On November 15, 2024, Mario Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs), the welterweight WBC champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Abel Ramos (27-6-2, 21 KOs).
Mario Barrios is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Fabian Maidana, 6 months and 11 days ago. Abel Ramos is on a 1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Juan Ramon Guzman, 6 months and 27 days ago.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Barrios is now 29-2-1 and Ramos, 27-6-3.