![]() ![]() “At this level of competition, we’re supposed to perform under any circumstances,” he said. Ramirez said he’s willing to face Postol as long as he can have an eight-week training camp and everyone’s health can be assured. Ramirez, a relentless, pressure fighter, became a unified champion with a brutal sixth-round TKO of former WBO champ Maurice Hooker last July. That seems to be the first option for fight promoters trying to fulfill their television contracts. “It comes in handy when you’ve created these positive relationships.”ĮSPN and Top Rank may ask Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs) to help them by facing Postol (31-2, 12 KOs) in a location without a live audience. “I partner with people who have the same beliefs and principles that I do,” he said. He previously helped to get water laws changed in California to aid the agriculture industry and he is also active in immigration reform. This is not the first time Ramirez, the son of Mexican immigrants and former farm laborer, has worked on behalf of his community. “Hopefully, we can start distributing the boxes within 10 days.” “This was a quick 14-day movement to see what we could collect monetarily before purchasing the supplies,” he said. Ramirez is also seeking to distribute 10,000 face masks for the workers and their families. This week they will take whatever funds are generated and purchase the materials needed for the boxes. Ramirez spent last week partnering with a variety of community leaders and organizations committed to his cause. Each box will contain non-perishable food, water, cleaning supplies, vitamin supplements and educational material on how to stay safe during the pandemic. Ramirez, 27, plans to create about 1,000 boxes for distribution to those who work in the fields, packing houses, processing plants, dairies, animal farms, and other supporting industries. We want to make sure they have the proper things they need.” until late in the evening and by that time there’s nothing left in the stores, things like Lysol, disinfectant wipes, toilet paper and other essentials for the house. “I wanted to do something for those people who are doing their part by continuing to work in the fields and put food on the table for everyone in America,” said Ramirez, a native of the agriculture-rich Central Valley. In the meantime, Ramirez has turned his focus to aiding farmworkers in the Central Valley who are still working the fields during the pandemic and don’t have the time or means to get their basic supplies. There is talk of resuming professional boxing in a studio environment without a live audience and a Ramirez-Postol matchup would be at the top of the list. The bout was rescheduled for May 9 in Fresno, Calif., but is now postponed indefinitely as the virus spreads through America. But the earlier outbreak of the coronavirus there forced a postponement. Ramirez of Avenal, Calif., was originally scheduled to defend his WBC/WBO junior welterweight titles against Viktor Postol of Ukraine on Feb. ![]() Until then, the former Olympian and 140-pound boxing champion will continue with efforts to aid thousands of farmworkers near his hometown impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Jose Carlos Ramirez will be more than happy to defend his junior welterweight boxing titles once the threat of COVID-19 passes. ![]() Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic.
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