The Riyadh Season may have one other large occasion this weekend at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, dubbed Latino Night time, which can see Gilberto Ramirez unify his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) cruiserweight belt with WBO champion Chris Billam-Smith.
The Mexican will make the primary protection of his cruiserweight crown and needs to seize a brand new championship alongside the best way, however he is aware of he should work exhausting to get it.
The “Lefty” defeated Arsen Goulamirian final March 30 to win the black and gold crown and now he’ll journey to Arabia to place it on the road in an enormous battle of reserved prognoses.
Billam-Smith has been champion since Might 2023 when he defeated Lawrence Okolie to take the WBO belt and has since made two defenses in opposition to Mateusz Masternak and Richard Riakporhe.
All promotional actions for Latino Night time will happen this week, which can function fighters reminiscent of Oscar Duarte, William Zepeda, Oscar Collazo, amongst different Latin People seeing motion.
Ramirez has a file of 46 wins, 1 loss and 30 knockouts, whereas Billam-Smith has 29 wins, 1 loss and 13 knockouts.