Goulamirian vs Zurdo Ramírez DAZN Golden Boy March 30th

I was about to comment wtf is zordu doing, he was doing well at LHW and coming off a good win against a recent champ.

Then I read Vacant, and understood how smart his managment is if he pulls this off somehow.
 
Zurdo keeps moving up but has yet to seize a title since 168lbs. I don't think he has the power to be a true weight bully at LHW and even less at cruiser, he is going to have to outwork Briedis and imo the person that lost the title over a year ago is still good enough to beat Ramirez, just a case of wondering if Briedis is even still the 2022 version off himself.
 
Zurdo might want to rethink this. While Briedis is old and has been out of the ring since he lost to Opetaia, he's skilled & dangerous. He's also shown that he has enough power to KO heavyweights (that Charr KO was ice old). Unless Briedis suddenly looks every bit of 39 in there he'll finish him.
 
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Kovalev's Man Bag said:
Zurdo might want to rethink this. While Briedis is old and has been out of the ring since he lost to Opetaia, he's skilled & dangerous. He's also shown that he has enough power to KO heavyweights (that Charr KO was ice old). Unless Briedis suddenly looks every bit of 39 in there he'll finish him.
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It's a shot at a title and he's not beating Bivol or Beterbiev, so he may as well test the waters.
 
Doctor Grudge said:
It's a shot at a title and he's not beating Bivol or Beterbiev, so he may as well test the waters.
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I suppose but this isn't really the type of guy you'd want to test the waters against. Especially as a guy moving up in weight. Zurdo sees a vacant title and an old (but still dangerous) guy that he'll have to go through to get it. From where I'm sitting I think they've made a miscalculation.
 
Kovalev's Man Bag said:
I suppose but this isn't really the type of guy you'd want to test the waters against. Especially as a guy moving up in weight. Zurdo sees a vacant title and an old (but still dangerous) guy that he'll have to go through to get it. From where I'm sitting I think they've made a miscalculation.
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Who should they fight instead?
 
Doctor Grudge said:
Who should they fight instead?
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Someone a notch below that isn't too dangerous as an introduction to the weight. After one or two of those, provided he passes the tests, is when he should step up to former and/or current champs. Zurdo is only in his early 30s so time is on his side. There's no need to rush into it. Other belts will become vacant that he could fight for. But fighting a guy like Briedis right off the bat before he's acclimated to cruiser? That's risky.

Opetaia beat him in his last fight but he also had his jaw mutilated. It was broken badly on both sides. I don't see how Zurdo is going to be able to keep Briedis off of him and he doesn't have good enough defense to avoid being hit with big shots and hit regularly.
 
Kovalev's Man Bag said:
Someone a notch below that isn't too dangerous as an introduction to the weight. After one or two of those, provided he passes the tests, is when he should step up to former and/or current champs. Zurdo is only in his early 30s so time is on his side. There's no need to rush into it. Other belts will become vacant that he could fight for. But fighting a guy like Briedis right off the bat before he's acclimated to cruiser? That's risky.

Opetaia beat him in his last fight but he also had his jaw mutilated. It was broken badly on both sides. I don't see how Zurdo is going to be able to keep Briedis off of him and he doesn't have good enough defense to avoid being hit with big shots and hit regularly.
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Opetaia won him on cards but it was, let's be fair lazy version over the hill thinking about other ways to earn next money portions. He damaged Opetaia seriously....not just jaw.

Briedis hates mobile movers attemping to score wins on cards while loves predictable opponents lurking to go forward and score KO or TKO.
If Zurdo is small for CW then there is also risk that Briedis might maul him in clinch....
While relatively long ago Briedis looked lazy and not " hungry " anymore ( lazy mode IMHO started few months after Dorticos when he didn't managed to get good for him fight contracts ).
 
A cruiserweight debut against another LHW in Smith isn't necessarily preparation for Briedis, but Zurdo is somehow already ranked in the top 5 for the. IBF, WBA and WBO he can pretty much get a shot at any of these champs, its a two-edged sword though and he might go to the back of the line with a bad loss in any title fight at 200lbs. hope he is ready.
 
RizinSon88 said:
A cruiserweight debut against another LHW in Smith isn't necessarily preparation for Briedis, but Zurdo is somehow already ranked in the top 5 for the. IBF, WBA and WBO he can pretty much get a shot at any of these champs, its a two-edged sword though and he might go to the back of the line with a bad loss in any title fight at 200lbs. hope he is ready.
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Yeah I don't even count his fight with Smith as his cruiserweight debut. Technically it was but it was at a 193 pound catchweight and, as you noted, Smith is a light heavyweight. Zurdo's massive size advantage over his opponents is a significant piece of his success and at 200 lbs against cruiserweights it's not going to be there.
 
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