The latest edition of WBA KO Drugs will take place in Benghazi, Libya on Friday, August 8 and will feature two marquee contests. <\/p>\n
The five-fight event, scheduled to take place at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium, will see Albert Ramirez<\/a> (21-0, 18 KOs) face Jerome Pampellone<\/a> (19-2, 12 KOs) in a WBA light heavyweight title eliminator. British-born New Zealand resident Pampellone rebounded after narrow 12-round majority, then split decision defeats during IBF eliminators by Malik Zinad and Conor Wallace in 2024 with a 1st-round stoppage win over Thailand’s Plaisakda Boonmalert on February 8. <\/p>\n Also set to appear is a meeting of unbeaten featherweights for the vacant WBA Interim strap as Mirco Cuello<\/a> (15-0, 12 KOs) and Sergio Rios<\/a> (19-0, 7 KOs) will do battle next month. <\/p>\n Argentina’s Cuello is ranked No. 8 at 126-pounds by The Ring and has pitched a trio of impressive wins stateside over the past two years in San Antonio and Las Vegas. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rios, by contrast, has exclusively boxed in his Mexico homeland and while they are agemates at 24, this matchup presents a significant step-up for the Sonora native. <\/p>\n Elsewhere, Olympic silver medalist Sofiane Oumiha<\/a> (6-0, 3 KOs) will look to progress his career against Francisco Fonseca<\/a> (36-4-2, 29 KOs) for a WBA regional lightweight title.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Josue Aguero (13-0, 7 KOs) and Diego Aleman (20-3-1, 14 KOs) will also fight for a WBA regional belt at featherweight.<\/p>\n Two-time Olympic champion Julio Cesar La Cruz (4-0, 4 KOs) had been slated to face American heavyweight veteran Bryant Jennings (25-4, 14 KOs), only for the Cuban to withdraw through injury. Jennings may still appear on the card against an opponent TBC.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The event will be promoted by Ajyalona Foundation in association with Carlos Tello, Paco Dami\u00e1n, Eye of The Tiger and Agon and will be televised on TYC.<\/p>\n The showpiece event will also feature special guests, including movie icon Sylvester Stallone as well as former heavyweight champions Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n Questions and\/or comments can be sent to Anson at elraincoat@live.co.uk and you can follow him on Twitter@AnsonWainwr1ght<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest edition of WBA KO Drugs will take place in Benghazi, Libya on Friday, August 8 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[10649,2560,10650,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-16215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-albert-ramirez","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-jerome-pampellone","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ramirez, The Ring’s No. 6-rated divisional contender at 175-pounds, scored a 2nd-round stoppage of 13-0 hopeful Michael Alan Flannery on June 5 in Montreal and stays active after doubling down on a desire to secure big fights and build his profile<\/a> with time ticking. <\/p>\n