A season of thrilling rematches begins on Sky Sports activities this weekend with the Rafael Espinoza vs Robeisy Ramirez and Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez double-header.
Later this month Tyson Fury will struggle Oleksandr Usyk a second time for the unified world heavyweight championship.
Ramirez shall be within the first of those world championship rematches when he packing containers Mexico’s Rafael Espinoza for the WBO featherweight world title the Cuban used to carry.
A 12 months in the past unheralded Espinoza upset Ramirez in probably the greatest fights of 2023, and the Cuban believes will probably be simply as intense a contest second time round.
“You may count on a warfare,” Ramirez informed Sky Sports activities. “Everyone knows how Mexican fighters are. They by no means hand over.
“The fact is it wasn’t the very best model of me and I used to be nonetheless in a position to give a terrific present and so the second struggle shall be higher.”
It will not be the primary time Ramirez has needed to regroup from a harmful defeat. The 2-time Olympic gold medallist misplaced his skilled debut to Adan Gonzales, in an enormous upset, however had his revenge when he received their rematch a 12 months later.
He desires to repeat that type this weekend.
“I strive to not go in there with anger in direction of the fighter. I am going in there targeted on my job. I at all times characterise myself for getting up after falling down,” he mentioned. “I shall be a champion once more.
“I’ll return to the place the place I needs to be.”
Within the first struggle Ramirez dropped Espinoza within the fifth spherical, solely to be knocked down himself within the final spherical as Espinoza took a majority determination.
“I recognise that he did come to win. However I did not see myself lose. Within the final spherical he did not land a punch that put me in a foul place. I went down, in the event you see the replay, I went down from being drained,” Ramirez insisted.
“I did not see myself because the loser.”
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Robeisy Ramirez produced a shocking uppercut knockout on Brandon Benitez within the seventh spherical of their Featherweight struggle.
Victory would set him up for thrilling fights with different champions, like Nick Ball or Angelo Leo, in 2025.
“There is not any downside preventing any of them. That is one of many issues I’ve at all times had in my thoughts in my profession and one of many issues I must do in my profession,” he declared.
“Now I’ve to get better my title and I shall be able to unify in opposition to any of the champions who’re there.”
Boxing arising on Sky Sports activities
December 8
Emanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez II
Rafael Espinoza v Robeisy Ramirez II
December 14
Natasha Jonas vs Ivana Habazin
Lauren Worth vs Bexcy Mateus
Stephen McKenna vs Lee Cutler
December 15
Jaime Munguia vs Bruno Surace
December 21
Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury II (dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace)
Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury II shall be dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace
December 24
Naoya Inoue vs Sam Goodman
January 11
Callum Simpson vs Steed Woodall
Caroline Dubois vs Jessica Camara
February 1
Adam Azim vs Sergey Lipinets
Rafael Espinoza vs Robeisy Ramirez shall be dwell on Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion and Sky Sports activities+ from 1.30am on Sunday
