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"Scrappy" Ramirez Becomes The New WBA Continental
Americas Super Flyweight Titleholder
The first installment of Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN of
2023 featured a sold-out event at Fantasy Springs Resort
Casino with adrenaline-filled matches and round-the-clock
action. The event was broadcast live worldwide on DAZN. In
the main event attraction, NABA Super Flyweight Titleholder
John “Scrappy” Ramirez (11-0, 8 KOs) of Los Angeles
successfully attained the WBA Continental Americas Super
Flyweight Title in a 10-round match against Luis “Callado”
Padilla (15-4-2, 2 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico.
“This wasn’t a tough fight for me,” said “Scrappy” Ramirez.
“He wasn’t on my level. I made sure that the fight wasn’t
boring for the fans here and made it as entertaining as
possible. Even though I give myself a C for my performance
because I should have never gotten hit, I was willing to
take a gamble. I want the eliminator next.”
In a thrilling, back-and-forth, action-packed co-main event,
the Coachella Valley’s Manuel “Gucci” Flores (15-0, 11 KOs)
maintained his undefeated record in one of the toughest
fights of his career yet, successfully defeating via
split-decision Franklin “El Abuelo” Gonzalez of Los Teques,
Venezuela (25-2, 25 KOs). The eight-round bantamweight fight
was nonstop, the two rocking each other through various
points in the bout, Flores breaking through the stalemate in
the fifth round by sending Gonzalez to the mat. The judges
scored the bout 77-74, 75-76, 77-74.
“This was a really good experience,” said Manuel “Gucci”
Flores. “I’ve never gone a full eight-rounds before against
a tough opponent like Gonzalez. This was a great test for
me; I give myself a C-. I kept going to his head when his
body was there. He was using some dirty tactics like head
butting and such, but at the end I’m glad we were able to
get the victory.”
Katherine Lindenmuth (3-1) of Albuquerque, New Mexico
received a hard-fought, split-decision victory against
Lorraine Villalobos (5-5, 2 KOs) of Los Angeles. A six-round
minimumweight fight, Lindenmuth was consistent each round
with her punches and pressure. The judges saw it 56-58,
58-56, 55-59.
Making a phenomenal statement in his professional debut,
Grant Flores (1-0) dazzled the crowd with a stellar knockout
victory in front of a hometown, Coachella crowd. The fight
made it to 2:35 of the first-round of the scheduled
four-rounds in a super welterweight fight against Jorge
Lopez (0-2) of Queretaro, Mexico.
In a four-round bantamweight scrap, Stefani “Stefi” Cohen
(3-1-1, 1 KO) of Miami, Florida went the distance against
with Leanne Calderon (1-3-1) of Austin, Texas. Cohen and
Calderon had back and forth exchanges, Cohen getting the
best of Calderon in the second round sending her to the mat
after a flurry of punches. Cohen took home the unanimous
decision victory with scores of 38-37 from all three judges.
Opening the night and the DAZN broadcast with a four-round
heavyweight match, Zachary Spiller (3-0, 2 KOs) of Houston,
Texas defeated Kaleel Carter (3-4, 3 KOs) of Bellflower via
unanimous decision with scores of 39-37 from all three
judges.
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