The third-place finish by Ramirez and the Buccaneers earned them a spot at the CIF State Championships just about two weeks later, where Ramirez improved his time on the same course by 23 seconds. He also spars in camp with brilliant world champions such as Mikey Garcia and Vergil Ortiz and that higher calibre of training explains Ramírez’s serene confidence.Reuniting with those grounds and striding to conquer the 3.1-mile course that has tested virtually all of California’s best prep runners over the years struck something in Ramirez, who once poured every ounce of teenage effort to post a team-best time of 17 minutes, 30 seconds, pacing Avenal to a third-place finish at the meet in 2008, behind the famed McFarland High squad made famous by the Disney film starring Kevin Costner.
Ramírez is trained by the venerable Robert Garcia who brings a depth of knowledge and experience that Ben Davison, in Taylor’s corner, cannot match. He pointed out that his boxing skills have been underestimated and that he might surprise Taylor with his ring craft. Ramírez, however, made a calm observation to me when we spoke. Just don’t get in a war with José because he is strong and he’s going to keep coming. Prograis recently told me he expects Taylor to shade another tense fight against Ramírez: “Taylor’s a real good boxer and that’s how he beats Ramirez. Regis Prograis is ranked the world’s third-best fighter in this division and he lost a narrow decision to Taylor in an epic contest in London in October 2019. He might not be as skilful as Taylor but he is driven by a fierce resolve which he showed in July 2019 when he went into the Texan backyard of the undefeated Maurice Hooker and stopped him in the sixth round to add the WBO belt to his WBC title. Photograph: Jeff Holmes/PAīut, in the ring, Ramírez is immensely strong and durable. Josh Taylor: ‘I have dedicated my whole adult life to this moment. Ramírez is lauded for his social conscience and the work he does on behalf of his community in the Californian farmlands and in defending the rights of immigrants.
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The Mexican-American is two years younger and he has won all 26 fights of his professional career. At the age of 30, and with a 17-0 record, the Scot is in his prime. Taylor is an exceptional champion with hard-nosed grit to match his highly skilled boxing attributes. “I have dedicated my whole adult life to this moment,” Taylor said. Twelve rounds, or less, will decide the definitive champion. Taylor holds the IBF and WBA belts while Ramírez is the WBC and WBO champion. There is less money in the lighter divisions and more serious intent and so Saturday’s contest will be a powerful antidote to the depressingly familiar mess of boxing. All eyes on us.” Later that same day the lucrative bout was in ruins after a court ruling that Fury had to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time rather than face Joshua in August. On Monday morning the world heavyweight unification fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury was confirmed after the Gypsy King posted a message on social media saying: “This fight is 100% on… this is going to be the biggest sporting event ever to grace planet earth. This fight arrives at the end of a week when the shambles of boxing was laid bare yet again. But either Ramírez or Taylor will join Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk as men who can make the distinctive claim of being undisputed world champions in the four-belt era. Since then it has usually been impossible to establish the identity of the real world champion in each weight category.
The fragmentation of boxing escalated in 1988 when a fourth governing body, the WBO, came into existence alongside the more established WBA, WBC and IBF organisations. Even more powerfully, the winner of their junior-welterweight contest will join a select group of undisputed world champions. Unless the bout ends in a draw, one of the world champions will make history by becoming the first fighter from either a British or a Mexican-American background to hold all four major titles at the same time. “It’s a great, great fight for boxing, a real pure fight,” Josh Taylor said as anticipation intensified before he faces José Ramírez in a compelling world title unification bout in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
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