Cruiserweight champions Chris Blame-Smith and Gilberto ‘Zordo’ Ramirez square off today in the main event of Latin Night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Action begins at 12pm ET, live on DAZN.
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Live updates and results are below.
– A lightweight contender Oscar Duarte (28-2-1, 22 KOs) got off to a slow start but rallied to win a 10-round unanimous decision over Bortezon Akhmedov (10-4, 9 KOs) in the sixth round. The 27-year-old Duarte hurt Akhmedov with big shots in rounds six, seven and nine. In the tenth, Duarte suffered a cut on his forehead from a clash of heads. The scores were 98-92, 97-93, and 96-94.
“I know my opponent Akhmedov is a great fighter. We’ve trained in the past, but I listened to my corner. I felt I did enough to win the fight,” Duarte said of the fight. “We knew he was very much a fighter. We knew we had to take the initiative, and I wanted to fight Devin Heaney.” I want to fight him because he’s one of the best. I think I’m on my way back. I’m ready for the next opportunity.”
– In an exciting fight, welterweight Ziyad Al-Mayuf (6-0-1, 1 KO) and Juan Garcia (5-6-1) fought for the majority of six rounds. The 24-year-old Alam Youf landed some hard shots, but Garcia’s combinations leveled him. The scores for Almayev were 58-56, 57-57 and 57-57. It’s a fight that needs to go at least ten rounds to decide the winner, as they were both punching and punching but neither guy landed enough shots to come out on top in six rounds. can come
In the co-main, light welterweight contenders Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza Jr. battle to position themselves to fight for the WBO title. It’s hard to say how much former unified 140-lb champion Ramirez (29-1, 18 KOs) has left in the tank at this point, as he hasn’t had a serious fight since losing to Josh Taylor three years ago in 2021. is .
He faced little opposition in three years of wasteful reconstruction, which was not needed.
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Full card for DAZN
Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Blumsmith
Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr
William Zapida vs. Tune Farmer
Oscar Collazo vs. Thamanon Nyamtrong
Oscar Duarte vs Batyr Akhmedov
Ziad Al-Maouf vs. Ziad Al-Maouf John Garcia
The fight that many fans seem most interested in for the card is the lightweight bout between William Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) and Tevin Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs), a 10- I will fight in 10. The rounder will face the winner in a title fight against WBC champion Shakur Stevenson in February.
Kisan wants to worry about ruining Zepeda’s plans, but that doesn’t seem realistic. He’s too old at 34 and doesn’t fit into the 135-lb landscape like he did at 130.
