Rafael Espinoza captured the WBO featherweight world title with a stunning upset win over Robeisy Ramirez.
Rafael Espinoza captured the WBO featherweight world title in dramatic circumstances when he upset brilliant Cuban Robeisy Ramirez. In their 12-round thriller Mexico's Espinoza rose from the canvas in the fifth round to put Ramirez down in the last to edge a close majority decision win. He makes his first defence of the title against Mexican rival Sergio Chirino Sanchez in Las Vegas, live on Sky Sports Action at 2am on Saturday morning.
' Ramirez returns to action the following weekend on the Teofimo Lopez undercard, also live on Sky Sports next Saturday. The first Ramirez-Espinoza fight was so good, Arum expects to make a second before the winner then moves on to featherweight title unifications.
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