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Robeisy Ramírez is on the verge of recovering everything he had lost to ‘El Divino’ Espinoza, here we tell you the mistakes he should not make.
In December 2023 the Cuban Robeisy Ramirez He felt that his present and future were falling apart when Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza He took the WBO featherweight world title (126 pounds) from him. A year later, in December 2024, he could recover everything that seemed lost if he manages to triumph in the revenge this year. December 7 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Accustomed to success as an amateur with his two Olympic golds and reaching the top in professional boxing in 2023, The unexpected defeat against ‘El Divino’ Espinoza generated chaos that made the Cuban ‘Train’ rethink the pathcausing an internal boxing identity battle over how to chart the future.
However, here we present the mistakes that Robeisy must avoid if he wants to climb to the throne and elevate his career again.
Style change
Robeisy Ramirez seemed to have found that balance between spectacle and caution, breaking a little the stigma that Cuban boxers are not attractive to watch. And in that combination between the risk, the adrenaline, the screams of the public and the smell of chloroform, the name of the Cuban ‘Train’ echoed in boxing. However, he admitted that he wants to return to his Olympic roots and modified his fighting rhythm against Brandon León Benítez who, despite having knocked him out in seven rounds, saw another Robeisy; more from a distance, using every corner of the ring, moving his legs to be away from the opponent’s blow and exploiting his offense quickly by entering and leaving.
That style reminiscent of the Olympic Robeisy could be detrimental when looking for a world title. Recently, O’Shaquie Foster paid dearly for that decision and in the rematch against Robson Conceicao he had to fight him for the center of the ring, take more risks and stop being a reverse pugilist to go on the offensive, managing to recover his crown. And Espinoza is a fighter with a lot of initiative, with great assimilation and a high volume of blows, which means seeing a champion going forward and a challenger going backwards is not a good image for the judges.
Without oxygen you cannot climb Everest
Although the first fight was frank, open and risky, a breeding ground for spectacle, it was not the real reason for Robeisy’s defeat. The Cuban sent Espinoza to the canvas in the fifth round and if it had not been for the bell the fight would have ended at that momentHowever, Ramírez’s lack of drive due to fatigue and Espinoza’s great preparation to recover at the limit caused the fight to turn drastically in favor of the Mexican as the rounds progressed, until he delivered the knockout blow in the twelfth round, when he sent Robeisy to the canvas and thus defined the fight.
Some time later Robeisy confessed that problems outside his camp affected him and evenHe admitted that he should not have fought, but he thought that with that incomplete preparation it would be enough to achieve victory. against an anonymous opponent. So the lesson seems simple, without oxygen you cannot climb Everest, but another law of the street is also fulfilled: “in boxing you can beat the best and lose with the worst.”