Jesus Ramos Illness Cancels Nursultanov Title Defense

Jesus Ramos Jr.’s WBC interim middleweight title defense against Meirim Nursultanov has been removed from Saturday’s Isaac Cruz versus Nestor Bravo card in San Diego. Ramos reportedly became ill with a suspected case of food poisoning.

Lance Pugmire reported for BoxingScene that an official monitoring the Premier Boxing Champions event confirmed the cancellation Friday. PBC had not released its own confirmation when the report was published.

The timing raises unavoidable questions about Ramos’ weight cut. Food poisoning may have caused the illness without any connection to his preparation, but Ramos looked enormous beside Nursultanov at