Former WBO superweight Mexican champion Gilberto Ramirez plans to advance to the second heavyweight to challenge WBC boxing champion Ellonga Macab.
Ramirez said: "I'm willing to play against anybody, in the past I wanted to play against Bivor and it turned out he went the other way and he chose Avarez, which is really disappointing, but I'm very happy to see The Battle of Biwall and Avarez and this good opportunity will change his life." Now I'm going to move on, I'm not going to shy away from anyone, why not move up to the next heavyweight? Golden Boy Promotion mentioned Makabu to me, if he had the courage to accept my challenge, I would easily grab the WBC Gold Belt, although the weight is different, I am stronger than Makabu in terms of skill, speed, talent. ”
Maccabo, the African Congolese, has a professional record of 28 wins and 2 losses against Tony Bellu, a match that made Briton Bellu the WBC's second-heavyweight champion in Goodison Park in 2016. Makabu beat Michal Chessack in January 2020 to win the vacant WBC sub-heavyweight gold belt, which was abandoned by Ukrainian star Oreksand Usik and has successfully defended the title twice.