Eddie Hearn: Ennis Beats Vergil Ortiz Jr: “Easy”
Promoter Eddie Hearn was sky-high after his fighter IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ sixth round TKO victory over Eimantas Stanionis last Saturday night in Atlantic City.
Promoter Eddie Hearn was sky-high after his fighter IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ sixth round TKO victory over Eimantas Stanionis last Saturday night in Atlantic City.
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis still insists that he didn’t duck a big-money fight offered to him against Vergil Ortiz Jr. for a smaller one against Eimantas Stanionis.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. says he wants to fight either WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora or former undisputed 154-lb champion Jermell Charlo next.
Coach Stephen Edwards says Vergil Ortiz Jr. inflicted more punishment on former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov last Saturday night than Terence Crawford did in his close victory over him last August.
Boxing fans the world over sure got a great show last night/afternoon, depending on your location, this as “The Last Crescendo” delivered.
WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) dodged another bullet on Saturday, winning a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Former WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) became the new undisputed champion on Saturday night, beating previously undefeated champ Artur Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) by a highly competitive 12-round majority decision in their clash at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Artur Beterbiev looked noticeably bigger than Dmitry Bivol today, weighing in at 175 lbs, right at the limit of the light heavyweight division for their DAZN PPV rematch this Saturday, February 22nd, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. says his fight against Israil Madrimov is the “best” one on Saturday’s Riyadh card at the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya predicts the Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov junior middleweight clash will be “The Fight of the Year” on Saturday night in Riyadh.