On December 9, 2023, Robeisy Ramírez (13-1, 8 KOs), the featherweight WBO champion, defends his title against the reigning WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (23-0, 20 KOs).
Robeisy Ramírez is coming in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO victory over Satoshi Shimizu, 4 months and 14 days ago. Rafael Espinoza is on a 23-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Ally Mwerangi, 4 months and 24 days ago.
Although the odds are slightly in favor of Robeisy Ramírez at 54-46, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. Ramírez has a slightly better chance of winning, but Espinoza could also certainly pull it off.
Rafael Espinoza defeated Robeisy Ramírez via majority decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Espinoza improves his record to 24-0, while Ramírez adds a loss to his record at 13-2.