Pedraza then moved up to 140 pounds last September and was outboxed by southpaw spoiler Jose Zepeda. He came up short in a valiant effort against Vasiliy Lomachenko in a toe-to-toe unification bout in December 2018 before knocking out Antonio Lozada Jr. Pedraza (26-3, 13 KOs), from Cidra, Puerto Rico, held the IBF junior lightweight world title from 2015-2017 and then upset Ray Beltran in August 2018 to capture the WBO lightweight world title. I am looking forward to become a champion again.” The fight is taking place in his hometown, but that does not bother me because I have the experience to fight on away soil. I’m already in gym, and camp is going really well,” Postol said. He earned the WBC’s mandatory shot at Ramirez in April with a unanimous decision over Mohamed Mimoune. He is 3-1 since the Crawford defeat, dropping a 2018 decision to Josh Taylor, who is now the division’s other unified champion. In his next fight, he was blunted over 12 rounds by Terence Crawford in a unification bout. He stunned the boxing world in October 2015 when he dethroned Lucas Matthysse via 10th-round KO to win the WBC world title. Postol (31-2, 12 KOs) has spent the majority of his 12-year career as a super lightweight and nearly a decade at, or near, the top of the division. He is a former world champion who I cannot underestimate.” My trainer, Robert Garcia, will have me ready for whatever he brings to the table. “I prepared for Postol once, and I will be in top form May 9. “It is always a blessing to fight at Save Mart Center in front of my loyal fans,” Ramirez said. Last time he fought at Save Mart Center - February 2019 against Jose Zepeda - he drew a career-high turnout of 14,034. Olympian, Ramirez has headlined at Save Mart Center five times previously and has drawn a total of 65,794 fans through the arena’s turnstiles. In one of the best fights of 2019, Ramirez knocked out Hooker in six rounds. He defended that belt twice before stepping up to fight Maurice Hooker in a highly anticipated title unification bout. He won the WBC world title in March 2018, prevailing via 12-round shootout against Amir Imam in New York City. Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs) is one of two unified junior welterweight champions. And for Jose, this could be his last fight in Fresno for a long time, so I expect the Central Valley faithful to fill up the Save Mart Center for a special evening.” “Viktor is a worthy mandatory challenger who earned his title shot, and Jose will be fully prepared to make a statement. “We are pleased that Ramirez and Postol will finally fight May 9 from the great city of Fresno,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. PT and can be purchased at the Save Mart Center box office,, or by calling 80. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with TGB Promotions, tickets priced at $206, $131, $96, $66 and $31 go on sale Tuesday, March 10 at 10 a.m. ET, with the undercard bouts scheduled to stream in English and Spanish on ESPN+ starting at 7 p.m. Olympian Javier “El Intocable” Molina will be televised LIVE on ESPN and ESPN Deportes beginning at 10 p.m. Ramirez-Postol and a 10-round super lightweight battle between former two-weight world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza and surging 2008 U.S. 1 in China, but the bout was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Ramirez and Postol were set to fight Feb. Ramirez will defend his titles against mandatory challenger and former world champion Viktor “The Iceman” Postol Saturday, May 9 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, a short drive from Ramirez’s hometown of Avenal. It took a little longer than expected, but WBC/WBO super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez, the pride of California’s Central Valley, is set to return.
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