NEW YORK – Jose Ramirez recognizes how quickly things can change in boxing.

One day you’re a 12-1 favorite, headed for an arranged rematch with your rival. The next day, well, Ramirez reminded those that think he represents a tune-up fight for Devin Haney to check back with him Saturday morning.

Ramirez didn’t use the word disrespect during his interview with The Ring. It was obvious nevertheless that the mild-mannered former WBC/WBO 140-pound champion has drawn even more motivation from his status as the B side of their 12-round, 144-pound fight Friday night at Times Square in Manhattan.

When asked about DraftKings’ lopsided odds on his fight with Haney, Ramirez pointed out that handicapping boxing is trickier sometimes than other sports.

“It’s hard to determine the outcome of a boxing fight,” Ramirez told The Ring. “It’s not your average NFL [game], NBA or soccer. Boxing, it takes one solid hit and it changes everything. We’ll see. Again, it’s something that I don’t focus on. I don’t pay attention to it. Hopefully, people, if [12-1 odds are] the case, go out there and put at least a hundred bucks [on me].”

Ramirez, 32, relishes the opportunity to ruin the plans of those who handle Haney and Garcia. They have made contractual commitments to fight again sometime in October if Haney (31-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) beats Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) and Garcia gets past Rolando “Rolly” Romero in the main event Friday night.

Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs, 1 NC), of Victorville, California, is also heavily favored – 9-1 according to DraftKings – to beat Romero (16-2, 13 KOs), of North Las Vegas, Nevada, in their 12-round, 147-pound fight for the WBA world welterweight title.

Neither Haney nor Garcia has boxed since Garcia dropped Haney three times and won a 12-round majority decision last April 20 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Garcia was subsequently suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission for one year and fined $1.2 million because he tested positive for ostarine, a substance banned by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. The result of their bout was also changed to a no-contest.

Ramirez, meanwhile, lost his last fight, a 10-rounder, by unanimous decision to Arnold Barboza Jr. on Nov. 16 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Barboza’s victory moved him toward another 12-round bout on the card Friday night – a shot at Ring and WBO junior welterweight champ Teofimo Lopez.

The bout between Las Vegas’ Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) and Barboza (32-0, 11 KOs), of El Monte, California, will be the second of five fights DAZN Pay-Per-View will distribute in the United States ($59.99). The pay-per-view portion of The Ring’s “FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves” event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET from Times Square.

Ramirez, a 2012 U.S. Olympian, appreciates the opportunity to reinvigorate his career. The Avenal, California, native has sensed, though, that the underdogs have received less attention during the two-month promotion of this unique card.

“I don’t focus on how people promote fights,” Ramirez said. “I don’t focus on how certain hosts who are hosting the press conference control the narrative of the press conference. That means nothing to me. ... They become biased. Men are very emotional, especially in a sport like boxing.

“They get overly excited to be the host, promote Devin Haney [and] Ryan Garcia’s rematch, and they forget to talk about how big this fight is. And they forget to talk about me, they probably forget to talk about Rolly, they forget to talk about Arnold Barboza. But it’s part of life. It’s nothing to be mad at.”