Prediction,

Ramirez is good, 22-0, 16 stoppages, he can punch, and with his last two wins, he put himself on the map, destroyed unbeaten Mike Reed in 2, and then got a good win over Amir Imam, win the WBC title. Ramirez is a world champion, but he did not look like the finsihed article in his last fight, he's 26, so he is probably going to improve over the next 2 years, and against Imam, he got the win, was calm, didn't get too frustrated, and had the desire, stamina, fighting ability to swing the fight in his favour and win quite clearly, I thought he was getting his head boxed off for 5 rounds, but then from round 6 onwards, he looked like a different fighter. That might have been the learning fight Ramirez needed, but he also made a good decision to hire Robert Garcia, former world champion, trains his brother who is a current world champion and has won world titles at 4 different weights. I think Ramirez will be much better training with Garcia, he is already a champion, and as probably his biggest rivals, Prograis and Taylor compete in the WBSS, and are occupied for 3 fights assuming they both win the quarter and semi finals, so Ramirez has time to defend his title learn, and be more than ready for Taylor or Prograis if and when they challenge him for his title or maybe even challenge him and defend their title in a unification fight.

Orozco seems to be one of these fighters who is undefeated, but takes a while before he steps up and really gets gets tested. Orozco is 27-0, he is an experienced pro, been a professional for a decade, he's 30, not old, but he has to get a move on, and he seems to have wasted good career time. Orozco fought Abner Lopez in 2016, won by wide UD, decent win, but he didn't do a better job of beating him than Ivan Alvarez or Alex Saucedo. Before he fought Lopez, Orozco was doing well, beat Emmanuel Taylor by UD (gave Adrien Broner problems), he then beat Humberto Soto (beat Gamaliel Diaz, David Diaz and Rocky Juarez) wide, and then knocked out Miguel Acosta (former world champion). Orozco has never been in against a good, prime world level fighter, he has never been in against even a past prime top level fighter or remotely close to it, but his opposition, overall, has not been bad.

I think Ramirez is the better fighter, but this will not be an easy fight for him, it is a much harder first defence than O'Connor. I think Ramirez hits harder, is the more skilled fighter, but Orozco is experienced, and I think he will give Ramirez one or two problems. I don't think Ramirez will stop Orozco, but I think it will be a beating, I think it will be a very good, close fight for 4 rounds, but Ramirez will dominate the last two thirds of tje fight, win a UD (maybe between 9-3 and 11-1), I think Orozco is slightly better than Imam, but I think Ramirez will be better in this fight than he was against Imam.