Junlong Zhang vs. Victor Emilio Ramírez ...?

Do you guys remember that Darnell used to post on here? Pretty regularly, too. I think of all the known (then) active pro boxers to post on ESB, he was probably the most prolific along with British soccer crossover (and longtime contender in the UK national title mix) Curtis Woodhouse.

Part II of that question: do you remember the actually somewhat lengthy feud between Ding and I on here? We started out as friends actually, then beefed initially over me criticizing him for something or another, leading him to essentially call me a keyboard warrior and I got in a fucking snit over it and demanded that he spar with me, and we ended up stalemated at me being like "COME TO BOSTON SO I CAN SCHOOL YOU ON VIDEO FROM SOMEBODY'S PHONE AND EMBARRASS YOU FOR ALL OF ESB AND THE WORLD TO SEE!" and he was like "Eh, don't really feel like doing that but you come down to Florida (or wherever he was encamped, know it was south of the Mason-Dixon anyway, like 90% sure on the Florida part), come to my gym and I'll gladly flatten you inside a round. Always got time for my fans. " and so on back and forth until we eventually both got over it and went back to being civil/friendly.

At the time I weighed like 157lbs soaking wet, Napoleonic little tightly-wound ****ing maniac that I was.

I think we ultimately left things at "yeah but seriously though should you ever wind up in my city or I yours, let's do a friendly light spar", but that was like a decade ago. Not sure he even spends time anywhere near boxing gyms these days. His career fizzled a couple of years back and I've never heard of him transitioning into coaching or anything.

 

Wishful thinking I'm afraid.

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Twas indeed Ramírez, who flopped down like a fish on the poopdeck when Zhang gave him an upward slap on the gunt. "Legit" kayo, albeit over an obese Ramírez with probably zero training camp.

 

No. It's "legit" only in the sense that Zhang attacked him and Ramírez either couldn't or didn't want to continue (so basically the same ambiguity level as Tyson vs. Seldon, where not a prearranged and choreographed fix per se, but debatable as to whether a "KO" or a cowardly "find a soft spot on the canvas" quit job)

Ramírez must have BADLY needed the money. He's fat as ****.

So sad to see.

 

I think, in all seriousness, freaking Kyotaro Fujimoto could swim across the sea of Japan, climb ashore, run 150km to Beijing without rest, kick down the door of the venue, leap into the ring and proceed to demolish Zhang in under a minute.

 

At least with his mini-me Ali Raymi we had a wealth of footage of his high school gymnasium extravaganzas. Startling how similar they are, in terms of being fed "combatants" with a mysterious shared Achilleus'-heel vulnerability to slappy underhanded body flurries...