Massive Golden Boy Championship Fight Card in L.A.

By Uppercut Magazine Staff

Published July 3, 2021

Mexico’s undefeated Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez headlines a massive Golden Boy Promotion fight card on Friday. Expect a full stadium.

Fans are back and Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) meets Cuba’s Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KOs) in a light heavyweight clash at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday July 9. DAZN and Facebook will stream the dozen or so fights beginning at noon.

Two marquee fights will be Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada contesting Japan’s Tsunami Tenkai for her WBO light flyweight title and Sulem Urbina challenging Japan’s Naoko Fujioka for her WBA flyweight world title. Their fighting styles equate to surefire “Fight of the Year” candidates.

Former super featherweight world titlist Jojo Diaz (31-1-1) tangles with Javier Fortuna (36-2-1) in a lightweight match set for 12 rounds for the WBC interim title. If you remember it was Fortuna who was scheduled to meet Ryan Garcia who opted out for personal reasons. Diaz takes his place.

Another lightweight clash features undefeated San Antonio’s Hector Tanajara (19-0, 5 KOs) in a 10-round bout with undefeated William Zepeda (22-0, 20 KOs) of Mexico. The last time Zepeda fought he eliminated his foe in five rounds at the Wild Card in Hollywood. The last time Tanajara fought he defeated the always dangerous Juan Carlos Burgos.

Others on the large fight card are Puerto Rico’s Bryan Chevalier, Azat Hovhannisyan, Gregory Morales and many others.

Doors open at 12 noon with the opening bout beginning at 12:15 p.m. The first half of the large boxing card can be seen on Facebook. The early portion main event pits WBA flyweight champ Naoko Fujioka (18-2-1) versus Sulem Urbina (12-1) in a 10-round bout.

The evening portion of the card will be streamed at 6 p.m. PT on DAZN and features Gilberto Ramirez vs Sullivan Barrera in the main event; Jojo Diaz vs Javier Fortuna; and a sizzling battle between world champions Seniesa Estrada and Tsunami Tenkai.

Tickets can be purchased at this link: https://www.ticketsonsale.com/tickets/golden-boy-boxing-series-zurdo-vs-barrera-banc-of-california-stadium-los-angeles-7-9-2021-3630643