{"id":51655,"date":"2021-05-21T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=51655"},"modified":"2021-05-21T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:40:07","slug":"fighting-for-a-cause-jose-ramirez-to-auction-fight-worn-gloves-and-1-1-poster-for-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/fighting-for-a-cause-jose-ramirez-to-auction-fight-worn-gloves-and-1-1-poster-for-cancer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting for a Cause: Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez to Auction Fight-Worn Gloves and 1\/1 Poster for Cancer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fighting for a Cause: Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez to Auction Fight-Worn Gloves and 1\/1 Poster for Cancer Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>WBC\/WBO super lightweight world champion Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez is set to fight WBA\/IBF champion Josh Taylor this Saturday at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas (ESPN, ESPN Deportes &amp; ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET), a history-making bout that will crown an undisputed champion.<\/p>\n<p>After the final bell, two one-of-a-kind fight artifacts \u2014\u00a0a 1\/1 poster signed by Ram\u00edrez, Taylor and Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, and Ram\u00edrez\u2019s fight-worn Cleto Reyes gloves \u2014 will be auctioned off by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/TopRank.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=aa1ae9f9e3c18dcf7df10dda1&amp;id=16a29b3cc9&amp;e=46cb31667c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goldin Auctions.<\/a>\u00a0The proceeds will be shared with a pair of charities supported by Ram\u00edrez: The V Foundation for Cancer Research and The Bautista Foundation, which funds community, education and health programs in California\u2019s Central Valley, where Ram\u00edrez was born and still resides.<\/p>\n<p>Ram\u00edrez (26-0, 17 KOs), a 2012 U.S. Olympian, has long used his fights as a platform to raise awareness and funds for myriad nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>Ram\u00edrez said, &#8220;The fight against Taylor is a big one, but I am especially proud to fight for the V Foundation and The Bautista Foundation, two charities that do such vital, life-changing work. Get those bids up, donate to a worthy cause, and be sure to watch my fight against Josh Taylor on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Foster, the founder of Fresno Coin, fired the first haymaker of fight week when he opened the bidding at $7,500.<\/p>\n<p>Foster said, \u201cJos\u00e9 is a leader in our community and stands for so many great things, and we at Fresno Coin stand with him in the fight against cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting for a Cause: Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez to Auction Fight-Worn Gloves and 1\/1 Poster for Cancer Research WBC\/WBO super lightweight world champion Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez is set to<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}