Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez improves to 41-0, Michael “The Bounty” Hunter rolls

Published by Shawn C.

The Champ is back!

Former world super middleweight champion *Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez* (41-0,
27 KOs), fighting for the first time since April 4, 2019, returned to the
ring last night with a vengeance, stopping tough defending North American
Boxing Federation (NABF) light heavyweight champion *Alfonso “El Tigre”
Lopez* (32-4, 25 KOs) in the 10th round of the “Battle of Rio Grande” main
event.

“Battle of Rio Grande,” presented by the two main event fighter’s
promotional companies, Zurdo Promotions and El Tigre Promotions, aired live
on pay per view from the Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston,
Texas.

The 29-year-old Ramirez displayed his world-class boxing skills and
tremendous athleticism from the start, dropping Lopez in the fourth, but
the defending champion was resilient right up until the very end. The
ringside physician examined Lopez’ swollen right eye after the ninth round
and when Ramirez floored Lopez with a right hook in the 10th, the referee
waved off the fight. Lopez had his 10-right win streak snapped and Ramirez
put reigning world light heavyweight champions *Artur Beterviev* (WBC &
IBF) and *Dmitry Bivol* (WBA) on notice. Ramirez is ranked No. 1 by the
WBO, as well as being WBA #45, WBO and IBF #7.

“I’m glad I was able to get a fight in this year.” Martinez said. “Alfonso
was tough as a bull and kept coming like the true warrior he is but
overall, I’m happy with my performance. I felt some ring rust in the
beginning, but I’m glad I was able to get back to my old form quickly. This
was challenge as a fighter and a promoter, but I plan on doing more shows
in the future and appreciate all my partners that helped out in the process
(ie fite tv, el tigre promotions, and be def sports). Glad I have this one
out the way and on to next one.”

World-rated heavyweight and 2012 U.S. Olympian, *Michael “The Bounty”
Hunter* (19-1-1, 13 KOs), continued his mission to be world heavyweight
champion, outclassing West Virginia’s *Shawn Laughery* (10-4, 6 KOs) in the
10-round co-featured event, closing the show in the fourth round with his
second knockdown. Hunter is rated among the top 10 heavyweights in the
world by the four major sanctioning bodies: IBF #4, WBO #8, WBC #9 and WBA
#10.

California featherweight *Jose Maria “Chema” Delgado* (6-0-4, 2 KOs) can’t
catch a break, at least not in the United States, where he fought to a draw
for the fourth time last night against *Armando Frausto* (8-2, 5 KOs).
Delgado’s six pro wins have all come in fights held in Mexico. Delgado and
Frausto were fighting for the vacant American Boxing Organization (ABO)
featherweight title that remains open.

Undefeated lightweight *Juan Velazquez* (6-0, 4 KOs) overwhelmed fellow
Houstonian, *Alexis Chavarria* (4-3-3, 1 KO), putting him away in round two
after pummeling him from the opening bell.

The first fighter signed by Ramirez’ Zurdo Promotions, Los Angeles
bantamweight *John “Scrappy” Ramirez* (no relations), turned in an
auspicious pro debut, stopping his Puerto Rican opponent, *Jose “El
Chavito” Solis* (0-3) midway through the opening round.

Texas middleweight *Charles “Pretty Bad Boy” Baylor* (1-0, 1 KO) dominated
fellow Texan *Joel “The Assassin” Munoz* (0-2) up until the latter’s corner
ended the fight, Houston junior middleweight *Raynard “Alief Ali” Talib,
Jr.* (3-0, 1 KO) overcame a first-round knockdown and a cut over his right
eye to edge *Adam “AD” Ealoms* (4-19-3, 2 KOs) by way of a four-round
unanimous decision (38-37 X 3), and the junior middleweight fight between
pro-debuting *Apostle Arias* (0-0-1) and *Lucas “God First” McDonald*
(0-5-1) ended in a technical draw, because McDonald was unable to continue
fighting in the fourth round due to a serious cut resulting from an
accidental headbutt.

Also fighting on the undercard, Houston’s *Breyon Gorham* improved to 7-0
(6 KOs) with a third-round technical knockout of *Anthony Curtiss* (2-7, 2
KOs), who managed to beat the count but was deemed to unsteady by the
referee to continue fighting, and *Delmonte “Sugar Bear” Randle* (1-0, 1
KOs) won his pro debut when *Jarvis Lee* (0-3) retired after round one.

The middleweight fight between *Ivan Vazquez* (5-0, 4 KOs) and *Charon
Spain* (2-14-2, 1 KO) was canceled after Vazquez tested positive for
COVID-19.

*Complete results below:*

*OFFICIAL RESULTS*

MAIN EVENT – NABF LIGHT HEAVYEIGHT CHAMPIONSIP
Gilberto Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs), Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
WTKO10 (0:59)
Alfonso Lopez (32-4, 25 KOs), Houston, TX
*(Ramirez won NABF light heavyweight title) *

CO-FEATURE – HEAVYWEIGHTS
Michael Hunter (19-1-1, 13 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
WKO4 (1:02)
Shawn Laughery (10-4, 6 KOs), Oak Hill, WV

HEAVYWEIGHTS
Demonte Randle (1-0, 1 KO), Texas City, TX
WTKO1 (3:00)
Jarvis Lee (0-3), Houston, Texas

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Charles Baylor (1-0, 1 KO), Trinity, TX
WTKO2 ((1:40)
Joel Munoz (0-2), Dublin, TX

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Raynard Talib, Jr. (3-0, 1 KO), Houston, TX
WDEC4 (38-37, 38-37, 38-37)
Adam Ealoms (4-19-3, 2 KOs), Bryan, TX

Apostle Arias (0-0-1, 0 KOs), Porter, TX
TD4
Lucas McDonald (0-5-1), Sealy, TX

WELTERWEIGHTS
Juan Velazquez (6-0, 4 KOs), Houston, TX
WTKO2 (2:14)
Alexis Chavarria (1-1, 0 KOs), Houston, TX

Breyon Gorham (7-0, 56KOs), Houston, TX
WTKO3 (2:14)
Antony Curtiss (2-7, 2 KOs), Butte, MT

VACANT ABO FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Jose Maria Delgado (6-0-4, 2 KOs), Pittsburg, CA
D6(58-56, 57-57, 57-57)
Armando Frausto (8-1-1, 5 KOs), Alvin, TX

BANTAMWEIGHTS
John Ramirez (1-0, 1 KO), Los Angeles, CA
WTKO1 (1:51)
Jose Solis (0-3), San Juan, Puerto Rico

*INFORMATION:*
Website: www.ZurdoPromotions.com
Instagram: @zurdoramirez, @zurdopromotions, @eltigrepromotions, @bedefsports
Twitter: @ZurdoPromotions, @GilbertoZurdoRamirez, MichaelHunterII,
@Fitetv, @IntegratedPPV