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Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr: Fight date, ring walk time, how to watch, undercard

Partner Authors Updated: Nov 14 2024 17:16

The junior welterweight clash between Jose Ramirez and Arnold Barboza Jr will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

The fight is no longer a WBO eliminator and will now be a 10-round fight, rather than 12, after the governing body confirmed it was "not sanctioned" as an eliminator.

There will still be plenty of interest in the clash, with Barboza determined to prove that he is worth a future world-title shot.

Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr fight date

The Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr welterweight bout takes place on Saturday, November 16.

Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr time

Ring walks are expected to start at around 4 PM ET.

Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr venue

Ramirez vs. Barboza Jr takes place at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and is part of the ongoing Riyadh Season of boxing events.

How to watch Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr, live streaming

The Ramirez vs. Barboza Jr fight will be shown live on DAZN across the USA.

Jose Ramirez record

29-1-0 (18 KOs)

Ramirez steps into the ring against Barboza Jr with an impressive record of 29 wins, just one loss and zero draws, with 18 of his victories coming by way of knockout.

Ramirez's career has generally been on an upward trajectory and some of his highlight victories came over Mike Reed in 2017, Jose Zepeda and Maurice Hooker in 2019 and Viktor Postol in 2020.

The California-born star's only defeat came in May 2021 when he lost to Scottish fighter Josh Taylor, giving up his WBC and WBO light welterweight titles in the process.

However, he bounced back with wins over Jose Pedraza and Richard Commey and was last in action when defeating Rances Barthelemy by unanimous decision in April.

Arnold Barboza Jr record

30-0-0 (11 KOs)

Barboza Jr is unbeaten in his 30 pro fights, with 11 of his wins coming via knockout.

Barboza's reputation has been growing since he saw off Alex Saucedo in October 2020 to secure the then vacant WBO International light welterweight title.

He has since gone on to beat Antonio Moran, Danielito Zorrilla and Jose Pedraza before Xolisani Ndongeni was forced to retire in the eighth round of their clash in Las Vegas in January.

Barboza extended his brilliant unbeaten record in April when he overcame Sean McComb, winning by split decision in New York to retain his WBO Inter-Continental light welterweight title.

Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr full fight card

This fight is one of seven on a bill that is headlined by the Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez v Chris Billam-Smith showdown, as they do battle for the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles.

Other fights on the card include Oscar Collazo v Thammanoon Niyomtrong, for WBA Minimumweight title, and William Zepeda Segura v Tevin Farmer in a lightweight clash.

Oscar Duarte Juardo and Botirzhon Akhmedov meet in a Super lightweight fight, while the card begins with a Welterweight contest between Ziyad Almaayouf and Juan Garcia.