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WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith will take on WBA champion Gilberto Ramirez in a unification bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 16 November.<\/b><\/p>\n
It will be Billam-Smith’s third defence of his title, the 34-year-old Briton having forced a stoppage against Mateusz Masternak<\/a> in December followed by a points victory over Richard Riakporhe<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n Ramirez became the first Mexican to win a cruiserweight title when he defeated Arsen Goulamirian for the WBA belt in March.<\/p>\n The 33-year-old, who previously held the WBO super-middleweight title between 2016 and 2019, has a 46-1 record with 30 knockouts.<\/p>\n ‘The Gentleman’, as Billam-Smith is nicknamed, won the WBO title when he defeated Lawrence Okolie<\/a> at Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium in May 2023.<\/p>\n His victory against previously undefeated Riakporhe at Selhurst Park, London, avenged the only loss of his 21-fight career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n