with that devastating left hook that
caved in maurice hooker and that is how
he became
a unified champion but it has been the
long layoff
13 months longest layoff of his career
as he tries to chase down postel now
across the ring
postel getting out of the way as ramirez
hoping to get him against those ropes
yeah it looks like well stall is getting
comfortable now you know he's found his
range with his jab
coming behind it with some combinations
about
15 seconds ago ramirez
looks a little bit bewildered at the
moment he's he's
looks a little bit uncomfortable he's
trying to be patient he's not moving his
head
too much right now but he needs to get
his jab working whether you throw the
jab to the head
i would prefer it down to the chest or
the body of boston
i think ramirez is just taking a
breather and i think he's trying to
bring
post off to him he wants postdoll to
open up
feel comfortable and get brave so he can
land a big shot
short chopping right hand and backs him
up with a jab of his own
i think the one thing that we don't talk
about often is
the chin you know ramirez has a a
granite chin i mean he's been hit by
some hard punchers
in his division and he ate him ate these
shots
and he came back with his own
and the jab is beautiful that long left
hand
but the right hand he wants to see
straight as an arrow
right down the middle against his former
charge jose ramirez who he won a world
championship
with ramirez now has robert garcia
in the corner with him this is fourth
fight with garcia of course robert
a lot that's relatable with jose sons of
mexican immigrant farm workers
bernardo you were listening in to robert
garcia
after that last round what can you tell
us
i asked him how do you get inside that
jab he said it's not going to be
easy because postal is being very
effective but i told robert
i mean i told jose you can't be at that
distance you've got to use your head
movement to get inside
and dig to the body and just moments ago
we saw him try to come over the top with
a right hand against that jab and then
he took the angle to the left and did
indeed dig to that body
yeah he's trying he's doing what he has
to do you know he took a little bit of a
round off
in the third round and he's picking up
the pace you know per
robert garcia's instructions but again i
said this in the beginning that victor
postal
historically the two guys that he lost
to terence crawford
and josh taylor they didn't have stellar
performances they took care of business
and they got the win but he's a very
difficult guy to make a statement
against
2016 was when crawford was able to
unify titles at 140 pounds
june of 2018 was when josh taylor had
the 12-round unanimous decision victory
against victor postal
let go
there's a right hand that's going to be
available as this fight continues
materialize for ramirez right over the
right
throw right over the jab of victor posto
you see it
starting to come back a little slower
than
earlier in the fight it's a tad bit
slower
i talked about the pressure that ramirez
is under tonight because
even though he's facing victor postal
and he has to focus on post off
josh taylor's watching and josh taylor
expects
ramirez to win tonight but he's also
looking for weaknesses he's looking for
holes in his game he's looking for
things that he can exploit
so that's why i mentioned that it's not
about jose ramirez just winning tonight
but how he wins josh taylor has a
mandatory title defense
coming up next month and then the plan
is if both of these men can get through
these title fights that they would meet
up
so that the sport can crown what would
be only its
second undisputed junior welterweight
champion
in the four belts era the first being
bud crawford there have only been four
men
in the agricultural central valley
he is an advocate for the little guy he
has talked often about being
pro-immigrant
and proud and it would mean the world to
him
as a mexican-american as the son of
immigrants
to be the first to become an undisputed
champion
with the four belts that is the goal
ramirez right now just giving too much
space
for posto stones having his way this is
where
marriage needs to to live he needs to
try to get in the inside and stay in the
inside and not allow bostol to extend
like that
with his punches with his jab especially
bernardo what are you hearing from
freddie roach
he's happy with the performance of
victor postal so far he says look
i know ramirez is going to start coming
but all we need to do is keep him at bay
with that jab
and continue to work the body to stay
within the plan
believe it or not fellas postal wants to
win this fight
but the reality is even if he looks good
and loses this fight
he lives to fight another day that in
and of itself
is somewhat of a victory for a 37 year
old
aging former champion in victor postal
he told us he sits here at 36 years old
but he feels that he has three good
years left in him
at least
well right now victor postol seems to me
that he's winning this fight at this
this
very moment
by controlling range not allowing
ramirez to get in close
he's fighting a really calculated fight
tonight
not sure he's winning but this is
definitely postal's
best round and you know one fighter's
been off for 13 months longest layoff
another fighter victor postal has been
off for 16 months
layoffs treat fighters differently
fighters respond differently
to layoffs so as the fight progresses i
want to see how the layoff
treated both guys
because that's when it shows up later in
the fight
nice little step out right there from
postal getting out and getting back out
of this range and
pretty sure that jab's gonna be coming
what ramirez needs to do he needs to try
he needs to try to cut off the ring on
pastel
cut the ring off dig down to the body
punch where he thinks he's going to move
to
set him up use faints change his rhythm
up a little bit
stop coming through the front door
trying to get into the side door
he's making it too easy for bestow to
hit him
and the fuck off of the pandemic when
the sport was off for three months and
now here's the ramp up that everybody
wanting to get back to action
and herring is set up if he can get past
a kendo if then a showdown with carl
frampton
round six here compubox right now has
victor postal with a 63-51
connect advantage and he has landed
32 of 112 jabs thrown
this is why i was unwilling to write
victor post all off
and the build up to this fight at the
beginning of the night because
you always got to leave room for a
fighter even if he's aging a former
champion
to fight like a champion once again he's
not winning this fight on my scorecard
but he's hanging in this fight and he's
slowly starting to pile up rounds the
last round
and in the first part of this round
dray you got to be kidding me you saying
that post oh is not winning this fight
right now are you kidding me
he's out he's clearly out boxing ramirez
he's hitler
uh ramirez morton jim you see my scores
all right
oh my goodness i will say this
i will say this the jab whenever you
have two
very smart air udite boxing minds here
who disagree on scoring it is often
because
of this kind of style one guy who wants
to be the aggressor and press
the other guy who wants the box behind a
long left hand
you can see it two different ways
joe i i respect him i respect him's
opinion but i'm gonna say this
i i was pleased and surprised with how
quickly ramirez came out
in the first four rounds in this fight i
expected him i expected postal
to you know win those early rounds and
ramirez to come on late
and they you know they switch positions
so ramirez was very very effective
in the first four rounds i mean postal
landed some jabs but
you know nothing to to win the first
four rounds of this fight
work to get out
three-punch combination from postal just
touching him what did ramirez land
what did uh ramirez land he threw more
punches he landed more punches and
and he's dictating the fight the last
two rounds this is the first
black the fourth round in the fifth
round are the only two rounds where i
started to tell myself
okay victor postal starting to settle
down and land some punches
other than that it was all jose ramirez
tried to come over the top with that
right hand
there it is halfway points
with the wbc a ramirez
centered on where the fight stands here
at the halfway mark
rather than actual fight strategy and
instructions
and you could hear the concern in the
voice of garcia
don't give away any more rounds you have
to win these rounds clearly right now
garcia's saying that because he knows
postal and he knows that he's the type
of fighter
especially at this stage in his career
where he will he'll be as
good as you allow him to be and you
don't want to give an old kg fighter
with a lot of experience
any extra confidence to feel like he not
only belongs
but that he can win the fight
i think he's being honest with this
fighter and he's telling them
what he's supposed to tell him to get
him going
to get his people going in this fight
you know you can see the intensity now
the temple has picked up for ramirez you
know he's looking to land more often now
he's not just sitting in front waiting
ramirez has to go down to the body of
postal he needs to take his attention
downstairs bring those hands down
keep posto still by hitting him to the
body
and then surprise him with something
over the top
again that right hand is available for
ramirez
short shot time left hand from the champ
now he's coming after him
it's a short left hand on the inside
from ramirez that gave him an
opportunity
one offensive search
and now a jab that's effective snapping
back the head
there it is again body shot test
sweeping across with that left hand
trying to get something going
trying to close the gap against postal
definitely got buzzed with that left
hook but overall i think he took the
shot pretty well
he took it well but the biggest punch of
the night so far
landed
sure was right hand came behind the jab
very entertaining
seventh round here in vegas
beautiful left hand right here from jose
ramirez just letting his hands go just
listening to robert garcia's great
instructions in the corner
you know if you let your hands go trust
me something's going to land
but that was a nice short left hook
right there underneath the chin of
coastal
poster was trying to get back and where
did his back hit
the ropes he had nowhere to go great job
closing the distance on posto
and ramirez landing that lethal shot
right there that caused damage
and wreaked havoc on victor postal
and then he chased him down mares was
able to land
13 power punches
and that is his high output of the night
those body shots right there is going to
set up something over the top
poster don't like that don't like the
punches downstairs oh and there's a left
hand right to the belt line
let's check in with bernardo ramirez has
now found his rhythm
freddy told me look i need him to sit
down on that one two more we
see that he's coming on we cannot allow
him to bully him into the ropes
so he's got to throw right up the middle
got to keep him honest
your postel you absolutely have to throw
that right hand
round eight unified world championship
on the line and there's another shot by
ramirez
as he hits the gas pedal again and then
postal
gets out to safety to the middle
those quick bursts from romero's they've
been effective
trust me any fighter in there that's
fighting ramirez you do not want to
motivate him
if he if he even sees that he hurts you
that's confidence building and he's
going to keep that motor coming
all night long
the scouting report for most eastern
european fighters not all but most
are great boxers traditional stance
not a lot of bend in the knees and just
good short
jabs that they don't telegraph they just
stick it out there
but they don't have an inside game
that's not how they were taught
ramirez needs to take this fight inside
as often as possible because
postal is crafty enough to make this
thing ugly like i've been saying
and to possibly sneak some shots in of
his own
that's why i like the way ramirez came
out in the first three or four rounds
because
he never gave post all even a a glimmer
of hope
to believe that he could win this fight
of course generally he wants to win it
but
it's it's another thing you know in
terms of what's going on on the inside
but then he started to allow post all to
have a little bit of confidence that's
why you see more energy more bounce from
post off
he believes that he could possibly win
this fight
things have clearly take us through that
left hand
well you see ramirez doing what ramirez
does he pulls forward
he pushes forward that wasn't you know
aesthetically pleasing but that's not
who jose ramirez is he's a grinder
and he'll he'll get inside by any means
necessary see
technically he fell over his feet he
missed the shot but then he landed
the fourth shot and landed the sixth
shot
that's just who he is he'll grind you
down and the question for me is
does he have enough left in the tank
with the layoff
to grind a guy like victor postal down
tonight a veteran a guy who knows how
the year freddie roach sending out
victor postal for
round number nine the former wbc
junior welterweight titleist who won the
belt back in 2015.
here he is five years later trying to
take
two belts away from the undefeated jose
ramirez
ramirez right now has a 96 to 91
connect advantage more effective when it
comes to the power punching clearly
we've seen that
on the inside he has thrown 195 power
punches landing
70.
now that up jab finding its target
bernardo what is robert garcia saying
now after a couple successful rounds
from the champ
he saw exactly that the last two rounds
were successful i want him to keep
pressuring
i wanted to connect that left hook work
that body but
postal is tough it's tough to get inside
he's very smart very cagey
so we just need to keep pressuring
you know you see ramirez he's throwing
one jab you know when he had success
it was when he used a double jab or came
with the one two one
he needs to throw more combinations if
he wants to get inside
good steady jab from victor postal you
see that jab that's taught
in that eastern european system is very
very difficult to deal with
because you know that's what i struggled
with with kovalev in our first fight
at least for the first few rounds was
that his jab always was in position
and it just traveled two to three inches
he never telegraphed it
and you'll find yourself thinking about
what you want to do
while the fighter with the good jab is
punching and he's just piling up points
and he's trying to line up her right
hand very difficult to deal with you see
ramirez deal with it better at certain
points and then you see with him
get hit with it so if i'm post all you
keep that jab going
stop watch your heads watch your heads
he needs to start coming with more right
hands and left hooks
and even body shots like you just saw
right right there off of the jab because
contrary to what tim bradley saying
victor postal is not winning this fight
right now
well it's been a couple of rounds since
i said that dre time
and let's get you up to speed 19-0
southpaw with the highest pedigree
the only knock on him as an amateur is
he wasn't shakur stevenson
the wbo had magdaleno ahead
of uh had him ahead of magdaleno and
number two until very recently
so yet another world title fight coming
your way from
the vegas bubble that will be october
10th
round 10 here of our championship fight
postal
and ramirez
when ramirez is disciplined he's doing
what he told us
that he would do he's coming behind the
jab then he lets his shots go
when he starts to get a little lazy or
get over anxious he leaves his feet
standing still and he starts to reach
and lean in to try to hit post on for
a fighter with with that kind of reach
and a fighter who knows how to use his
left hand
that's not a smart thing to do
all right now here clearly postol is
comfortable once again
ramirez not being real busy with his
offense and ooh but stall lander right
hand right there
good buzz ramirez that split second
when you saw ramirez freeze up that that
means he was buzzed
that is exactly what freddie roach has
been calling for
that right hand to come behind the jab a
nice
straight as an arrow right hand from
victor postal
typically if you can hit a fighter with
the with the left hand with the lead
hand flush
you can follow that up with the right
hand and you saw a post all just do that
moments ago
postal right now is boxing beautiful
right now
excellent boxing everything off his jab
good movement
and every now and then he'll turn over
that right hand on ramirez
the tough thing about the style of jose
ramirez is you respect it
you know you see the heart you see you
know just the conditioning
you see all the things the intangibles
and the tangibles the things we talked
about
all throughout the night but for him
every fight is going to be a tough fight
even fights that
you say he he dominates he still takes
punches
in order to get inside just based on his
style and the way he goes about his
craft
that starts to add up over time even
sparring sessions
you know ramirez has been sparring
virgil or teeth and
other guys that you know robert garcia's
told us about you gotta add up those
rounds too
trying to chase him down trying to cut
off the ring got spun around postel was
waiting
short left hand from ramirez
champion
we need
well in robert garcia corner you know
you hear the urgency
you're hearing the tension in his voice
he said we need these two rounds and i
believe
that ramirez needs these two rounds i
believe this fight is very very close
left hand to the body short right
uppercut on the inside
from the champ
123-118 connect advantage
for ramirez
jab output from postal he's landed 54
of 239
you know to me the jab is beautiful it's
a beautiful thing it sets up the offense
but the power
shots the power shots i believe is what
matters most
you know if you land him you know
vicious power shots on your opponent
more than just a jab i think you should
get more credibility well of course
power shots
effective punching clean effective
punching
and there's another thing you know
ramirez has been the boss he's been
dictating the pace all night
so you know judges like when guys
you know dictate the pace and come
forward and usually when guys dictate
the pace and come forward
typically they win these fights these
two tim you made my point for me and
that's what i was saying
you know a few rounds ago is that you
have you had copy box you have punches
throw
punches landed and then you have a story
of a fight the story of the fight for me
has been ramirez coming on and and
building up a league
post all getting comfortable you know
winning a few rounds
and then the last two or three rounds
have been they could have gone either
way their swing around so
to me that's the story of the fight is
overall jose ramirez has been in control
of this fight but post all has always
been dangerous
stop a little bit of loose tape around
that left wrist the post style there's
the one two that freddie roach and again
wants to see plenty of wow
and now they will handle that loose tape
that we noted
cut this up fast just if you're postal
you don't let the referee know
that you you have loose tape you just
had some momentum you just landed
two good right hands why would you stop
and look at the rep and say stop the
action i don't understand
he wanted the referee do his job
and by the way in this day and age of
comet protocols god bless marvin simonio
the assistant in the corner
who just cut the tape with his teeth
has done his whole life for the people
where he comes from for his family and
his opponents know that well
keep throwing shots punches in bunches
what can he offer here with his two
world championships
on the line 12th and final round
you know tessa posto is you know smart
like i think he is i think it's the
perfect time right now
he's landing in the right hand but if he
throws that right hand
underneath and surprised ramirez
could do some serious damage uppercut
you know i have ramirez up seven rounds
to four right now
but some of the rounds like i said nine
ten
those can be swing rounds you never know
how a judge is going to score
rounds that are close but one guy comes
on early and another guy closes the show
so the fight could be up for grabs and
post all has to fight that way
and so does ramirez let's see if ramirez
can get this 12th round to
a place where it's the volume and the
work rate that robert garcia wants to
see
as freddie roach's charge continues with
the jab
and the right hand behind it long
and consistent victor postal
and ramirez came out strong like i've
been saying all night he just seems that
he went flat and i don't
i don't know if that's victor postal i
don't know if that's
the long training camps over the last
you know
x amount of months with several
postponements and long you know just all
the rounds that he had as far
regardless of what the reason is it
happened and post all is taking
advantage of it tonight
had a couple good body shots in the mix
there moments ago of course a 13-month
layoff
and three training camps considering two
postponements
for this world title fight final minute
of the final round
wbc wbo belts on the line here
title defense for jose ramirez
so much still lies ahead if he can pull
out this win
wants the showdown to have an undisputed
champion
with josh taylor trying to give an angle
there and come back with the left hands
post alex boxing very well this round
he's countering
he's leading and he's making jose
ramirez pay for every mistake
that he makes and there's the one two
from postal and then touches him with
the left hand again
time to let loose time to listen to what
garcia said if you're ramirez
punches in bunches
there's the clap here's the stretch run
and now 20 of post stahls last
25 fights have gone the distance
terence crawford had a 12-round
unanimous decision
in a title unification bout against
postal
compared to tonight you know josh taylor
struggled a little bit but then he
figured it out the second half
and took over the fight this time around
with watching ramirez
ramirez started kind of early faded a
little bit towards the middle
picked it up on the back end you know he
was taking a lot of punches the 1-2
in particular straight down the middle
post stole and that was one
thing that freddie roach told us that
shot will be available because ramirez
stays right directly in front of you you
know
um ramirez also i thought that he could
have did a little bit more i think that
he could have been a little bit more
aggressive
you know robert garcia was calling for
more offense from him and he didn't
deliver that
you know he delivered in his spots and
he did very well but i wish he would
have done a little bit more
in this i thought jose ramirez had a
flat performance tonight he came out
really really sharp like i said the
first three or four rounds
which was surprising because i expected
him to come on late
postal looked a little gun-shy didn't
look like he wanted to commit and then
like you said timmy started to come on
in the midway through the fight and then
they exchanged rounds probably on
the last four to five rounds it could
have went either way some of those
rounds
solid performance from victor postal he
lives to fight another day regardless if
he wins or loses
and jose ramirez you know he's a guy
who's always in a tough fight
you know you look at his age and you and
you may say hey he's got another five to
seven years
you know left in his career that's not
always the case when you fight the way
that he does so you want to keep an eye
on that
i don't know if this was the layoff or
just the tough fight starting to add up
but it's definitely something you got to
keep an eye on
trey's card had it 115 113.
dray i just go back to so many of the
conversations we had recently including
one last night with jose ramirez about
post all being tricky using his range
and then and i referred to this earlier
tonight when i framed a question to you
of using the phrase this kind
ladies and gentlemen after 12 rounds
here inside the mgm grand
we go to the judge's scorecards for the
official decision
dave moretti has the bout 114
114 tim cheatham has the bout
115 113.
steve weisfeld has the bout 116
112 for your winner by majority decision
and still wbc wbo
junior welterweight champion of the
world
jose ramirez
and i think those scores detail exactly
what tim and dre were analyzing all
night long
it was that kind of fight moretti had it
a draw
cheetham weisfeld go the other way it's
a majority decision
survive and advance both belts
back on the shoulders of jose ramirez
a majority decision win
