Cinco de Mayo comes one month ahead of schedule with the Manny Pacquiao - Timothy Bradley welterweight title pay-per-view undercard, which will include four Hispanic contenders in three title battles; Co-advanced by Sauerland Event and Zapari Boxing Promotions, World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight champion "Lord" ARTHUR ABRAHAM of Berlin, Germany, will safeguard his reality title against undefeated WBO No. 1 super middleweight contender with the early show icon looks and obligatory challenger GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMIREZ of Mazatlan, Mexico, in the co-headliner The undercard will likewise highlight undefeated No. 1 WBO featherweight contender OSCAR VALDEZ of Nogales, Mexico, protecting his NABO featherweight title against previous International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight champion EVGENY GRADOVICH The pay-per-view broadcast will open with JOSE RAMIREZ of Avenal, Calif., taking a chance with his undefeated record and World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super lightweight title against prepared veteran. MANNY PEREZ of Denver, CO. Photographs by Mikey Williams.
These six warriors brag a joined record of 158-16-2 (96 KOs) - a triumphant rate of 90% - with a triumph by knockout proportion of 61%. Advanced by Top Rank;, in relationship with MP Promotions, the Pacquiao versus Bradley title occasion will occur on Saturday, April 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada It will be delivered and disseminated live by HBO Pay-Per-View® starting at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Remaining Tickets to Pacquiao versus Bradley are evaluated at $1,204, $804, $604, $404, $254 and $154, excluding relevant administration expenses To accuse by telephone of a noteworthy charge card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Battling in Las Vegas on the greatest phase of all of them is a blessing from heaven for me, and offering the spotlight to Manny Pacquiao, a genuine legend of the ring, makes this open door much sweeter," said Abraham "I have all the inspiration I require including the test of a youthful hungry contender in Gilberto Ramirez I regard Ramirez and consider him to be one of the hardest difficulties in my profession, yet I won't be denied a triumph in my U.S. breakout battle, and trust my experience will demonstrate a lot for him I guarantee to convey an incredible battle for the American fans, and with another effective guard of my title I will make ready for an awesome pay-per-view occasion and leave the fans shouting for additional!
"I am extremely glad to at last get my first chance to battle for a world title," said Gilberto Ramirez "I have worked hard to get to this point and will work much harder to win the big showdown on April 9 I am going up against an incredible champion and that is the reason I will set myself up like I never have for a battle." "I am upbeat to battle on April 9, I have a troublesome rival on that night yet the arrangement is to get a win and get myself nearer to that world title shot that I crave," said Valdez. "This will be an energizing incredible fight," said Gradovich "Oscar Valdez is a decent contender and I anticipate getting into the ring against him on such a major card with to Watch Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 Fight in the headliner on April 9." "I'm energized and regarded and feel honored for this open door for myself and my group on one of boxing's greatest stages," said Jose Ramirez "I will be prepared for the fans worldwide and I need thank to my administrator Rick Mirigian for completing it." "I am exceptionally energized for this open door from Top Rank. It's a blessing from heaven to have the capacity to showcase my capacities on such a primary stage," said Perez. "I guarantee boxing fans I will be 100% prepared for the matchup with Jose. I'm prepared to demonstrate the world who I am." "On April 9 we will be introducing three of the top warriors on the planet today captivating in critical sessions. Each of the three are of Mexican starting point and speak to the eventual fate of the game of boxing. "Jose Ramirez, a star from the Central Valley in California, will confine his initial 10-round session; He is enormously mainstream in the Central Valley territory and is a gigantic fascination at the door. Oscar Valdez, a two-time Mexican Olympian, is thought to be one of the finest contenders on the planet. He is in an intersection battle against previous best on the planet Evgeny Gradovich which will be a genuine test. "Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez, the No. 1 super middleweight contender on the planet, will battle against; long-lasting champion Arthur Abraham. Gilberto is on a journey to wind up the primary Mexican to win a big showdown in this weight division. "These three battles are all activity, supplementing the Pacquiao versus Bradley headliner which ought to additionally be a colossal fight," said Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.
Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs), of Berlin, Germany, is a three-time, two-division world champion. He caught the empty IBF middleweight world title in 2005 thumping out Kingsley Ikeke in the fifth round. He effectively guarded the title 11 times amid his four-year rule, which included triumphs over first class contenders Shannan Taylor, Kofi Jantuah, Edison Miranda and previous best on the planet Raul Marquez. Abraham abandoned the title in 2009 to climb to the super middleweight division. He deposed Robert Stieglitz in 2012 by means of a 12-round consistent choice to guarantee the WBO super middleweight title and completion Stieglitz's three-year reign. After losing the title in his second barrier, a 2013 rematch to Stieglitz, Abraham recovered the title in 2014, again winning a 12-round consistent choice over Stieglitz. Abraham has effectively shielded the title five times, including a 6th round TKO of Stieglitz a year ago. Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs), a two-fisted super middleweight destroying machine who hails from Mazatlan, Mexico, is the top world-appraised contender in the WBO and the World Boxing Association (WBA) and is world-evaluated No. 2 by the WBC. An outstanding youthful contender, Ramirez, 24, has won four of his last seven sessions by knockout. 2014 highlighted vocation best exhibitions which incorporated a NABF and NABO title triumph over Giovanni Lorenzo by means of fifth-round stoppage, a WBO International title knockout triumph over Junior Talipeau and an effective resistance of his NABF and WBO International titles, halting Fulgencio Zuniga in the eighth round. Last year he effectively guarded his titles through consistent choices over once-beaten Maxim Vlasov, division guardian Derek Edwards, who brags a KO triumph over best on the planet Badou Jack, and once-beaten Gevorg Khatchikian, who had scored knockouts in five of his last six triumphs.
Valdez (19-0, 16 KOs), who spoke to Mexico in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, was the principal Mexican warrior to fit the bill for two Olympic diversions and is viewed as one of the brilliant lights of the featherweight division and a top prospect in boxing. On the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao - Timothy Bradley 3 welterweight big showdown rematch in 2014, Valdez caught the NABF super featherweight junior title, thumping out Adrian Perez in the fourth round. Valdez effectively shielded that title twice in 2014, thumping out Noel Echevarria and Alberto Gonzalez in the 6th and seventh rounds, respectively. From Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Valdez, at age 25, Valdez comes back to the ring hoping to expand on the sterling year he had in 2015 where he won every one of the four of his battles - three by knockout. On April 11, he formed a third-round impacting of Jose Ramirez in Laredo, Texas. Valdez took after that with his live HBO debut, winning a prevailing 10-round consistent choice more than one-time world title challenger Ruben Tamayo on June 27 in Carson, Calif. He finished the year with knockout triumphs of main 10 contender and one-time world title challenger Chris Avalos and Ernes Sanchez on September 11 and December 12, respectively. The four contenders gloated a consolidated record of 91-19-5. He is presently the WBO's No. 1 world-evaluated featherweight contender.
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Gradovich (21-1-1, 9 KOs), a local of Igrim, Russia, battles out of Oxnard, Calif., under the tutelage Robert Garcia, the Boxing Writers Association of America 2012 Trainer of the Year. Known as "El Ruso Mexicano" (The Mexican Russian) for his fan-accommodating all-hostile style of battling, Gradovich caught the IBF featherweight title when he deposed shielding champion Billy Dib in 2013 through a split decision. The energizing battle was broadcast by ESPN2 which accumulated Gradovich armies of new fans. He effectively guarded his title four times amid his two-year rule, including a ninth-round stoppage of Dib in their rematch, before losing his title last May to Lee Selby by means of an eighth-round specialized choice because of a unintentional conflict of heads that created profound and ridiculous slash over Gradovich's correct eye which constrained an early stoppage of the fight. The scorecards to that point were supportive of the challenger who turned into the new world champion. Gradovich has ricocheted back since that baffling misfortune, winning 10-round choices over Aldimar Santos and Jesus Galicia.
