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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.
[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.
This division was established in 1961, when the Austrian Board of Control recognized a fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship. The fight, which took place on October 17, was won by Griffith via a 15-round decision.
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports.Originally the term welterweight was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. TKO 8 (12), 2:59: Aug 14, 2021 Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas, U.S. For WBO International welterweight title: 24 Win 22–1–1 Mikaël Zewski: TKO 8 (10), 0:07: Sep 12, 2020 MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Won vacant WBC Continental Americas welterweight title: 23 Loss 21–1–1 Terence Crawford ...
Dom Pedro II (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed the Magnanimous (Portuguese: O Magnânimo), [1] was the second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. [ a ]
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 ...