Avenal boxer Jose Ramirez set to fight at Save Mart Center in April

Avenal autochthonal champion boxer Jose Ramirez (28-1, 18KOs) announced his instrumentality to the ringing wrong the Save Mart Center Tuesday afternoon.

Ramirez volition combat Cuban autochthonal Rances Barthelemy (30-2, KOs) connected April 27th nether Golden Boy Promotions, headed by boxing fable Oscar De La Hoya.

The Save Mart Center lawsuit marks Ramirez's Golden Boy debut aft the erstwhile Junior Welterweight champion parted ways with longtime promoter Top Rank.

Ramirez was capable to marque 4 palmy rubric defenses earlier helium mislaid a determination to Josh Taylor successful an undisputed title combat backmost successful May of 2021.

The erstwhile Olympian is presently ESPN's No. 7 ranked boxer astatine 140 pounds.

April's combat volition beryllium Ramirez's 11th bout successful Fresno.

"It's ever an grant for maine to combat successful the Central portion of California," Ramirez said astatine the property conference. "I'm excited that radical get to spot what the Central Valley is each about."

Oscar De La Hoya besides praised Ramirez's committedness to the Central Valley.

"Just being present successful his metropolis is conscionable incredible," De La Hoya said.

De La Hoya was capable to sojourn the Fowler Packing Company conscionable southbound of Fresno to amended recognize the Central Valley's committedness to agriculture.

"I was truly moved by each the hard enactment that's enactment into making definite the satellite is fed, and it starts here," De La Hoya said.

To grant the Valley's affluent agriculture community, De La Hoya and his squad announced that Golden Boy Promotions volition beryllium giving retired 3,000 summons vouchers for workplace workers to be April's fight.

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De La Hoya announced that Texas autochthonal Vergil Ortiz Jr.'s bout against Thomas Dulorme volition beryllium the event's co-feature.

Ortiz Jr. (20-0, 20KOs), is an up-and-coming 25-year-old knockout artist, but has been forced to retreat from his past 3 fights owed to wellness issues.

Ortiz Jr. been marred with rhabdomyolysis, a information that occurs erstwhile damaged musculus insubstantial releases proteins and electrolytes into the bloodstream.

"I'm truthful blessed to beryllium warring successful Fresno, I walk a period present doing progressive recovery." Ortiz Jr. said. "It's the lone metropolis successful California I would determination to. I emotion this city."

De La Hoya said he's excited for the Central Valley to witnesser Ortiz Jr. successful action.

"He's a beast. He tin sound you retired with immoderate hand" De La Hoya said. "He's connected the verge of becoming a satellite champion precise soon."

De La Hoya besides stressed that teaming up with Ramirez has been a imagination travel true.

"I'm present arsenic a promoter to reignite the 2nd portion of his career," De La Hoya said.

The April 27th combat from the Save Mart Center volition beryllium disposable via worldwide broadcast connected DAZN.

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