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نکن. 1 rated WBA Super Flyweight John “Scrappy” Ramirez believes in the process

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لس آنجلس (جولای 2, 2025) -- It’s “Scrappy Time” again!

For the first time in 2025, charismatic super flyweight contenderJohn “Scrappy” Ramirez (15-1, 9 کوس) returned to the ring on last Saturday’s DAZN Pay-Per-View event, presented by MVP Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions, and headlined by YouTuber turned boxerجیک "کودک مشکل" پل(12-1, 7 کوس) در برابرخولیو سزار چاوز, جونیور. (54-7-1, 34 کوس) در مرکز هوندا در آناهیم, کالیفرنیا.

در جلسه 8-دور, “Scrappy” dominated Houston’sJosue Jesus Morales (33-19-5, 14 کوس), who was a very late replacement forSaleto هندرسون (10-2, 7 کوس), enroute to an 8-round unanimous decision (80-72, 80-72, 89-73).

Henderson pulled out of the fight last Wednesday night, Morales accepted the fight Thursday evening after the event’s final press conference.

“I trusted the process,رامیرز توضیح داد. “It was emotional when my original opponent pulled out of the fight so late and I didn’t know if I’d be fighting. I’m happy I got the fight, even if I had to open the show, because I’ve learned to embrace the opportunity. I trained to fight a 5’ 2”, righty and fought a southpaw. I was comfortable, بدون در نظر گرفتن, because I prepare at camp for anything that may happen. I wanted the fight and gave him (مورالس) two passes on weight. He was coming in heavy; پس, we agreed to fight at a 120-pound catchweight. Before he stepped on the scale, he said he weighed 121.6. I didn’t want him to be fined for coming in overweight because he was doing me a favor by taking the fight. I respect him for taking the fight on late notice and we changed the contract to 121.6. Nothing changed for me other than the opponent and opening the preliminaries. Time is money, and I wanted everything I had done to count like camp (expenses), resources I used, mileage on my body. هر اتفاقی دلیلی دارد. There are six months left in 2025, and my goal is to have two more fights.”

The 29-year-old Ramirez is world rated at No. 1 در WBA, و همچنین هیچ. 12 و بدون. 15, به ترتیب, توسط شورای بوکس جهانی (WBC) and WBO.Fernando Daniel Martinez (16-0, 9 کوس), آرژانتین, is the reigning WBA Super Flyweight World Champion, David Jimenez (17-1, 11 کوس) remains the WBA Interim Champion.

“I’m back where I left off (نکن. 1 رتبه بندی),"رامیرز گفت. “After my last fight I was No. 2, ‘Chocolatito’ (روم گونزالس) was on top. And before this coming fight, I wanted to go up to No. 1 و بعد, a little while ago, I saw that I was back at No. 1. It’s a good feeling to have put myself back where I was. در این مرحله, I have power and leverage. They may want me to fight a rematch with Jimenez, who is still the (WBA) Interim champion but we’ll see how everything plays out. If I get the opportunity to fight ‘Chocolatito’ or ‘Bam’ (WBC world championJessie Rodriguez), I’d do that if it makes sense.”

Fighting out of South Central Los Angeles, “Scrappy” hasn’t fought since last December 14th when he decisioned previously undefeatedEphraim Bui (10-0) توسط نمرات 97-93 سه بار. In Ramirez’ previous fight in April of 2024, “Scrappy” had suffered the lone loss of his pro career to Jimenez for the WBA Interim Super Flyweight crown.

“I’m hungry! I feel like I’ve been locked up in a cage. I’m happy to be back to the spot I had before.,” Ramirez continued. ”I’m ignoring distractions and continue to work on my craft and self-discipline. I know my opportunity (world title shot) will come. Even when I didn’t know who my opponent would be or even if I’d fight (این شنبه), I just let that go and kept training hard to keep improving.

“Everything is based on my confidence. من هنوز هم یادگیری در کار. I like to compare it to when I played football, my level of confidence, because I knew what that was all about for me. I’ve gained that same level of experience in the ring, when to or when not to do something that I’ve learned through my experiences. Going back to December 14هفتم, I was coming off my only loss eight months earlier, and it’s been six months since my last fight. I kept on the right path, and now I have my old football comfort and understanding. People compared me with fighters who’ve fought their whole lives, but I didn’t make my pro debut until December of 2020. دیر شروع کردم (در بوکس) and I’m still learning and figuring things out.”

در واقع, ‘Scrappy’ has been an adaptive learner who resents being called by some as ahyped-up fighter, primarily because of his commitment and sacrifices he’s made to be the all-around fighter he has become.

“I know I have the skills to be world champion,” Ramirez concluded. “I like to fight and prove people wrong. I train to learn how to perform better. I’m in a great spot. I know I need to keep winning and that my opportunity will come. I’m only really thinking about this fight as I glimpse a little into my future.”

It’s “Scrappy Time” again and the dynamic super flyweight is closing in on his world title.

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وب سایت: www.3pointmanagement.com

فیس بوک: /جان رامیرز

اینستاگرم: @3pointmanagement, @Scrappyboxing

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Boxing’s next great boxing trainer Julian Chua is a rising star in the gym, ring and corner

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Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez isChua’s first true world champion
(L-R) – Jesse Vargas, head trainer Julian Chua and two-time World Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez

لس آنجلس (نوامبر 6, 2024) -- One of the hottest young trainers in boxing is Julian Chua, even though he still hasn’t received the high-level respect he deserves from many boxing fans and promoters.

When Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (46-1, 30 کوس) dethroned previously undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight World Champion Arsen “Feroz” Goulamirian (27-0, 19 کوس) در ماه مارس گذشته, Chua’s stock took off because “Zurdo” is the first world champion the 33-year-old Chua developed into a world champion.

The journey Chua took to become the head trainer of “Zurdo,” who is only two months younger than Julian, was unusual, اغراق نکنیم. At that time, Ramirez was 39-0 and the first of Mexican heritage to be world super middleweight champion, as well as a promotional free agent. “Zurdo” and his manager, David Suh (3 مدیریت نقطه – 3PM), were conducting a search for a new head trainer and the list included some of the top coaches in the country. Chua was a relatively unknown commodity outside of southern California who at that time was training fighters at the famed Wildcard Gym in Hollywood (مانند) under Hall of Fame Trainer Freddie Roach (he had also trained Chua when he was an amateur boxer from Indiana).

به 2018, Suh reached out to Chua to inquire if he’d be interested in training Ramirez, adding that he was also speaking with several other top names. در ابتدا, Ramirez really didn’t know who Chua was, at least, until they met at a coffee shop in Santa Monica to get to know each other. After that meeting, Ramirez gave Julian a chance to train him. The rest, البته, is part of modern-day boxing history.

“We clicked right away,” Chua added. “We learned things about each other and how we liked to train. I’ve always studied a lot and did some research about how he had been trained because I wanted to help him improve. I was getting four fighters ready in L.A. and ‘Zurdo’ couldn’t go there for sparring. I told him that I couldn’t leave these fighters to go and train him in Long Beach. We still wanted to work with each other and ‘Zurdo’ made it work. I went to Long Beach (where Ramirez trained at Hill Street Boxing & Fitness Gym) twice a week and he came to Wildcard three times.”

Chua made his debut at Ramirez’ new head trainer in 2019, when Ramirez moved up in weight to fight as a light heavyweight, stopping Tommy Karpency in four rounds. COVID-19 restrictions adversely affected Ramirez’ activity, but he learned and improved by continuing to work with Chua in the gym. “Zurdo” signed a promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions, gaining added exposure fighting on the DAZN, and he reeled off four more consecutive victories through the middle of 2022, after which he lost for the first time in his pro career to WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol (20-0), از طریق یک تصمیم 12-دور.

Ramirez decided that it was time to move up another division to cruiserweight because he was walking around at 200 پوند. اکتبر گذشته, Ramirez made his cruiserweight debut, albeit at a 193-pound catchweight, against former world light heavyweight champion and Bernard Hopkins conqueror Joe Smith, جونیور. (28-4). “Zurdo” won a unanimous 10-round decision to become the mandatory challenger for Goulamirian.

“’Zurdo’ is the first world champion I’ve ‘built’ but I’ve been brought in to work with some world champions on their weaknesses – Regis Prograis, Steph Fulton and Alycia Baumgardner,” Chua commented. “It’s a lot more difficult that way because you can’t really have an impact in only two or three months. I’ve been working with ‘Zurdo’ for five years and I’ve had it good. He has a lot of natural talent and has always been a smart fighter, but he picked ‘nuts-and-guts’ too often in his decision making. He didn’t need to get hit so much even though he has a great chin. He has such a beautiful style and he’s so intelligent.”

“He’s such a natural. Mexicans are uppercut kings. I noticed that, defensively, Arsen didn’t move his head or feet much. He was so wide that he was open up the middle for uppercuts, left or right, and that was our master plan. We worked on ‘Zurdo’ not throwing his uppercuts from too far away. He had been wide but, in this fight, he smothered his opponent inside. He did a lot of technical work and he’s always been a versatile fighter. I have him boxing more off his back foot. He could bully opponents with his size at 168, but he doesn’t have that same physical luxury to impose his size at cruiserweight. He’s using his boxing skills more.”

Chua admits he cherished Ramirez capturing the WBA crown, professionally as well as personally. And he also believes “Zurdo” can become the first Mexico-born heavyweight world champion, the same as he was as world super middleweight and cruiserweight champion.

“It meant the world to me,” Chua spoke about ‘Zurdo’ becoming the WBA Cruiserweight World Champion. “The expression on my face when they announced the scores showed how much it meant to me. I’m still fighting for my respect with fans and promoters, especially after the Bivol fight. ‘Zurdo’ is too slick. I believe in this guy! I can see him moving up to heavyweight, but I want to clean up some more things defensively. Sometimes he keeps his head too low, and I don’t want him testing his chin so much. Depending on who the heavyweight champion is when he’s ready, I believe he can be heavyweight champion of the world with his activity so slick and prioritizing his defense. We’re going to double down. As Abel Sanchez (Goulamirian’s trainer) said at the post-fight press conference, he didn’t think ‘Zurdo’ was so slick, offensively and defensively.”

Chua is preparing “Zurdo” to take on WBO Cruiserweight Chris Billam-Smith (20-1, 13 کوس) in a unification match on November 16هفتم in Riyadh, عربستان سعودی.

In addition to several mixed-martial-arts fighters, Chua is also the head trainer for pro boxers such as WBA world super flyweight challenger and WBA #6-rated John “Scrappy” Ramirez (13-1, 9 کوس), undefeated Hawaiian middleweight prospect Jordan “The Patriot” Panthen (9-0, 8 کوس), 2012 Ukrainian Olympian welterweight Taras Shelestyuk (19-0-1, 11 کوس), undefeated New York City welterweight Arnold Gonzalez (15-1, 7 کوس), Armenian super bantamweight Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan (21-5, 17 کوس), and former WBA Inter-Continental Champion “Supreme” Kareem Hackett (12-1, 6 کوس), of Toronto.

Catch the Chua experience, Julian is making a name for himself in boxing circles and drawing fighters to work with him at Brickhouse Boxing Club in North Hollywood, کالیفرنیا. The best is yet to come, اما, especially if “Zurdo” becomes world heavyweight champion in the not-too-distant future.
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Super Flyweight John “Scrappy” Ramirez Learned invaluable lessons from his world title loss and will be returning to the ring soon

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لس آنجلس (اکتبر 29, 2024) – Super flyweight contender John “Scrappy” Ramirez (13-1, 9 کوس) learned an invaluable lesson last June at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, when he lost for the first time as a professional to Fernando David Jimenez (16-1), از طریق یک اتفاق آرا تصمیم 12-دور, برای انجمن جهانی بوکس خالی (WBA) Super Flyweight title.

Unless your last name is Marciano, Mayweather, کلزاگه, Lopez or Ward, prizefighters generally don’t retire without a loss on their record. How a fighter responds to his or her first defeat is pivotal, because they either learn from the experience and improve, or go the opposite direction.

“Scrappy” Ramirez is coming back to the ring with a vengeance, as well as a new outlook for the South Los Angeles fighter.

“I learned I have what it takes to be world champion,"رامیرز گفت. “I took the loss and, instead of complaining, right after that fight I started to think about what had happened and why. I have the skills and I’m capable of being world champion, but I fought his (خیمنز) جنگ. My next fight I won’t be fighting on emotion, I’ll be using my brain. I need to use my brain, not my heart. It was a good fight and entertaining, but it wasn’t my night. شخصا, I gained confidence, as crazy as that may sound in a loss. I know I belong here.”

“I want to fix what went wrong. I have high expectations and so do my fans because they see my talent. I’ve only been fighting eight years. I get mad sometimes because I haven’t mastered my craft, but it takes time. I have to keep going and embrace my training.”

For the first time in his relatively short pro career – he made his debut December 18, 2020 – the WBA No. 6 rated Ramirez will be training for the first time after a loss at Brickhouse Boxing Club in North Hollywood, کالیفرنیا.

“I’m not training as hard every day because I’m taking better care of my body,رامیرز توضیح داد. “I’ve come up with some new things by studying old-school fighters like Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns. I’m fine-tuning my skills. I made a mistake fighting with my heart instead of my head. No drastic changes in my training, گرچه. I’m working on throwing more counters. I’m a big 115-pounder who just walked down my opponent. I’m going to use my jab – I have a good one – and my feet instead of sitting in the pocket and catching everything.

“It’s all part of the process. I’m not happy it (the loss) اتفاق افتاده. I lost my first world title fight and in my second I’ll be the winner and show everybody the type of character I have as a man. I’ll take the next opportunity to show my growth”

According to the 28-year-old Ramirez, the plan is for him to have two more fights, hopefully one by the end of this year, before he’s in another world title fight, preferably against Jimenez, assuming he still has the strap.

“I want a rematch with this guy (خیمنز), partly because he has the belt, but to prove to myself I can beat him,” Ramirez admitted. “He did everything we saw on film: he came forward and didn’t tire. No surprises. I need to fight my fight, not his, to prove myself to the world. ‘Scrappy’ needs to fight his fight!

“I’ve reflected on that fight, and I was capable of beating him. He has a big amateur pedigree, so it was a confidence builder for me in defeat.”

In retrospect, everything may have happened too fast for “Scrappy,” who has only been fighting eight years, including a brief stint as an amateur, and then he was moved quickly in the pro ranks, even fighting several times during the COVID pandemic. Before you knew it, he was headlining shows and found himself in the enviable position as undefeated WBA mandatory contender.

“Everything really happened so fast,” Ramirez concluded, “but I now know that it takes a long time to master my craft. I’m enjoying this process and I’m happy right now. I got used to things happening fast for me. I’m trusting the process. I chose this life.

“I’m not running away from this situation, and I’ll handle it the next time I fight for the world title. I can’t blame anybody for what happened, because once I step into the ring, it’s just me and my opponent. I screwed up but the next world title shot I’ll get it right.”

“Scrappy” Ramirez is a charter member of 3 مدیریت نقطه (3 PM), which has a growing stable of gifted boxers including WBA Cruiserweight World Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (46-1, 30 کوس), WBA بدون. 6-rated super middleweight Darius “DFG” Fulgham (12-0, 10 کوس), and former WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight Champion Kareem “Supreme” Hackett (12-1, 6 کوس).

اطلاعات:

وب سایت: www.3pointmanagement.com

فیس بوک: /جان رامیرز

اینستاگرم: @3pointmanagement, @Scrappyboxing

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اسطوره شهر درون شهری لس آنجلس، قهرمان بی‌نقص وزن سبک وزن جان «اسکراپی» رامیرز در حال مبارزه در خانه برای اولین بار این شنبه

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لس آنجلس (مارس 17, 2022) - جان «اسکراپی» رامیرز، قهرمان بدون شکست لس آنجلس در وزن سبک وزن (8-0, 7 کوس) این شنبه به رینگ بازمی گردد (دریا. 19) به مصاف روبرتو "اسکورپیون" پوچتا (10-20-3, 10 کوس), مکزیک, در یک مسابقه 6 راندی روی کارت بلر کابز-الکسیس روشا (جایگزین Vergil Ortiz, جونیور-مایکل مکینسون), ژیلبرتو "زوردو" باررا باید از سالیوان باررا بگذرد تا عنوان قهرمانی سبک وزن جهان را بدست آورد..

کارت اصلی به صورت زنده در DAZN از مرکز USC Galen در لس آنجلس پخش خواهد شد; برای تماشای بازی Ramirez vs به صفحه YouTube Golden Boy بروید. پخش زنده پوچتا.

رامیرز یک اسطوره ورزش درون شهری لس آنجلس است. سفر او در شبکه‌ای آغاز شد, نه در یک حلقه, زمانی که او یکی از اعضای کلیدی تیم فوتبال لینکلن بود, نمایه شده در a 2015 مستند, «ESPN 60: لترمن.» این بازیکنان از بخش جنایی پر از مواد مخدر و اسلحه هالیوود بودند. رامیرز 5' 4 اینچی بود, 160-پوند در حال دویدن در تیمی که, شروع مسابقات پاپ وارنر, و به لینکلن های بالا پیش رفت, که در فوتبال موفقیتی را تجربه نکرده بود. لینکلن های 3 بار قهرمان لیگ شد, با حضور در نیمه نهایی پلی آف در سال آخر خود برجسته شد, که در نهایت "اسکراپی" را به یک جایگاه در تیم فوتبال کالج دره لس آنجلس رساند..

"محل برگزاری فقط پنج دقیقه با ماشین از خانه من فاصله دارد,رامیرز هیجان زده گفت. من به معنای واقعی کلمه هر روز با آن رانندگی می کنم. من در اطراف USC بزرگ شدم و در آنجا فوتبال بازی کردم. اکنون, من در درون شهری که در آن بزرگ شدم می جنگم. این خیلی دوپه! رویای من مبارزه در استیپلز سنتر است, که برای من فقط سه دقیقه رانندگی است. نزدیک تر می شوم.

"چیزهایی مانند این تصادفی اتفاق نمی افتد. در ماه مارس 18هفتم, من مهارت هایم را در مقابل مردمم به نمایش خواهم گذاشت. لس آنجلس شهر قهرمانان است, اما ما از زمان اسکار د لا هویا قهرمان بوکس جهان نداریم, که در شرق لس آنجلس بزرگ شد. هدف من قهرمان بعدی لس‌آنجلس است.»

 «خراشیده,که یکی از فعال ترین مبارزان در 2021 با هفت مبارزه, با موفقیت از فوتبال به بوکس منتقل شد, هر چند یک حرفه بوکس آماتور نسبتا کوتاه با تنها 25 مسابقات آماتور. او در مسابقات قهرمانی کشور Sugar Bert موفق به کسب افتخارات برتر شد, و همچنین در مسابقات منطقه ای Golden Gloves و SoCal.

آخرین بار در دسامبر دعوا کردم 18هفتم, یک هفته مرخصی گرفت, و بلافاصله به کمپ تمرینی در باشگاه بوکس بریک هاوس بازگشت (N. برای تلفن های موبایل),رامیرز 26 ساله افزود. "من در حال بهتر شدن هستم و این برای من فوق العاده هیجان انگیز است. من با مربی توانمند و آماده کننده ام بوده ام, در حال اجرا, و روی مهارت های خود در بوکس کار می کنم. تمرین من متوقف نشده است, با تمام قدرت پیش می رود.»

Pucheta فقط یک بار در داخل متوقف شده است 33 دعوا طرفدار, تماس در 2016 نوشته امانوئل ناوارته, سازمان جهانی بوکس فعلی (WBO) قهرمان سوپر وزن, که ورزش a 35-1 (29 کوس) رکورد حرفه ای.

"او آدم سرسختی است, حریف بادوام,ماریانو ناتالیو کاررا, "کسی که با چشم اندازهای خوب زیادی در رینگ بوده است. این یک فرصت عالی برای من است تا با تبدیل شدن به دومین نفری که او را ناک اوت می کند، اظهار نظر کنم.

سرعت و پیشرفت رامیرز این شنبه ادامه دارد, زمانی که یک بار دیگر "زمان خراب" خواهد بود, فقط این بار در خانه.

من می خواهم در اوج باشم و خواهم بود,” او نتیجه گرفت. "هر دعوا من را بالا می برد. هدف من نه بودن است. 1 در وزن من, و به دلیل تلاش و فداکاری که دارم به آنجا خواهم رسید."

اطلاعات:

وب سایت:  www.ZurdoPromotions.com

فیس بوک: /جان رامیرز

اینستاگرم: zurdoramirez, zurdopromotions, @Scrappyboxing

توییتر:  ZurdoPromotions, GilbertoZurdoRamirez

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Meet Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez protégé Undefeated bantamweight prospect John “Scrappy” Ramirez

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(L-R) – Arrion Jafari, گیلبرتو "Zurdo" رامیرز, David Suh, and John “Scrappy” Ramirez

لس آنجلس (ژانویه 12, 2022) – Undefeated bantamweight prospect John “Scrappy” Ramirez (8-0, 7 کوس), the second boxer signed to 3 مدیریت نقطه (3PM) که نیز مدیریت می کند 43-0 Gilberto “Zurdo” Promotions, was arguably the most active boxer in the United States in 2021 with seven professional fights, including three on high-profile platforms headlined by “Zurdo,” the former World Super Middleweight Champion, and today the top-ranked World light heavyweight contender.


“’Scrappy’ is a hard-working kid that I’ve known for a while now and it’s great to have him around,” Zurdo commented. ”He brings a larger-than-life personality, and his flare is often well-received. I believe if he continues to work hard and stays in the gym, آسمان حد است. We know he’s a true athlete and I would put him against anyone in the bantamweight division.”


“Scrappy” made his pro debut December 18, 2020, on a pay-per-view event promoted and headlined by “Zurdo.” Two fights later, “Scrappy” fought in his first scheduled 6-rounder, in addition to a slated 8-round bout in only his sixth pro fight.


“Scrappy” and “Zurdo” are not related, اما, they’re close and as the 25-year-old John explained, “With us it’s little bro and big bro. He may not be working my corner, usually because he’s fighting later on the same card, but I’m with him every day we’re training at Brickhouse (بوکس), and he’s always giving me tips and support. I live in downtown Los Angeles only a 15-minute drive from the gym in North Hollywood. It has it all and the real beauty of it is that it attracts fighters to spar and train with, especially when fighters are there for their training camp. We just had ‘Zurdo,’ David Benavidez, and 4-time world champion Brian Viloria, who is there as a trainer, for our last fight.


‘I feel good knowing I was the second fighter signed by 3 مدیریت نقطه. اکنون, we have other fighters in our stable and that brings more competition. I want to be the best and, even though we’re on the same team, I want to go out there and do what it takes to be the best fighter I can be. I’m with ‘Zurdo” every day I’m in the gym and I watch him. He makes everything look easy, effortless, and that’s beautiful. He put his trust in me and I want to show him it was a good decision. I take great pride in being the first fighter they signed.”’


Ramirez’ long, arduous journey to this point started on the gridiron not in a ring, زمانی که او یکی از اعضای کلیدی تیم فوتبال لینکلن بود, نمایه شده در a 2015 مستند, «ESPN 60: Letterman.” The players were from a crime-ridden part of Hollywood that was riddled with drugs and guns. رامیرز 5' 4 اینچی بود, 160-پوند در حال دویدن در تیمی که, شروع مسابقات پاپ وارنر, then advancing to Lincoln High, که در فوتبال موفقیتی را تجربه نکرده بود. لینکلن های 3 بار قهرمان لیگ شد, highlighted by semifinals playoff appearance in his senior year, eventually leading “Scrappy” to a roster spot Los Angeles Valley College’s football team.


Despite being warned he’d be red-shirted as a freshman, Ramirez played on the varsity as a true freshman but, after his first season, “Scrappy” wasn’t happy with his playing time nor the business side of college football. “Scrappy” soon found himself in what he described as a “dark place” for months, trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. He tried to enlist in all four military branches, but was rejected because, او گفت, due to all the tattoos on his body and their visual placements. یک روز, he heard a friend’s voice from the past saying, ‘Go to a gym.’ Despite having no experience in boxing, he walked into the famed Wild Card Gym to speak with Hall of Fame trainer, owner Freddie Roach, who told Ramirez training would be hard and that he’d need to start as an amateur boxer. His work ethic was admirable and because he was a gifted athlete, everything soon clicked, and he became a student of boxing. Ramirez had 25 مسابقات آماتور, capturing top honors in the Sugar Bert National Championships, و همچنین در مسابقات منطقه ای Golden Gloves و SoCal.


“I was on the right track,”رامیرز اضافه کرد. “Everything I learned in football from Coach Muskaki Matsumoto (Lincoln High) I applied in boxing like discipline. I trained hard every day and there was no wasted time.”


Ramirez moved to New York City because a boxing friend of his had a manager there willing to help “Scrappy” make his pro debut. متاسفانه, گرچه, the pandemic quarantine went into effect, canceling his scheduled pro debut only one week prior to its scheduled date. Ramirez stayed in Churchill Gym, sparring and training, still hopeful of making his pro debut in the Big Apple. He eventually returned to Los Angeles and several weeks before the inaugural Zurdo Promotions event in Galveston, وابسته به تکزاس, he received what is now a life-changing call from Zurdo’s manager, David Suh.
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“Before I went to New York City, I had talked to David about making my pro debut,”رامیرز اضافه کرد. “He remembered when I came back to LA and asked if I wanted to make my pro debut on December 18هفتم (2020). I believe everything happens for a reason. I had become friends with Julian Chua at Wild Card. He saw me working at the gym and liked my work ethic. He gave me pointers and told me that one day we’d be working together. Julian became Zurdo’s head trainer and now he’s mine, هم."


His impressive pro-debut performance – first-round KO — led to enticing “Scrappy” into signing a managerial contract with 3 مدیریت نقطه.


“Scrappy” says he’s an exciting, unique fighter from his ring walk to his outfit, as well as the way he fights. “I bring Bad Intentions into the ring," او افزود. “It’s fun! I’m a chess player who always plans ahead. I’m versatile and able to adapt in the ring, which is super important. I want to take your soul!"


“’Scrappy’ not only has the skills,” Chua added, “he has the charisma and showmanship it takes to be a real star in this sport. Don’t confuse confidence with arrogance. He takes his training with a world championship attitude.”


A self-proclaimed student of boxing, “Scrappy” has particular enjoyed watching and studying Hector Camacho, Edwin Valero, آدرین Broner, Canelo آلوارز, Gervonta دیویس, واسیل لوماچنکو, و, البته, "چپ" رامیرز.


“I am destined,” Ramirez concluded. “I’ve seen all this. I visualized, planned, and created these experiences before they happened. I was one of the most active fighters in the nation last year. هدف من برای 2022 is to stay busy, keep learning, and make statements. I’d like to have 6 more fights, get ranked, and bring home a championship belt. I will keep winning and give people a show.


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