Ramos set for showdown with Shimoda
Mark E. Ortega
Leave-it-in-the-ring.com
July 6, 2011
I don't usually like to inject myself
into a story of mine, but rules are meant to be broken.
I've seen fifteen of his nineteen
professional fights, nine of them in a ringside capacity. That has
been no coincidence.
When I first saw unbeaten super
bantamweight Rico Ramos turn pro just more than three years ago, I
knew I was watching something that had the potential to be very
special.
Even at twenty years old and against a
non descript opponent, I felt that Ramos had the tools necessary to
not only be a world champion, but a future pound-for-pound entrant.
Now set to contend for his first world
title as he meets WBA 122-pound champion Akifumi Shimoda this
Saturday in the opening televised bout of HBO Boxing After, my
predictions are at a point where they have a chance of coming true.