Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith live results: Round-by-round updates, ring walks, full fight card for cruiserweight title match

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Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith live results: Round-by-round updates, ring walks, full fight card for cruiserweight title match

Gilberto Ramirez and Chris Billam-Smith face off Saturday for the WBO and WBA cruiserweight titles. (Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)

Uncrowned has Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith results, live round-by-round updates, start time, and highlights for the Ramirez vs. Billam-Smith fight card on Saturday at The Venue Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ramirez and Billam-Smith fight for the WBO and WBA cruiserweight titles in the main event.

Ramirez (46-1, 30 KOs) has held the WBA cruiserweight championship since beating Arsen Goulamirian on points this past March. The 33-year-old from Mexico is a two-division champion, having previously captured the WBO super middleweight title from 2016-19. The sole loss of his professional career came in a 2022 decision against Dmitry Bivol.

Billam-Smith (20-1, 13 KOs) attempts to make the third defense of his WBO cruiserweight title since winning the belt with a majority decision over Lawrence Okolie in March 2023. A 34-year-old veteran from England, Billam-Smith stopped Mateusz Masternak in the eighth round then took a decision over Richard Riakporhe this past June in his first two title defense.

Also on the card, WBO minimumweight champion Oscar Collazo (10-0, 7 KOs) takes on WBA champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong (25-0, 9 KOs) in a title unification bout.

The Ramirez vs. Billam-Smith fight card kicks off at 12 p.m. ET on DAZN. The main event rings walks are expected to start around 5:30 p.m. ET.

Follow along with all the action with Uncrowned’s live Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith results and live blog below.

WBA/WBO cruiserweight titles: Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith

Super Lightweight: Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza Jr.

WBA/WBO minimumweight titles: Oscar Collazo vs. Thammanoon Niyomtrong

Lightweight: William Zepeda vs. Tevin Farmer

Super lightweight: Oscar Duarte def. Botirzhon Akhmedov via unanimous decision (98-92, 97-93, 96-94)

Welterweight: Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Juan Garcia ends in majority draw (58-56, 57-57, 57-57)

Live9 updates

  • Collazo vs. Niyomtrong – Round 5

    Strong round for Collazo. Left uppercut in the first 30 seconds lifted Niyomtrong’s head up. Collazo is just far too active for Niyomtrong and is easily outworking him through 5. Niyomtrong is targeting the body, hoping to slow Collazo down and produce a strong finish, but he is close to running out of time.

    10-9 Collazo, 49-46 Collazo

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    Collazo vs. Niyomtrong – Round 4

    Right hand to the body lands for Niyomtrong early, his best connect in this contest so far. Collazo with constant pressure, forcing Niyomtrong to work at a high pace.

    10-9 Niyomtrong, 39-37 Collazo

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    Collazo vs. Niyomtrong – Round 3

    Niyomtrong is starting to let his hands go now, particularly with the right hand to the body. Collazo with the more effective aggression though, his shots seem to be sharper and more eye-catching.

    10-9 Collazo, 30-27 Collazo

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    Collazo vs. Niyomtrong – Round 2

    Through 2 rounds, this fight has mostly been contested in the centre of the ring. Collazo is moving laterally, around Niyomtrong, while Niyomtrong is more stationary. Collazo starting to open up a bit more, a right hook again connected on Niyomtronng. 3-punch combination from Collazo in the final 10 seconds.

    10-9 Collazo, 20-18 Collazo

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    Collazo vs. Niyomtrong – Round 1

    Cagey opener. Collazo, a southpaw, coming out with a high guard, while Niyomtrong, an Orthodox fighter, has his hands slightly lower. Collazo pawing with the right hook and was more active in the first round where there was very little to separate them.

    10-9 Collazo

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    Chris Billam-Smith has arrived at the venue for tonight’s main event

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    Next: Oscar Collazo vs. Thammanoon Niyomtrong

    WBO minimumweight champion Oscar Collazo (10-0) and WBA titleist Thammanoon Niyomtrong (25-0, 9 KOs) clash in a battle of unbeatens unification bout at 105 pounds.

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    Duarte beats Akhmedov via UD

    Oscar Duarte edges a controversial unanimous decision (98-92, 97-93, 96-94) over Batyr Akhmedov in their 10-round super lightweight contest.

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    Recap

    In the first fight of the night, Ziyad Almaayouf (6-0) and Juan Garcia (5-6) fought to a majority decision draw (58-56, 57-57, 57-57).

    Oscar Duarte and Batyr Akhmedov are in the final stages of their super lightweight contest at the moment.

    Uncrowned will have round-by-round coverage from the next fight.

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