Former WBO super-middleweight king Gilberto Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) is aiming high.
Golden Boy Promotions’ new signing Ramirez is plotting to surpass Floyd Mayweather’s spotless 50-0 record and defeat fellow Mexican Canelo Alvarez as he attempts to reinvigorate a career which has lost momentum in recent times.
Southpaw Ramirez moved up to light-heavyweight in 2019, but is still searching for a career-defining fight despite reaching world champion status in April 2016 with a clearcut points win over veteran Arthur Abraham.
“I want to be world champion again, have all the titles, unify and in the long-term I want to be a legend. Overcoming Mayweather’s mark is the first record I want to have,” Ramirez told reporter Jocelin Flores of Diario RÉCORD.
“I want to have better fights, to fight for another title, to become champion again, to unify. That’s what I need. Boxing has given me great satisfaction and I want more.
“I think that opportunity [to box Canelo] is going to be given, that fight has to be given because the public is asking for that fight. We are two Mexicans, we are the ones who are right now in our best moments and people are asking for that fight.
“I think that in 2022 it can happen. I have more skills than him, I’m smart in the ring and I’m bigger than him. People want to see that type of fight and this is what boxing lacks since it has lost a lot of credibility, I think it would give both of us a lot of good press to fight together.”