In the biggest win of his young career, Vergil Ortiz Jr (17-0, 17 KOs) battered and stopped Maurice Hooker (27-2-3, 18 KOs) by a seventh round knockout in their DAZN streamed fight on Saturday night at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Vergil Ortiz Jr (17-0, 17 KOs) forced Maurice Hooker (27-2-3, 18 KOs) into a dogfight and eventually stopped him in the seventh round in a two-knockdown performance at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Vergil Ortiz Jr (16-0, 16 KOs) and former WBO 140-lb champion Maurice ‘Mighty Mo’ Hooker (27-1-3, 18 KOs) both weighed in at 147-lbs for their official weights on Friday afternoon for their clash this Saturday for the WBO International welterweight title at the Dickies Arena, in Fort Worth, Texas.
With his 2021 debut just days away, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker is fully locked in on his March 20 fight with fellow Dallas-area native Vergil Ortiz.
Vergil Ortiz (16-0, 16 KOs) will be taking a step up in class this Saturday night against former WBO 140-lb champion Maurice Hooker (27-1-3, 18 KOs) in a fight for the WBO International 147lb strap on DAZN from the Dickies Arena, in Fort Worth, Texas.
The highly anticipated welterweight showdown between rising knockout artist Vergil Ortiz Jr. (16-0, 16 KOs) and former world champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (27-1-3, 19 KOs) will take place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
WBA Gold welterweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr (16-0, 16 KOs) used his superior power to batter his opponent Samuel Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KOs) until the fight was stopped in the seventh round on Friday night.
Rising 147-pound star Vergil Ortiz Jr. (16-0, 16 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas defended his WBA Gold Welterweight Title via seventh-round stoppage against Samuel Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KOs) of Bogota, Colombia tonight in Golden Boy and DAZN’s return to regularly scheduled pugilistic action.
Terence Crawford seems to be just about the most called out world champion/pound-for-pounder/unbeaten star today. First, Patrick Teixeira challenged Crawford to a move up to his 154-pound weight class, then former amateur conqueror Ray Robinson called out Crawford, and now unbeaten hot-shot Vergil Ortiz Jr has called out the reigning WBO welterweight champ.
Undefeated welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. (15-0, 15 KOs) is looking to add Adrien Broner’s name to his resume when boxing restarts.