On July 27, 2019, the 26-year-old WBC super-lightweight champion, José Ramírez (24-0, 16 KOs), and the 29-year-old WBO super-lightweight champion Maurice Hooker (26-0-3, 17 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Hooker was on a 5-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
José Ramírez stopped Maurice Hooker via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBC and WBO super-lightweight titles. Ramírez improves his record to 25-0 (17 KOs), while Hooker adds a loss to his record at 26-1-3.
On September 14, 2018, the 26-year-old WBC super-lightweight world champion, José Ramírez (22-0, 16 KOs), faced Antonio Orozco, in a title defense fight.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 28 days.
José Ramírez defeated Antonio Orozco via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-lightweight title. Ramírez improves his record to 23-0
On March 17, 2018, 25-year-old José Ramírez (21-0, 16 KOs) and Amir Imam fought for the vacant WBC super-lightweight title.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 6 days.
José Ramírez defeated Amir Imam via unanimous decision . Ramírez improves his record to 22-0
On February 10, 2019, the 26-year-old WBC super-lightweight world champion, José Ramírez (23-0, 16 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Jose Zepeda (30-1, 25 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 27 days. Zepeda was on a 7-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 21 days.
José Ramírez defeated Jose Zepeda via majority decision and successfully defended his WBC super-lightweight title. Ramírez improves his record to 24-0, while Zepeda adds a loss to his record at 30-2.
On August 29, 2020, the 28-year-old WBC and WBO super-lightweight world champion, José Ramírez (25-0, 17 KOs), faced a 36-year-old Ukrainian boxer Viktor Postol (31-2, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days. Postol was on a 2-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 4 months, and 2 days.
José Ramírez defeated Viktor Postol via majority decision and successfully defended his WBC and WBO super-lightweight titles. Ramírez improves his record to 26-0, while Postol adds a loss to his record at 31-3.
On November 11, 2017, a 25-year-old José Ramírez (20-0, 15 KOs) and Mike Reed met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 6 days.
José Ramírez stopped Mike Reed via KO in the 2nd round. Ramírez improves his record to 21-0 (16 KOs)
On May 22, 2021, the 28-year-old WBC and WBO super-lightweight champion, José Ramírez (26-0, 17 KOs), and the 30-year-old WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 23 days. Taylor was on a 17-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 26 days.
Josh Taylor defeated José Ramírez via unanimous decision and wins the WBC, WBO, WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring super-lightweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed super-lightweight world champion. Taylor improves his record to 18-0, while Ramírez adds a loss to his record at 26-1.
On March 4, 2022, a 29-year-old José Ramírez (26-1, 17 KOs) and a 32-year-old Puerto Rican boxer José Pedraza (29-3, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 10 days. Pedraza was on a 3-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 20 days.
José Ramírez defeated José Pedraza via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-lightweight fight. Ramírez improves his record to 27-1, while Pedraza adds a loss to his record at 29-4.
On May 9, 2015, a 22-year-old José Ramírez (13-0, 10 KOs) and Robert Frankel met in the ring.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 26 days.
José Ramírez stopped Robert Frankel via KO in the 5th round. Ramírez improves his record to 14-0 (11 KOs)
On April 27, 2024, a 31-year-old José Ramírez (28-1, 18 KOs) and a 37-year-old Cuban boxer Rances Barthelemy (30-2-1, 15 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Ramírez came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days. Barthelemy was on a 1-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 14 days.
José Ramírez defeated Rances Barthelemy via unanimous decision in the 12-round welterweight fight. Ramírez improves his record to 29-1, while Barthelemy adds a loss to his record at 30-3-1.