared.
“Now I’ve to get well my title and I will probably be able to unify towards any of the champions who’re there.”
Boxing arising on Sky Sports activities
December 8
Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez II
Rafael Espinoza v Robeisy Ramirez II
December 14
Natasha Jonas vs Ivana Habazin
Lauren Worth vs Bexcy Mateus
Stephen McKenna vs Lee Cutler
December 15
Jaime Munguia vs Bruno Surace
December 21
Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury II (reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace)
Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury II will probably be reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace
December 24
Naoya Inoue vs Sam Goodman
January 11
Callum Simpson vs Steed Woodall
Caroline Dubois vs Jessica Camara
February 1
Adam Azim vs Sergey Lipinets
Rafael Espinoza vs Robeisy Ramirez will probably be reside on Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion and Sky Sports activities+ from 1.30am on Sunday
