Former Bulldog, 2012 Olympian and Avenal native Jose Ramirez is returning to the Save Mart Center, headlining the Fight for Water 7.
Announced on Thursday, the fight will be nationally televised on ESPN and is scheduled for Nov. 11, 2017.
Ramirez (20-0, 15 KOs), rated No. 5 in the world, will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super lightweight title against Mike “Yes Indeed” Reed (23-0, 12 KO) of Waldorf, Maryland.
“I’m ready to show the world how hard I have worked and trained for this moment,” Ramirez said. “And to do it at home for my city – to bring awareness to our immigration issues and to get the Temperance Flat dam built for water storage, makes it that much more important to me.