Gilberto Ramirez vs Joe Smith Results, Card, Start Time

ByVipin Raghuwanshi
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Gilberto Ramirez and Joe Smith Jr. were set to collide in the main event on October 7, 2023, at The Chelse in Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV.

Both men were moving up from light heavyweight to cruiserweight with this bout(it was contracted at 193 lbs actually). The bout also served as WBA Cruiserweight title eliminator. Both men were coming off losses in world title bouts.

Ramirez was last in action to suffer his first-ever loss against Dmitry Bivol for WBA Light Heavyweight title. After that, he missed the weight for his fight against Gabe Rasado. Joe Smith Jr lost to Artur Beterbiev for unified light heavyweight titles. Who returned to winning ways here?

The action started at 6 PM ET with the prelims card. The main card started at 8 PM ET. Tune in below for the results.

RESULTS

Prelims

  • Erick Garcia Benitez defeated Daniel Luna via unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 39-37), 4 rounds, Lightweight Bout
  • Victor Toney defeated Jahyae Brown via majority decision(75-75, 77-75, 77-75), 8 rounds, Super Welterweight Bout
  • Tristan Kalkreuth defeated Aaron Casper via TKO at 3:00 of round 5, 8 rounds, Cruiserweight Bout

Main Card

  • Jose Luis Sanchez defeated Eric Tudor via unanimous decision(77-75, 78-74, 77-75), 8 rounds, Super Welterweight Bout
  • Darius Fulghum defeated Alan Campa via TKO at 2:58 of round 1, 8 rounds, Super Middleweight Bout
  • Bektemir Melikuziev defeated Alantez Fox via TKO at 2:44 of round 4, 10 rounds, Melikuziev’s WBA Intercontinental Super Middleweight Championship Bout
  • Main Event: Gilberto Zurdo Ramirez defeated Joe Smith Jr via unanimous decision(99-91, 99-91, 99-91), 10 rounds, WBA Cruiserweight Championship Eliminator Bout

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