The native of Buenos Aires Kevin Ramirez should have completed that Work plan at the Truckers Union, where he works alternately as a physical education instructor and street cleaner in the Caballito neighborhood, to apply for a travel license so that he can take part in his final fight at the “José Sulaimán” Grand Prix tournament, organized by the World Boxing Council and held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
He had to win his fifth straight fight – this season – in Saudi rings to finish it a hefty price tag of $200,000 collected throughout the competition. And he did it. Of the Argentine boxers, only former world champion Fernando “Pumita” Martínez was able to earn such tempting money in 2025.
His points victory in eight rounds over the Bosnian Ahmed Krnjic, who surpassed him by 12 centimeters in height (1.94 m compared to 1.82 m) and 32 kilos in weight (122,150 kg compared to 91,500 kg), was the highlight of this competition 128 boxers performed from all over the world in four different categories.
Ramírez, 25 years old and with an undefeated record of 12 wins (4 KOs) and 2 draws, brought all sorts of physical benefits in this championship. He is a natural cruiserweight (90,700 kg) and had to enter at heavyweight. Nevertheless, he has always been there in all his games from April to today, having beaten Brian Zwart of the Netherlands, Reagan Apanú of Congo, Poland’s Piotr Lacz, North America’s Dante Stone and Krnjic himself “Cinderella of the Ring”something like a small athlete putting up with “strong giants”.
He knew how to move to the bottom zone at the time of noise and based on speed and combinations stopped a clumsy but powerful Krnjicwhat moved him the few times he plugged it in. He showed gradual progress and knew how to win the rounds and maintain an initial advantage over an opponent with enormous physicality but slow and lacking ideas.
“This is for my truckers union and its people. For my family, for my daughter. You don’t know what this guy is doing!” he told THE NATION telephone communication shortly. “It means having faith and believing in God. Few people know what I’ve been through in my life. I hope to fight for the cruise world title soon. That’s where my thing is, not here.”
Trained by Javier Molina at the “Puños de Acero” gym in Burzaco and represented by Mario Margossian, Ramírez, Victor’s younger brother, “El Tyson del Abasto” and former cruise world champion in 2008, became the big winner of Argentine boxing abroad. But with the sad effect of Fernando Martínez’s fall against “Bam” Rodríguez weeks ago, this triumph becomes a real triumph a significant boost for local boxingfull of demands and constant comparisons to his golden days.
And the future? Margossian, his manager expected THE NATION: “We will look for a rise in the world rankings. He is 12th and this will knock him out. We will try to fight for a regional title in Argentina in April to gain further experience. He is still very young. Armenian Noel Mikaeljan’s recapture of the World Cruising title (WBC) complicates any immediate opportunity. He is managed by Don King and that is a problem. He is complex to negotiate with.”
Ramirez imitated many wrestling epics. This time there was no need to win a World Cup. He won a juicy tournament by all accounts. The cleaner lost the presenteeism of Decemberbut he won much more than a $200,000 check.
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