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Vergil Ortiz Jr. (born March 25, 1998) is an American professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) interim super welterweight title since August 2024. As an amateur , he was a seven-time national champion and won the 110 pounds category at the USA's Junior Olympic National Championships in 2013.
The event originally scheduled for Ortiz Jr. vs Vargas on 28 March 2020 at The Forum, Inglewood, California and the unified super middleweight world titles between the current four-division champion, the Mexican Canelo Álvarez vs. the WBO champion, the British Billy Joe Saunders on 2 May 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[4] [5] Vargas lost via TKO in the seventh round. On 25 July 2020, Vargas was the first boxer to go more than six rounds with undefeated prospect Vergil Ortiz Jr, losing by TKO in the seventh round. [6] Vargas' next fight would be against undefeated Conor Benn in the Copper Box Arena in London on 10 April 2021.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. celebrates after defeating Egidijus Kavaliauskas at The Ford Center at The Star on Aug. 14, 2021, in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Estrada/Getty Images) ...
Ortiz's boxing career has been waylaid by health scares over the last three years, but he believes he's put it behind him and is prepared to look good Saturday in a bout against Eimantas ...
On Sunday, five days before he’d put his 15-fight KO streak on the line against Samuel Vargas, Ortiz was on Instagram playing the guitar and taking requests from his fans. Vergil Ortiz Jr ...
I Am a Charro of Rancho Grande (Spanish: Soy charro de Rancho Grande) is a 1947 Mexican musical comedy drama film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Sofía Álvarez, Pedro Infante and René Cardona. [1] [2] It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward Fitzgerald.
Welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. (16-0, 16 KOs) faces former champion Maurice Hooker (27-1-3) on Saturday, March 20 in the main event of a card streamed on DAZN.