The Rafael Espinoza-Robeisy Ramirez WBO featherweight title rematch will not go to a purse bid tomorrow, as Top Rank reached an agreement with both fighters before the deadline, per reporting from Lance Pugmire of BoxingScene.
Espinoza and Ramirez will be the co-main event on the Dec. 7 Top Rank card in Arizona, headlined by the rematch between Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez.
Their first bout in December was considered one of the best of the year, with both fighters hitting the canvas. Espinoza (25-0, 21 KOs) of Mexico earned a narrow majority-decision win, dropping two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Ramirez (14-2, 9 KOs) in the 12th round to capture his first world title. Ramirez had previously floored Espinoza in the fifth round. Espinoza was a +800 underdog going into the fight.
Espinoza, 30, has fought once in 2024, scoring a fourth-round technical knockout over Sergio Chirino in June at the newly opened Fontainebleau Las Vegas, dropping him three times.
Ramirez, also 30, secured a seventh-round technical knockout over Brandon Benitez in his lone 2024 fight at the James L. Knight Center in Miami Beach, Florida.
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