Vergil Ortiz Jr (19-0, 19 KOs) says he wasn’t pleased with how he performed on Saturday night in stopping the game but limited Michael McKinson (22-1, 2 KOs) in the ninth round in the headliner on DAZN at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Vergil Ortiz Jr (19-0, 19 KOs) kept his perfect knockout record intact with a much harder than expected ninth round stoppage victory over previously unbeaten #5 WBO Michael McKinson (22-1, 2 KOs) on Saturday night in a WBA welterweight title eliminator at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. and David Avanesyan have agreed to a deal for a welterweight clash in the summer on August 6th on DAZN in Fort Worth, Texas.
Michael McKinson says highly ranked welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. will never fight at 147 again. #1 WBO Ortiz (18-0, 18 KOs) had been scheduled to face McKinson in the main event last Saturday night on DAZN at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, but had to drop out after suffering a medical issue.
Undefeated welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. pulled out of his fight for this Saturday night against Michael McKinson due to a kidney ailment known as rhabdomyolysis.
Oscar De La Hoya says he wants to have the WBC force #4 Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman to face #1 Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Michael McKinson (21-0, 2 KOs) is taking the dangerous unbeaten #1 WBC & WBO ranked welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. (18-0, 18 KOs) for the main event on DAZN in early 2022.
The WBC has ordered 147-lb title eliminator between #1 Vergil Ortiz Jr. and #3 David Avanesyan to determine the mandatory challenger for WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.
So far this year, boxing has been marred with the cancellation of fights, top boxers not fighting each other, and bad decisions.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (18-0, 18 KOs) showed the boxing world that he’s ready to take the next big test for his career in challenging for a world title following his 8th round knockout win over Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas (22-2-1, 18 KOs) last Saturday night.