Jose Ramirez is walking straight into last-chance territory on the preliminary portion of Saturday’s card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The former unified light welterweight champion has tumbled down the pecking order so thoroughly that his welterweight debut against Alexis Rocha is taking place before the main broadcast even begins, in front of a mostly empty building.

At 34, Ramirez (29-3, 18 KOs) has run completely out of excuses. Back-to-back decision losses to Arnold Barboza Jr. and Devin Haney stripped away his elite status, leaving his career hanging by a thread. He has fought only three times since March 2022, managing a solit