Heading into his January 20th fight with two-time Gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux from Cuba, WBA junior featherweight champion Rico Ramos is craving his underdog role. Completely comfortable with the fact that the accolades and polished skills of Rigondeaux have given him most of the headlines heading in, Ramos has enough reason to believe he will pull off the upset in his Showtime-televised affair. Ramos found himself in a deep hole in his last fight as he challenged then-titlist Akifumi Shimoda in Atlantic City on July 9th. Ramos was in a funk early and trailing clearly through six rounds but uncorked a viscous left hook in the seventh that sent his Japanese foe to the canvas and ended the fight.
Now a champion at just 24 years old, Ramos will likely be finding his share of doubters from this point forward but it?s something he is certainly relishing.
I caught up with the Carson, California native to get his take on why he feels he is a superior fighter to Rigondeaux, what is was like pulling victory from the jaws of defeat against Shimoda, his take on the February 4th Nonito Donaire-Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. bout, and more.
