Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez finally feels he is at a place in his professional life where he can spend the rest of the career.

More than a year has passed since the unbeaten Mexican southpaw signed with Golden Boy Promotions, having since scored three knockout wins and emerged as a top light heavyweight contender. Ramirez—a former WBO super middleweight titlist—aims to add a second divisional title later this year, with hopes of bringing home even more riches for his promoter.

“It’s a pleasure to be with Golden Boy,” Ramirez told BoxingScene.com. “I feel like I’m part of the family with them. I told them I want to go to 51-0, break Floyd Mayweather’s record and win as many world titles as I can.

“My goal is to become a five-division champion for Golden Boy. I’ll even win the Bridgerweight title for them.”

The thought of climbing that high in weight went from head scratching to a possibility after his last fight. Ramirez reportedly replenished to 206 pounds as he entered the ring for his third-round knockout of Germany’s Dominic Boesel (32-3, 12KOs) on May 14 at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. The win saw Ramirez advance to number-one in the WBA light heavyweight rankings, with hopes of next facing unbeaten titlist Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11KOs) whose stock has never been higher following his win over Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (57-2-2, 39KOs) one week prior.

Whether the fight happens next or Bivol goes in a different direction, Ramirez (44-0, 31KOs) has confidence that his future is well mapped out with his new team. It’s a far different feeling than experienced in his final years with Top Rank before the two eventually split in early 2020.

“We always saw his potential,” Oscar De La Hoya, founder and chairman of Golden Boy told BoxingScene.com. “[Top Rank founder and Hall of Fame promoter] Bob Arum did a good job promoting him. For some reason they split up. I don’t think he saw his full potential with Top Rank and Bob. We respect Bob and all.

“When we saw the opportunity, I said to myself, this guy is 41-0. He wants to break Floyd’s record. So now, it’s just about positioning him and forcing Zurdo on these guys who don’t want to fight him.”

Ramirez formally signed with Golden Boy last March, headlining three shows on DAZN which has aired Bivol’s last five fights including the win over Alvarez on DAZN Pay-Per-View. The division’s other titleholder is lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO champ Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18KOs), who last weekend knocked out Joe Smith Jr. (28-4, 22KOs) in the second round of their unification clash at Madison Square Garden Hulu Theater in New York City.

All of those names are on Ramirez’s radar.

“I want the champions, that has always been the goal to get the big fights,” insists Ramirez. “I believe those fights will happen. With Golden Boy by my side, there have been great conversations about making that happen. All of the champions are presently busy but I am confident these big fights will happen this year.”

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox