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00:00 So here we go.
00:25 First title defense for Obese
00:27 Ramirez Joe Tessitore and Tim
00:28 Bradley on the call.
00:30 Mark Regal will be scoring the
00:31 ball.
00:31 Satoshi Shimizu at 37 years old
00:36 Tim his first shot at a world
00:39 title.
00:39 He turned pro at the age of 30
00:41 because he was a two time
00:42 Olympian.
00:43 And may I say this a curious
00:46 ring walk song coming out to
00:48 Aerosmith's love ballad I don't
00:49 want to miss a thing.
00:50 Interesting.
00:54 What does he have to do to not
00:58 miss Robasey Ramirez here.
00:59 Well he's going to stay long.
01:01 Use that height.
01:02 Use that reach like he's doing
01:05 now.
01:05 Stay on the outside.
01:06 Make things difficult for the
01:08 shorter fighters.
01:09 Robasey Ramirez.
01:10 Ramirez double jab in the left
01:13 hand just to find a little
01:15 something on the inside against
01:17 the five foot eleven.
01:18 Shimizu six inch height
01:22 advantage in this featherweight
01:24 title fight.
01:26 For the 11th federal coming
01:30 already you see the nice little
01:31 bounce right there from Shimizu
01:33 bouncing up and down.
01:35 Just look for Robasey to take
01:36 advantage of that right now.
01:38 What he's doing is he's at level
01:39 change.
01:40 Look at the level change.
01:41 What he's doing is he's dropping
01:45 his level and he's just looking
01:46 to see how Shimizu how he
01:49 responds.
01:54 Shimizu coming with a one two
02:00 falls well short.
02:01 To the jacks.
02:03 That long range.
02:05 Ramirez of course coming off the
02:10 April 1st championship victory
02:13 when he defeated Isaac Dogbay.
02:15 That was in Tulsa Oklahoma.
02:16 For a 12th round knockdown.
02:18 Started with an uppercut against
02:20 the former junior featherweight
02:22 world champion Dogbay.
02:23 Solid left hand trying to wrap
02:28 around the guard from Robasey
02:29 Ramirez.
02:30 Will have a lot of opportunities
02:32 to land a test because Shimizu
02:34 puts up those earmuffs gets in
02:38 that high guard.
02:39 Lot of exposure to the ribs down
02:41 to the body and around the guard
02:43 and underneath with the uppercut.
02:44 Up jab.
02:45 From Ramirez.
02:48 Shimizu got a tight guard.
02:51 You know Robasey is going to
02:52 have to go through the guard
02:54 split it or come around the
02:55 guard.
02:55 Good body shot.
02:56 Great body shot downstairs.
02:58 Shimizu doing a good job in
03:00 pushing Robasey back but he got
03:02 to be careful.
03:02 Robasey is a prolific fighter.
03:06 He's got a lot of power.
03:07 He's got a lot of power.
03:08 He's got a lot of power.
03:09 He's got a lot of power.
03:09 He's got a lot of power.
03:09 He's got a lot of power.
03:09 He's got a lot of power.
03:10 He's got a lot of power.
03:10 He's got a lot of power.
03:10 He's got a lot of power.
03:10 He's got a lot of power.
03:10 - You gotta be careful.
03:12 Robesi's a prolific counterpuncher.
03:15 - As you just saw with that left uppercut, Timmy.
03:19 - So you see most of the Cubans,
03:24 they move around and use their legs.
03:25 Not Robesi.
03:27 Robesi's looking to sit down on every single shot.
03:30 - Ismail Salas, his trainer since his second pro fight,
03:34 has been forging him into a far more defined pro style.
03:38 You see it there, three punch combination.
03:40 Followed him with that right hand to close out
03:43 a decent first round for Robesi Ramirez.
03:46 - Sharp jab right there from Shimizu.
04:03 Just grazing Ramirez on the way out.
04:09 But that's the uppercut right there.
04:12 You see the high guard, you see the tuck,
04:14 you see the lean forward,
04:15 and you see the uppercut finding a home.
04:19 - Able to dip to the right
04:21 and land that body punch as well.
04:24 - That's what happens when fighters stand in front,
04:28 especially tall fighters with low frame.
04:30 In that high guard, there's a lot of exposure
04:33 around the sides and up the middle.
04:35 - So success with the body shot,
04:37 success with the uppercut.
04:40 - Two of 15 power punches landed by Robesi Ramirez
04:44 in round number one.
04:45 He was 18 of 49 in his connects overall,
04:49 an 18 to five connect advantage
04:52 against the challenger, Shimizu.
04:54 Back to work to start this second round.
04:58 Right in the middle of the ring.
05:00 Comes over the top with that backhand,
05:02 wraps around with the right hand, an up jab as well.
05:07 So Ramirez is looking to power through that high guard.
05:11 Don't look like much.
05:15 - There's that uppercut again, Jimmy.
05:17 - There it is.
05:19 See, when you start punching that guard,
05:21 you know the guard's gonna start moving the sides.
05:23 Little openings will create themselves,
05:25 or will appear, and you see Ramirez
05:28 taking advantage of those openings with those power shots.
05:31 - See Shimizu affected by the feints
05:33 as well as Ramirez is finding openings here
05:37 early on in round number two.
05:39 - But Shimizu's game.
05:41 He's standing there, he's tucking, he's covering,
05:43 and he's trying to come back.
05:45 - He's looking for that long range left hand
05:47 now on the inside as Ramirez goes to the body.
05:51 - Shimizu is--
05:58 - He takes that left hand again to the body.
05:59 - But he's gotten away from his jab.
06:00 Shimizu was doing well when he was using his jab.
06:02 He has to give Ramirez somethings to look at
06:05 before he throws this backhand.
06:07 - Long rangey southpaw.
06:09 There he puts it out there
06:12 and places the left hand behind it,
06:14 but that high guard for Ramirez, defensively sound.
06:17 - Yeah, but he's keeping him at bay.
06:19 See, he has a long reach, he's keeping that bay.
06:21 Using the jab and the straight shots out at distance.
06:25 - He's got a long range.
06:26 - He's got a long range.
06:27 - He's got a long range.
06:28 - He's got a long range.
06:29 - He's got a long range.
06:30 - He's got a long range.
06:31 - He's got a long range.
06:32 - He's got a long range.
06:33 - He's got a long range.
06:34 - He's got a long range.
06:35 - He's got a long range.
06:36 - He's got a long range.
06:37 - He's got a long range.
06:38 - He's got a long range.
06:39 - He's got a long range.
06:40 - He's got a long range.
06:41 - He's got a long range.
06:42 - He's got a long range.
06:43 - He's got a long range.
06:44 - He's got a long range.
06:45 - He's got a long range.
06:46 - He's got a long range.
06:47 - The jabs are available for both guys.
06:53 The backhands have to be set up.
06:56 Good jabs right there from Shimizu.
06:58 - Tried to come with that backhand well off the mark as it fell forward.
07:03 - Yeah, it's just keeping Ramirez at bay.
07:10 - Lead hook from Robesian, then he goes to the body with it as well.
07:13 - Power punch advantage.
07:16 Body shots to this point, coffee box tallies in at six.
07:21 - So Robesian, what he did was he just waited.
07:27 He saw the jab coming at the same speed.
07:28 He saw it three times and then he waited for that fourth one encounter with his hook.
07:37 - Good work with that lead right hand from Robesian Ramirez, the WBO featherweight titlist.
08:01 - Some good action this round there.
08:02 An outside slip, beautiful counter.
08:05 Like I said, the jab is available from this stance or two southpaws, but you have to set
08:12 up your backhand and you saw that slip, that beautiful slip outside from Robesian Ramirez.
08:19 And then you see the subtle level change right there from him in a leaping left or right
08:24 hook, I should say, by Robesian.
08:33 See that level change is what forced Shimizu backwards and got him out of position so that
08:40 right hook comes.
08:41 - Round number three, WBO featherweight title on the line.
08:46 Ramirez won that title in his 13th pro bout.
08:51 So tied it with Shakur Stevenson in terms of second fewest fights required to win a
08:59 featherweight championship.
09:00 Vasily Lomachenko did it in three, but 13 for Ramirez and Shakur Stevenson.
09:06 Shimizu with those hands down, coming off the hip with that jab, sends the left hand
09:24 behind it, probes to the body with it.
09:27 - This is normal for Ramirez.
09:29 Comes over the top with that right hand.
09:32 - Ramirez, he resorts to the high guard as well.
09:35 He'll block shots, he'll let shots hit, he'll deflect shots off his gloves, off his arms,
09:39 and he'll look for the right opportunity to counter.
09:42 He'll allow his guys to get comfortable, he'll allow them to open themselves up so that way
09:47 he can set them up for a big counter shot over the top.
09:52 - There's a left hand as he goes to the head of Shimizu.
10:03 Warning from Ramon Pena.
10:14 - Basie easily blocking this work from Shimizu.
10:26 And then on the inside, short left overhand.
10:31 - Shimizu, although he's tall, he can fight a little bit in the inside.
10:35 The uppercuts are something that Basie has to worry about.
10:40 - He does well, shorting up his shots in the inside as well.
10:50 - Basie just missing with that left uppercut.
10:54 There's a backhand powerhand from Shimizu.
10:57 Watch that left foot of Shimizu as he falls in at times, Timmy.
11:01 - All balanced.
11:02 - Totally off balance.
11:04 Now back to the inside.
11:07 - Nice little nudge right there, nice push.
11:09 - Just creates some separation.
11:10 - Separation just so he can land something.
11:11 Plus he's putting pressure on the legs of Shimizu.
11:12 - Left hand to the body.
11:13 Two punch combination upstairs from Ramirez.
11:14 One-two from Shimizu.
11:15 Lunging right hook from Robesie Ramirez.
11:38 - Ramirez is way in with the right hook again.
11:40 Coming to the end of three in this title fight from Tokyo, Japan as we continue to work our
11:46 way towards Stephen Fulton, the unified champion, Philadelphia's own undefeated world titleist
11:53 taking on the monster Naoya Inoue.
11:58 - It's funny, Robesie Ramirez is the smaller opponent, but he's landing more of the uppercuts.
12:03 Usually the taller opponent is the one that lands the uppercut on the shorter opponent.
12:08 But what he's doing is, Shimizu is leaning forward in that high guard, leaving an opening
12:14 lane for the uppercut, splitting the guard with the uppercut.
12:18 Robesie Ramirez has a high IQ.
12:20 He recognizes that and he's throwing the effective punch at the right time.
12:27 - Total punches as it stands right now.
12:29 We saw the body work show up right away in round number one.
12:32 He has landed eight body connects as the champion, Robesie Ramirez.
12:38 - It's not enough, Tess.
12:40 That's not enough.
12:41 You know, when you're facing a taller fighter, you want to bring them down.
12:46 It's like chopping a tree.
12:47 You want to attack his body.
12:48 If you attack his body, you start weakening him.
12:51 You start draining his energy.
12:53 - It's a long available target against a five foot 11 featherweight.
12:57 You did see though the connect percentage for Shimizu as he's really struggling to
13:02 land.
13:03 He has only landed 12% of his total punches.
13:06 That has been a common trend recently with Robesie Ramirez as he worked his way towards
13:11 a world title as his opponents in the last three fights are only landing 6.9 punches
13:16 per round.
13:17 He's been very comfortable right in the kitchen on the inside landing those uppercuts.
13:21 He's been sitting down on his punches, showing power as early on, Robesie Ramirez in control
13:28 against the challenger.
13:29 - Upper right hand corner, you see the clock counting down to the approximate start of
13:36 Stephen Fulton versus Naoya Inoue.
13:39 So glad that you're joining us on this early Tuesday morning.
13:45 Prime time Tuesday night in Tokyo, Japan where Inoue is an absolute TV and media darling
13:52 and they put him on in prime time there.
13:54 So breakfast with the monster and we will see if Stephen Fulton, Cool Boy Steph, can
14:00 retain his titles and come up with the signature win of his career.
14:11 - Although Robesie is having his way, he's not deterring Shimizu.
14:16 Shimizu is coming forward, still being aggressive.
14:22 - It's a good assault right here from Shimizu.
14:32 - Letting his hands go as Ramirez remains patient in the pocket with that high guard,
14:37 see if it creates a countering opportunity for him.
14:41 - That's a right uppercut from Shimizu and there is Ramirez immediately back on the attack
14:48 as Shimizu is covering up and takes a few head shots as Ramirez is able to split the
14:54 guard here in the final minute of round number four.
14:58 - Now Ramirez has to recharge.
15:05 Right now it's a battle of energy right now by both fighters.
15:16 Shimizu threw a flurry of combinations, was a bit gassed.
15:21 Ramirez came on, threw his flurry of combinations and now Shimizu said, "No, you're not going
15:26 to rest.
15:27 I'm going to continue to put the pressure on you."
15:35 Managing energy is a part of boxing.
15:38 You have to manage your energy.
15:40 That's what you're seeing from both guys now.
15:43 - And a four from Tokyo.
15:49 What a night in Japan.
15:51 Kariaki Arena packed with 15,000 as the anticipation grows for the locals to see one of the most
15:58 popular sports figures in the country now in a way going up against the unified champion
16:04 Steven Fulton.
16:05 Mark Creagle, how do you have Ramirez and Shimizu through four?
16:09 - Four rounds to none.
16:11 Robesi, Ramirez, he's landed all the significant punches.
16:16 This is a completely different fighter than we saw debut a few years ago in Philadelphia.
16:22 My one question, Tim, why is he always punching up when he could just go to the body and bring
16:28 him down?
16:29 - He's a headhunter.
16:31 He likes to headhunt.
16:32 The backhand.
16:33 That's just it.
16:34 That's how you train.
16:35 If he's fighting a taller opponent, it should have been automatic.
16:36 Solid should have told him to attack the body so those hands would drop.
16:46 They would fall by the wayside and open up the head.
16:50 - And he headhunts right away with a lunging right hook does the Southpaw world champion
16:54 open up round number five.
16:55 And that headhunting has created the wow moments in his career over the course of the past
17:00 year and a half.
17:01 The spectacular one punch knockout at Madison Square Garden to defeat the previously undefeated
17:07 Abraham Nova.
17:08 And then what we saw to close out the championship effort this past April 1st when he scored
17:13 the knockdown late against Isaac Dongbae.
17:17 - See what you're seeing is Shimizu.
17:21 Shimizu you're seeing the consistency.
17:25 - Oh, Ramirez!
17:27 The left uppercut scores the knockdown here at round five.
17:35 Look at the blood pouring from Shimizu.
17:38 He is damaged and still two minutes to work for the champ.
17:44 As Ramirez sitting down on his punches right in the pocket doing damage and it is over.
17:50 It is over.
17:51 - Ramirez goes to Tokyo and defends his world championship with a fifth round TKO.
18:01 He came out headhunting.
18:03 He got to him with the uppercut and he closed the show with power punches as he has been
18:09 doing on this street.
18:12 Wow.
18:13 - My goodness.
18:18 - He gets better and better.
18:20 Sharper and sharper.
18:24 - Keep in mind a fighter who came out as a gold medalist, a two-time Olympic gold medalist
18:30 who had to fight for his freedom and risk his life and then shockingly lost his pro
18:36 debut.
18:37 Lost to a journeyman.
18:39 Well, Henry Armstrong lost his pro debut.
18:42 Bernard Hopkins lost his pro debut.
18:44 Juan Manuel Marquez lost his pro debut.
18:47 Things can turn out pretty well if you put your head down and you got this level of talent.
18:53 - Resiliency.
18:54 That's what it's about.
18:55 Stand resilient even when things go wrong.
18:57 You know, you find a way.
18:59 You can come back.
19:01 You can do things like this with this young man is doing.
19:04 Ramirez, he's so strategic inside the ring.
19:08 It's like he understands when he needs to pour it on.
19:13 Shimizu was coming on, coming on strong, was exerting a lot of energy, and Ramirez decides
19:20 when he decides to throw his combinations.
19:23 They're lethal.
19:24 They're precise.
19:25 They're so accurate.
19:26 And it was just too much for Shimizu.
19:30 - Mark Riggle, your takeaway with what we saw out of Robesie Ramirez.
19:34 - You mentioned all these great fighters who lost their pro debut.
19:37 - Ladies and gentlemen, we have the time of 1 minute 8 seconds.
19:42 Round number 5, a referee in charge, Ramon Peña, stops the contest.
19:49 He is the winner by way of technical knockout and still the WBO featherweight champion of
19:56 the world, El Rey, Robesie Ramirez.
20:08 - Joe picked that up.
20:10 You mentioned these great fighters who lost their pro debut.
20:14 What I haven't seen is anyone with this kind of arc to his career, the wild eyes.