World Boxing Council super lightweight champion, José Carlos Ramírez, and former champion Viktor Postol, will fight on February 1st, promoted by Top Rank and that will be televised by ESPN.
The combat site is likely to be Mission Hills Haikou, a golf resort in the Chinese port city of Haikou, the capital of the island province of Hainan.
Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs), 27, of Avenal, California, unified two 140-pound world titles by defeating Maurice Hooker in 6 rounds on July 27. He hoped to fight against Postol before the end of this year, but injured his left hand against Hooker and was operated on, in August, which delayed his return.
Ramirez will be making the fourth defense of the title when he faces Postol (31-2, 12 KOs), 35, of Ukraine, who beat Mohamed Mimoune in Las Vegas on April 27 in an eliminator to become one of Ramírez’s mandatory challenger.
Postol won the WBC vacant world title by knocking out Lucas Matthysse in the tenth round, in October 2015, but lost his belt in his first defense, by decision against Terence Crawford in a unification fight in July 2016.
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