Round-by-Round: Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith - 16 November 2024

[Ruthless-RKO]

Live from The Venue in Riyadh, KSA on 16 November 2024.
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Running Order

Preliminary Card - ? pm Local

? pm BST

Main Card - 5 pm BST | 8 pm Local | 12 pm ET | 9 am PT

6 Round Welterweight Contest
Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez Garcia

Followed by

12 Round Super-Lightweight Contest
Oscar Duarte vs. Botirzhon Akhmedov

Followed by

Unified WBO & WBA Minimumweight Championship
Oscar Collazo vs. Thammanoon Knockout CP Freshmart Niyomtrong

Followed by

Interim WBC Lightweight Championship
William Zepeda vs. Tevin Farmer

Followed by

12 Round Super-Lightweight Contest
Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr.

Followed by

Unified WBA & WBO Cruiserweight Championship
Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith

[handsofstone]

Quality card from top to bottom

[Ruthless-RKO]

The whole card is on YouTube too

Completely free card ?

[skanksta]

Zizo up first...

[skanksta]

If there was any justice Ramirez woulda nicked the 1st...

9-10 RAM

[skanksta]

And he surely wins the 2nd...!

20-18 RAM.

[skanksta]

This guy could have a great trilogy with Campbell...

Nice boxing from Zizo in R3.
29-28 RAM

[skanksta]

Well I mean, that was a close and competitive 4-2 loss, but there was enough effort from Zizo for them to rob Ramirez.
Let's see...

[skanksta]

57-57 X2 and 58-56 ZIzo.
Majority Draw.

Not "A ROBBERY" etc. etc. but skanky AF.

[handsofstone]

This one shaping up well already

[skanksta]

1st round Very close and "what you like?"

Akh is obviously more skilled, and Duarte obvs more powerful.

[skanksta]

20-20 thru 2 ?!

Akh probably nicking things 'cos he looks that bit classier and more accurate, bujt Duarte always comes back and lands some power whenever he seems to be getting behind...
Good stuff.

[skanksta]

I'm just gonna say 29-29 and start scoring properly..

[skanksta]

39-38 AKH

He won the 4th by a whisker - first "clear" round.

[skanksta]

This is about the closest fight you'll ever see..?

[KiwiRider]

This is about the closest fight you'll ever see..?

Punch for punch.

[keithmoonhangover]

Quality card from top to bottom

It's great stuff. I can't understand why people are complaining about these Saudi card. I suppose miserable bastards are going to be miserable bastards.

How do you see the main event going mate?

[KiwiRider]

The bloody decision better be close, for whoever it goes to.

[keithmoonhangover]

Who's supplying the refs and judges tonight? The BBBofC?

[skanksta]

98-92-97-93 96-94 UD for...

Duarte !

VERY hard luck on Akhmedov. The best 10-4 fighter in the world no doubt.
Great fight.

[KiwiRider]

98-92

[skanksta]

I thought Akh probably nicked it on accuracy 96-95 ish, no issues with Duarte nicking it, but clear UD is nonsense for me.
But, it WAS hard to score and if you preferred Duarte's power....

[handsofstone]

It was nip/tuck all the way, Akhmedov looked like he built up an early lead with his better workrate but Duarte closed the gap, without scoring still thought Akhmedov done enough , they cards though

[skanksta]

Yeah they looked kinda filled in beforehand.

CBS remarkably chilled - even for the laid-back nice-lad-next-door that he is.

[skanksta]

Knockoff Morrisons MiniMart up next...