Robeisy Ramirez will make the first defence of his WBO world featherweight title when he takes on Satoshi Shimizu on the undercard of Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue.
Ramirez did not have the best start when he turned professional four years ago and lost on his professional debut.
Since then Ramirez has gone onto impress and claimed a world title in just his 13th professional fight.
Now Ramirez will come up against Shimizu who will be looking to make it a night to remember in front of his home fans.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of Ramirez vs. Shimizu.
Ramirez vs. Shimizu fight date, start time
- Date: Tuesday, July 25
- Time: 4:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. BST
- Fight ringwalks (approx): 6:30 a.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. BST
The event is set to get underway at 4:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. BST with the ringwalks for this particular fight scheduled for 6:30 a.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. BST. These timings could change due to the length of the undercard fights.
What channel/stream is Ramirez vs. Shimizu?
- U.S.: ESPN+
- UK: Sky Sports
The fight will be streamed on ESPN+ in the U.S. (click here for more information), while Sky Sports will broadcast the fight in the UK.
Where is the Ramirez vs. Shimizu fight?
The fight will take place at the Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku in Tokyo, Japan.
Robeisy Ramirez record and bio
- Nationality: Cuban
- Date of birth: December 20, 1993
- Height: 5' 5"
- Reach: 68"
- Total fights: 13
- Record: 12-1 (7 KOs)
Satoshi Shimizu record and bio
- Nationality: Japanese
- Date of birth: March 13, 1986
- Height: 5' 11"
- Reach: 71.5"
- Total fights: 12
- Record: 11-1 (10 KOs)
Ramirez vs. Shimizu fight card
- Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue; For Fulton's WBC and WBO world super bantamweight titles
- Robeisy Ramirez vs. Satoshi Shimizu; For Ramirez's WBO world featherweight title
- Chihiro Iwashita vs. Hiroyuki Takahara; Super featherweight
- Kanamu Sakama vs. Ryu Horikawa; Light flyweight
- Taiga Imanaga vs. Hebi Marapu; Lightweight
- Yoshiki Takei vs. Ronnie Baldonado; Super bantamweight
- Yuki Kajitani vs. Masato Shinoda; Super flyweight
- Kenta Yamakawa vs. Ryosuke Nakamura; Featherweight
- Takero Kitano vs. Kenta Kawakami; Minimumweight