{"id":499519,"date":"2026-03-28T05:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499519\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:15:08","slug":"albert-ramirez-vs-lerrone-richards-interim-title-fight-set-for-june-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499519\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert Ramirez vs Lerrone Richards interim title fight set for June 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badlefthook.com\/boxing-schedule\/112906\/how-to-watch-nick-ball-brandon-figueroa-albert-ramirez-christian-medina-redneck-brawlstreaming-tv-schedule-boxing-news-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">planned February date<\/a> fell through, WBA interim light heavyweight champion Albert Ramirez is once again scheduled to defend his belt against Lerrone Richards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As before, the bout will air on subscription service PunchingGrace.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Venezuela\u2019s Ramirez (22-0, 19 KO), a 2016 Olympian went 3-0 with three finishes in 2025, notably taking out Marko Calic and Jerome Pampellone along the way. Richards (19-1, 4 KO) has fought just once since a 2024 upset loss to Steed Woodall, beating 2-22-2 Dylan Courtney last September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This would mark the biggest win to date for Ramirez, but it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess whether it\u2019ll get him closer to a title shot. Dmitry Bivol still holds the full WBA title and the sanctioning body has shown little urgency in continuing to fulfill its old pledge to consolidate its titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cBeing a champion isn\u2019t just about fighting, it\u2019s also about knowing how to handle the moments when you can\u2019t. Not being able to step into the ring in February was difficult, but it now allows me to come back even stronger. On June 4, there\u2019s no more waiting. I am the champion, and I\u2019m coming to show it to everyone\u2014Richards first,\u201d said Albert Ramirez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI am delighted to be back fighting at world level. The cancellation of the fight was unfortunate, but I\u2019m glad it has been rescheduled and looking forward to the encounter. The date has changed, but the goal stays the same. Albert Ramirez is a top opponent, and I know what I bring to the table. It\u2019s two of the best in the world at 175 lb facing each other. The goal is about becoming interim champion and putting myself in position to becoming a WBA world champion at 175 lb,\u201d said Lerrone Richards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welterweight prospect Christopher Guerrero (16-0, 9 KO) faces unbeaten Dominican Samuel Jaime Rodriguez (12-0, 11 KO) in the lone complete undercard bout. Imam Khataev, Dzmitry Asanau, Wyatt Sanford, and Jhon Orobio highlight the rest, all facing TBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a planned February date fell through, WBA interim light heavyweight champion Albert Ramirez is once again scheduled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-499519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499519","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=499519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}