ROBERTO RAMIREZ JR NAMED REFEREE FOR PARRENAS-CARMONA WBO SUPER FLYWEIGHT INTERIM TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 04 Jul 2015
World Boxing Organization president Francisco ?Paco? Valcarcel has named Roberto Ramirez Jr of Puerto Rico as referee for the super flyweight Interim title fight between No.1 ranked WBO Oriental super flyweight champion Warlito Parrenas of the Philippines and No, 2 ranked David Carmona of Mexico.
The Interim title fight will take place in Hermosillo, Mexico on Sunday, Manila Time.
The three judges appointed by president Valcarcel are Gerardo Martinez of Puerto Rico and Julio Alvarado and David Sigh both of Panama.
Martinez was a judge in the WBO super middleweight title fight between Arthur Abraham and Paul Smith which Abraham won by a comfortable twelve round unanimous decision last February 21.
Meantime, because of the postponement of the fight and prior commitments well-known promoter Tuto Zabala Jr told the New Standard/boxingmirror.com that he wouldn?t be able to attend the fights which are being promoted by Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions.
The 31 year old Parrenas who is ranked No. 1 in the world came face to face with the 24 year old Carmona for the first time during the pre-fight press conference of Zanfer Promotions and All Star Boxing and Sports Productions at the Multi-purpose center in Hermosillo, Mexico.
The lanky Filipino who has a record of 24-6 with 21 knockouts said he did not come on a holiday to Mexico and will leave the country as Interim champion and would be ready to face Japan?s champion Naoya Inoue within the 90 day period stipulated by the WBO.
Parrenas who said he was ?confident of victory and did not come on vacation to Mexican soil.? He added ? I will leave here as world champion? as he comes to the fight as No. 1 in the rankings and has a high percentage of knock outs.
Carmona who has a record of 19-2-4 with 8 knockouts was confident that his preparation and the support of the Mexican fans will help him be crowned on Saturday in Mexico.
He said "On this occasion I come with great preparation, my training camp was better than ever, I always wanted an opportunity like this, fight in Mexico for a world title and I will demonstrate what I'm capable of."
Carmona fought for the world title against Argentine veteran Omar Andres Narvaez and lost by a 7th round TKO in Buenos Aires on December 21, 2013 but claimed he was not given enough time to get into top form which is something that has not happened this time around.
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