Zurdo defends against a MW ranked #131

[ikorolev]

http://www.boxingnews24.com/2016/05/dominik-britsch/?

WTF ??? Have they gotten any shame ?

[ClivePatrickLyons]

A lot of fighter's do this in there first defence its a easy payday while the bigger fights are around the corner.

[crusader]

Pretty awful opponent. I mean I get the whole easy first defense thing, but did they need to drop that low?

[tigermoth87]

I don't buy the "easy first defence" crap. If you're a world champ, you should be facng top 20 fighters at least. The only exception for me is domestic rivalries. Then it can be excused as a case of settling who is the countries best.

[Kalan]

Pretty awful opponent. I mean I get the whole easy first defense thing, but did they need to drop that low?

"Let's not forget.. He only gets away with this once.. After that it's top guys all the way"

Who are you trying to kid??? He's going to go for the weakest possible opponents and he'll get a lot of cooperation from his org. I don't expect to him Callum Smith or Badou Jack next or anything.

[Lennox]

He is ranked 44 with Premier Boxing Organisation. Highest ranked fighter beaten was 35.

[crusader]

He is ranked 44 with Premier Boxing Organisation. Highest ranked fighter beaten was 35.

Who is the highest ranked fighter he beat according to those rankings and how is the 6-3 guy who beat him in 2014 ranked?

Having seen him fight I think he's better than the dreadful BoxRec ranking suggests, but I still see him as a poor opponent and considering the two failed attempts at beating Santos I think it's fair to say that he couldn't even win at EBU level.

[Coachmanager]

I know Britsch because his 2 wars with Roberto Santos. First they robbed Roberto Santos, in the second he was destroyed. For me if he was from some other country he would be a journeyman with a 15-15 record or so.

[jujigatame]

Ugh, this garbage is gonna be on the Crawford/Postol undercard? At least if they just got some decent veteran like Vera or Lopez the fight would have some value, but to grab some abject nobody from a lower weight class makes it truly worthless.

I thought they'd actually give Crawford/Postol a decent undercard because neither guy is an established PPV draw, but I guess not. Very disappointing.

[Aaronide_ger]

This guy is actually a middleweight.. Cherry pick of the year goes to Ramirez, this is not even a mando

[Tarkus]

What a shit opponent. The guy even has another fight scheduled before this.

[ikorolev]

Definitely even worse than Garcia vs Salka.

[Tarkus]

Definitely even worse than Garcia vs Salka.

I would not go that far. Ramirez is still young and not a superstar Garcia was.

[Aaronide_ger]

Definitely even worse than Garcia vs Salka.

I would not go that far. Ramirez is still young and not a superstar Garcia was.

Garcia was 26 years old when he faced Salka

Ramirez will be 25 years old when he faces this uknown opponent

Garcia was a world champion when he faced Salka

Ramirez is a world champion facing an uknown opponent

Garcia also was not a SUPERSTAR, he is not even now a superstar, so yea its worse than Salka

[Lennox]

He is ranked 44 with Premier Boxing Organisation. Highest ranked fighter beaten was 35.

Who is the highest ranked fighter he beat according to those rankings and how is the 6-3 guy who beat him in 2014 ranked?

Having seen him fight I think he's better than the dreadful BoxRec ranking suggests, but I still see him as a poor opponent and considering the two failed attempts at beating Santos I think it's fair to say that he couldn't even win at EBU level.

Billy Lyell was the chap who Brittsch beat. Lyell had a good win over John Duddy (then ranked 11) then some tread water wins and losses to good fighters so was ranked 35 by the time Brittsch got to him.

Ouergi is ranked 64 but at light-middle.

No doubt Brittsch is not a very good opponent but this type of world title fight still happens almost everyweek.

[Tarkus]

Definitely even worse than Garcia vs Salka.

I would not go that far. Ramirez is still young and not a superstar Garcia was.

Garcia was 26 years old when he faced Salka

Ramirez will be 25 years old when he faces this uknown opponent

Garcia was a world champion when he faced Salka

Ramirez is a world champion facing an uknown opponent

Garcia also was not a SUPERSTAR, he is not even now a superstar, so yea its worse than Salka

Garcia was a superstar. Maybe your definition of superstar differs from mine but its undeniable that Garcia was much more famous then compared to what Ramirez is now. Nobody even heard of Zurdo before his last fight.

[ikorolev]

Definitely even worse than Garcia vs Salka.

I would not go that far. Ramirez is still young and not a superstar Garcia was.

Ramirez is arguably the best SMW. Facing an opponent ranked #131 AT A LOWER WEIGHT CLASS is a disgrace. Salka at least wasn't rated that low.

[Tarkus]

Definitely even worse than Garcia vs Salka.

I would not go that far. Ramirez is still young and not a superstar Garcia was.

Ramirez is arguably the best SMW. Facing an opponent ranked #131 AT A LOWER WEIGHT CLASS is a disgrace.

This is the first time I have heard anyone argue that point. Usually they say that it is DeGale division number one. I would put Ramirez on par with Callum Smith both in terms of accomplishment and potential.

The opponent is disgraceful, I said that much.

[crusader]

I've seen a few people suggest that he's the best, or at least that there's a good chance of it.

The Abraham shutout was one of the best recent wins at 168, he had a much better performance against Medina than Degale did, and obviously a far better performance against Edwards than Jack did. I don't really see him as being a level below anyone at the weight and this is a shitty opponent for him....I mean if you're going to get someone as mediocre as Britsch can they at least be a SMW? I guess in Ramirez's defense he beat a good opponent only last month and may well be sitting around doing nothing instead, but it just seems like they've gone needlessly low here.

[jujigatame]

I think Ramirez has a good argument for being the #1 SMW. DeGale has skills, but who is his biggest win? Dirrell? Bute? It's hard for me to rank a guy #1 when his biggest wins are over guys who are maybe borderline top 10 at best. Not to mention DeGale really struggled with Medina who is more or less a C-lister. I thought a draw was a real possibility in that fight, the 117-111 cards for DeGale were very generous.

[ikorolev]

I would not go that far. Ramirez is still young and not a superstar Garcia was.

Ramirez is arguably the best SMW. Facing an opponent ranked #131 AT A LOWER WEIGHT CLASS is a disgrace.

This is the first time I have heard anyone argue that point. Usually they say that it is DeGale division number one. I would put Ramirez on par with Callum Smith both in terms of accomplishment and potential.

The opponent is disgraceful, I said that much.

Really, you put a guy who schooled an acting champion on the same level of accomplishment with Smith who fought nobody ?

Last weekend demonstrated (once more) that DeGale and Jack are not elite fighters, so putting Ramirez at least on the same level with them is natural.

[Tarkus]

I think Ramirez has a good argument for being the #1 SMW. DeGale has skills, but who is his biggest win? Dirrell? Bute? It's hard for me to rank a guy #1 when his biggest wins are over guys who are maybe borderline top 10 at best. Not to mention DeGale really struggled with Medina who is more or less a C-lister. I thought a draw was a real possibility in that fight, the 117-111 cards for DeGale were very generous.

Wait a minute. And what wins Ramirez has? Dirrell and Bute are lot better then old, over the hill Abraham who was never a good SMW to begin with. Noone in the division have a better record then DeGale right now. Ramirez and Smith have potential but no record.

[Tarkus]

Really, you put a guy who schooled an acting champion on the same level of accomplishment with Smith who fought nobody ?

Last weekend demonstrated (once more) that DeGale and Jack are not elite fighters, so putting Ramirez at least on the same level with them is natural.

Abraham is not a champion. He is a belt holder and only because he fights C level bums for last five years, since he was schooled by all top dogs in the division, including Dirrell.

Apart from that Abraham win Smith has fought better opposition then Ramirez, which levels up theirs records.

Anyone seriously thinks Abraham has a chance against Callum Smith, Give me a break.

[jujigatame]

Wait a minute. And what wins Ramirez has? Dirrell and Bute are lot better then old, over the hill Abraham who was never a good SMW to begin with. Noone in the division have a better record then DeGale right now. Ramirez and Smith have potential but no record.

Abraham is inconsistent but I still think a dominant win over him is worth more than Dirrell or Bute.

[jujigatame]

Abraham wouldn't beat Smith, but I think he'd have a damn good chance of beating Bute, Jack, and even Dirrell in a rematch.