Unified junior welterweight world titlist Jose Ramirez will be out of action for the rest of the year because of a left hand injury that required surgery combined with a packed fall schedule that left him without a date when he would able to return.
Ramirez had surgery on his hand in mid-August, two weeks after he knocked out Maurice Hooker in the sixth round to unify two 140-pound belts on July 27 in Arlington, Texas, in the biggest fight of both of their careers.
Top Rank was planning for Ramirez to return for a mandatory defense against former world titlist Viktor Postol (31-2, 12 KOs), 35, of Ukraine, probably on Nov. 30 on ESPN+ at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Top Rank opened the stadium for boxing on Aug. 17, with junior featherweight world titlist Emanuel Navarrete's third-round knockout of Francisco De Vaca.
However, Ramirez said on social media Wednesday night that he would not be available for that date and would not fight again until 2020.
"I can't use [my hand] until 6-8 weeks post surgery," Ramirez wrote. "I could be back in the ring in December, however due to no dates available that month we will be back in the ring early 2020. I just need my hand to heal and I'll give anybody a run for their money."
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Jose Ramirez Injured; Back in 2020
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Re: Jose Ramirez Injured; Out for 1 Year
Was kinda looking forward to a Ramírez-Postol fight.
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Re: Jose Ramirez Injured; Out for 1 Year
He isn't out for a year.
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Re: Jose Ramirez Injured; Out for 1 Year
I know. It’s until ‘next year’..
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Re: Jose Ramirez Injured; Out for 1 Year
I was responding to your thread title.
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Re: Jose Ramirez Injured; Out for 1 Year
I also know that too. Why I changed it.
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Re: Jose Ramirez Injured; Out for 1 Year
Damn, you know everything. Shocking how the mistake occurred to begin with.
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