Gilberto Ramirez vs Chris Billam-Smith (Round 1)
That was a great round for Billam-Smith.
His punches were doing some damage to Ramirez.
He seemed to rock his opponent a few times in that round.
Ramirez is looking flat-footed in the ring.
That was a great round for Billam-Smith.
His punches were doing some damage to Ramirez.
He seemed to rock his opponent a few times in that round.
Ramirez is looking flat-footed in the ring.
This is the momennt we have all been waiting for.
Champion versus champion.
We can only have one unified winner at the end of this contest.
Now we move to the co-main event of the evening.
Ramirez comes into this fight as the heavy favourite.
However, Billam-Smith will certainly fancy his chances in this unification fight.
Barboza had to wait a long time for this fight.
He has come to Saudi Arabia and done the job.
It was a tight fight and if Ramirez had won the last round, we could have been looking at a draw.
However, this seems the right result, Barboza boxed well and dealt with the Ramirez game plan.
He also landed the most telling punches which played a major part in him getting this decision.
Barboza looks to end the fight strongly.
He lands a lot of punches and feels he has down enough to win this fight.
Ramirez still does not change his style but you have to question whether he landed enough telling punches.
Both fighters are still very much in this fight.
There is no need for a KO from either boxer as the only means to win, the card is very close.
Ramirez is trying to impose his own style right now.
He gets more clean jabs through the guard and into the face.
This one is too close to call.
This is going to be another tight one to call on the card.
Ramirez comes forward more, looking to force his opponent onto the ropes and into the corner.
He lands far more shots but towards the end of the round Barboza lands another clean hit.
The unofficial scorecard has a single point between the pair.
This may have been the game plan all along.
Barboza is looking to let his hands go far more now.
He catches Ramirez with an uppercut which he no doubt felt.
It brings Ramirez on the front foot more and the pair exchange blows for the remainder of the round.
Barboza starts to land a lot more punches.
His combos seem to be having effect and it is resulting in him landing a lot more head shots.
Ramirez sticks to his game plan but Barboza catches him with a heavy shot to the body.
Towards the end of the round, Barboza lands some really good punches and no doubt takes that round with ease.
Finally some telling punches are landed.
Ramirez catches Barboza with a full blooded right but he wears it well.
Later in the round Barboza lands a good right himself but neither boxer is showing any discomfort with the punches.
With the low guard of Barboza, Ramirez continues to get jabs through that are landing.
Neither fighter is really taking this fight to their opponent.
They seem to be going through the motions to their game plan.
Barboza is trying to stay away from the ropes and keep fighting in the middle of the ring.
He starts to throw some combos to back up his jab more.
Ramirez is continuing the keep the tempo going but his boxing style seems very predictable.
Barboza is just staying back and trying to box behind the jab.
You feel at some point he is going to have to go on the attack more as the card will be scored just on landed punches right now.
Ramirez continues to land plenty of body shots.
It is always his aim to wear his opponent down with them.
He catches Barboza with a shot to the top of the head and it stuns him somewhat and takes him out of his stride.
Barboza really needs to let his hands go more or with each round he is falling further behind on the card.
Ramirez starts on the front foot in the bout.
Barboza seems content to box on the backfoot, waiting for his chance to step inside.
There is plenty of bad blood between these two but neither boxer is allowing it to effect their approach to this one.
Towards the end of the roound, Barboza lands some great combos which could have him edging that round.
Now we head into the co-main event.
This one could really go either way, Barboza Jr is looking to maintain an unbeaten record in his professional career.
Victory for either fighter surely sets up a shot at the belt.
Despite there being lots of positivity in the Billam-Smith camp, it is Ramirez who is fancied for the win tonight.
Gilberto Ramirez by TKO, KO or Disqualification – 21/10
Gilberto Ramirez by Decision or Technical Decision – 13/10
Chris Billam-Smith by TKO, KO or Disqualification – 13/2
Chris Billam-Smith by Decision or Technical Decision – 100/30
Draw or Technical Draw – 16/1
All fight odds brought to you by Betway.
An interesting final round with both boxers having moments.
Farmer landed some big punches and was starting to boss the round but Zepeda worked his way back into it.
Both fighters let their hands go in the closing moments of the round.
This one is anyone's call on the card.
As the fighters go to their corner, you can see that Zepeda's corner want to see more from him in this fight.
He is landing the more punches but the majority are not clean hits.
That is what makes Farmer stand-out in this fight, he has landed the bigger blows.
However, he is flagging physically now that is for sure.
Zepeda has gret hand speed but needs to land them more.
The gas seems to be draining out of Farmer.
He is looking to get into the clinch more and more.
Farmer has got himself into a good position in this fight, if he can keep the levels up from previous rounds, he could cause an upset here.
Farmer is still looking to land those big blows.
That is the danger for Zepeda, if he walks onto one of those he could be in trouble like when he was sent to the canvas.
The longer the fight goes on, you fancy Zepeda to win if it goes the distance as Farmer seems to be tiring.
Zepeda came into thiis fight as one of the biggest favourites on tonight's card.
Farmer is really starting to upset the odds with his application and performance so far.
He does seem to be feeling the drain of these rounds now and Zepeda is working him with the body shots.
Farmer comes back into the round with the final punches thrown but that was a strong round from Zepeda.
He made his opponent look 34-years-old in that one.
A more even round with Zepeda working his way back into it after that knockdown in the previous round.
While Zepeda is throwing some good combos it is Farmer that is landing the cleaner shots right now.
Long way to go in the fight still but you have to feel that the American is leading this on the card.