According to a report by Salvador Rodriguez of ESPN, Ramirez was released from the hospital on Saturday afternoon and is in good spirits. The inflammation around his right eye began to decrease promptly following the sixth-round cessation of the bout.
“I am recovering nicely subsequent to my hospital release this afternoon. The puffiness, particularly around my right eye, is diminishing quite effectively,” Ramirez stated.
It’s almost an instinctive reaction for a boxer, after an unblemished record of over 40 bouts is broken by a stoppage, to seek explanations beyond the actual blows. Pointing to a particular elbow strike seems to serve as an attempt to justify the eye swelling shut or the manner in which the fight concluded.
This is a difficult reality for Ramirez to accept, particularly when reviewing the Compubox statistics. Benavidez connected with 151 strikes compared to Ramirez’s 89, hitting more than 56% of his power punches. Regardless of any potential accidental elbow in the sixth round, the cumulative damage had already been building significantly beforehand.
That Zurdo is concentrating on that singular incident instead of the totality of the received blows strongly suggests he’s seeking a “moral win” or making an alibi, rather than genuinely assessing the battering he endured.
“Amidst that lingering unpleasantness, the elbow strike delivered by David in that concluding flurry also persists in my mind,” Ramirez commented.
The contest concluded in the sixth round when continuous aggression resulted in considerable puffiness and evident injury to Ramirez’s right eye. The physician at ringside inspected him prior to the fight being called off, which represented the inaugural stoppage defeat of his professional journey.
Ramirez had never suffered a stoppage or even a knockdown in almost 50 bouts, yet Benavidez assailed him as though he were a mere training dummy. When his right eye began to close in the fifth round, the outcome became unmistakably clear.
The judges’ scorecards reflected a total dominance, and the knockdown in the fourth round merely signaled the imminent conclusion. Benavidez was connecting with almost 60% of his forceful strikes. Regardless of whether an elbow made contact, the “Mexican Monster” had already inflicted the substantial harm.
Ramirez’s prompt hospital discharge indicates the absence of any severe lasting injury, as his state was already getting better within a day of the fight.
