John "Scrappy" Ramirez and David Jimenez will clash this Saturday, April 20th for the WBA interim super flyweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The WBA Championships Committee granted special permission to champion Kazuto Ioka to hold a unification fight against IBF champion Fernando Martinez. Ramirez, is the WBA mandatory challenger of the category and has the right to fight for the title, so he will fight for the interim title against Jimenez, a #5 ranked opponent approved by the committee. The boxers rated #2 through #4 have apparently been skipped over. The WBA also ordered that winner of the Ioka-Martinez unification bout "must face Ramirez in a period not to exceed 120 days after the unification bout takes place." Ramirez is undefeated in 13 fights, with 9 knockouts, while Jimenez has 15 wins, 1 loss and 11 knockouts.

 

From Los Angeles, Ramirez is an undefeated fighter who has shown quality in each of his fights and knocked out Ronal Batista in his most recent bout on October 21st. 

 

Jimenez is a strong and experienced fighter who comes in with three wins in a row after his loss to Artem Dalakian for a flyweight title in January 2023. The Costa Rican has adapted well to the new division and returns to the United States where he left a positive impression in 2022 when he defeated Ricardo Sandoval in a great fight.