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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Vargas, who had lasted seven rounds with undefeated Vergil Ortiz Jr. in his previous fight, was viewed by many as the toughest test of Benn's career so far. However, the fight lasted just 80 seconds, as Benn landed two right-left combinations which rocked Vargas, followed by a barrage of punches and a hard uppercut on the ropes that saw the ...
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