Ramirez too slow and Ramirez speed concerns ahead of Benavidez showdown — let’s take a look.
Is Gilberto Ramirez too slow and are the Gilberto Ramirez speed concerns both things to be really aware of when the fight happens on Saturday? Perhaps.
Speed is an important factor in world championship professional boxing but only when it can be used, landed on the target often, governed by the guiding principle that accuracy and precision is what makes speed lethal in boxing to begin with.
That’s where the power can come from.
In physics terms – mass multiplied by velocity can result in force results of varying degrees.
Boxing is the sweet science for a reason.
The punches you don’t see coming. They never do. It is always when the least expect.
Ramirez and Benavidez have seen this over the years in boxing themselves a little bit.
Both Gilberto Ramirez and David Benavidez you can’t say are very slow boxers as they would not be competing and fighting for titles at that level if they were. However there has been a little bit of speculation around is Ramirez too slow at the weight for Benavidez.
Gilberto Ramirez speed concerns could be a key to victory in fact for Benavidez who looks to be punching well and fast in his training. He looked to certainly be energized by something, what that is, who knows.
But look, he has some speed at cruiserweight and will be well up for the fight with the occasion of it and the fact he doesn’t have to really put himself through the ashes to make the weight.
Those Ramirez speed concerns will surely be put the test right away in round one by ‘The Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez.
This is something he needs, if it were us advising Benavidez at least, to do right away in round one.
It is certainly a perceived advantage for him on Saturday and he looks to be training at least to throw combinations and not just single thudding heavy shots.
It is the combinations and work rate and accuracy that could in theory play to his advantage over Ramirez if he sets a high tempo and imposes both this high pace and his fight, not the other guy’s fight, the fight he wants, on his opponent Ramirez.
Is Ramirez too slow for the new and improved David Benavidez waiting to release himself to the cruiserweight division?
Who knows.
We would lean towards now.
We will find it shortly.
Roll on Cinco De Mayo 2026.
