By Craig Daly: Jose Ramirez says he’d be willing to still fight WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis for a 45-45 split with 10% going to the contest’s winner.
Apart from that, Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) says he wants to fight Teofimo Lopez or Arnold Barboza Jr next. Ramirez has two fights left on his Top Rank contract, and he wants to fight Teofimo and Barboza Jr before he moves up to 147.
It’s doubtful that Top Rank will let the vulnerable Teofimo walk the plank by fighting Ramirez because that’s a fight that Teo likely loses. Teofimo is looking like a head case right now, and he needs to get things together before fighting a quality guy like Ramirez.
He mentioned possibly signing with a new promotional company that is well-stocked with 147-pounders, which could mean that Ramirez might end up with Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] if he doesn’t re-sign with Top…
