News

Isaac Cruz Lives Up To Pitbull Nickname, Stops Ramirez In Second

Published

September 4, 2022

Michael Woods

Isaac Cruz Lives Up To Pitbull Nickname, Stops Ramirez In Second

Isaac Cruz battled Eduardo Ramirez in the lead-in to the PPV main event at Crypto.com Arena in LA on Sunday night, a PBC/FOX presentation, and if you saw their staredowns coming in, you figured it would be a rumble. It was, for a spell. Cruz aka Pitbull lived up to that nickname; he put Ramirez down in the second, off a hellacious left hook. Ref Jack Reiss assessed Ramirez, and spent extra time seeing if he was OK to continue. He was, barely; Reiss got his hook ready and out when Cruz hopped on the loser and threw a flurry.

The end of the lightweight tussle came at 2:27 in, round two.

Cruz, from Mexico City, is 25-2-1, and Ramirez (from Sinaloa; age 29) is 27-3-3. This was a Mexico v Mexico fight, and by the way, those are usually better than the more heralded “Mexico v Puerto Rico” battles.

Related Topics:

Up Next

When Does Jake Paul Fight Next? Oct 29, Against Anderson Silva

Don't Miss

Abner Mares Fights To Majority Draw in Ring Return After 4 Years Away

Michael Woods

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.