Undefeated up-and-coming super flyweight prospect John “Scrappy” Ramirez (10-0, 8 KOs) got a lot of boxing fans’ attention last May with one of the best knockouts. Ramirez obtained the vacant NABA super flyweight title with the sensational victory. He defeated one-loss George Navarro in June last year, and then five months later, he beat Carlos Buitrago, the former mini-flyweight and light flyweight world title challenger, in his last outing. “I was ranked second in the [WBA] rankings, and we were trying to get a world title eliminator fight which took some time. If Ramirez defeats Padilla, he wants to fight Sirichai Thaiyen (64-4, 42 KOs), the resigning Asia Boxing Federation super flyweight champion, who is ranked third by the WBA for the world title eliminator.
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