Boxing Tonight – Vergil Ortiz Jr vs. Erickson Lubin – Live Results

Vergil Ortiz Jr. (24-0, 22 KOs) successfully defended his WBC interim junior middleweight title against the faded-looking Erickson ‘The Hammer’ Lubin (27-3, 19 KOs), knocking him out in the second round on Saturday night at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

After an uneventful first round, Lubin posted up against the ropes in round two, covering up and allowing Ortiz Jr. to tee off on him with nonstop punches. Three consecutive right hands from Ortiz Jr. badly hurt ‘The Hammer’ Lubin, putting him out on his feet. The referee was forced to step in and save Lubin at that point. The time of the stoppage was at 1:30 of round two.

After the fight, Ortiz Jr. called Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to step in the ring for them to announce their next fight. The two fighters then traded insults, saying they were going to win their battle next.

Live results

Super middleweight contender Darius Fulghum (14-1-1, 12 KOs) and David Stevens (15-2-1, 10 KOs) battled to a 10-round majority draw in a fight that resembled a Greco-Roman wrestling match. There was a lot of grabbing by both fighters, and not many clean shots. The scores were 96-94 for Fulghum, 95-95, and 95-95.

Hopefully, Golden Boy Promotions won’t bother setting up a rematch between them, as it would be more of the same. They need to match Fulghum and Stevens against other fighters, like Olsleys Iglesias, Christian Mbilli, Diego Pacheco, or Lester Martinez. Those guys wouldn’t allow him to hold. Golden Boy should have known what they were getting themselves into when they made the Fulghum vs. Stevens fight.

Middleweight Amari Jones (15-0, 13 KOs) destroyed the overmatched  Shady Gamhour (14-3, 9 KOs), stopping him in the third round of yet another mismatch on tonight’s undercard. The 23-year-old prospect Jones knocked Gamhour, 35, down with a right hook after stunning him with two solid left hooks. The referee chose to halt the contest at this point. The official time was at 2:54 of the third.

Heavyweight prospect Joshua Edwards (5-0, 5 KOs) bludgeoned the hapless Zeno Vooris (5-2, 5 KOs) at will with hard punches, cutting him over both eyes, and resulting in their corner having the fight stopped in round three. The time of the stoppage was at 2:34 of round three.

Cruiserweight Robin Sirwan Safar (19-0, 13 KOs) had his way tonight, defeating the tired and over-matched 35-year-old Derick Miller Jr (18-1, 10 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision. The scores were 98-91, 99-90, and 99-90. Miller was stumbling and tired in the later rounds. He looked awful, showing no power, and eating a lot of hard punches from the 32-year-old Swedish native, Safar.

Middleweight Eric Priest (16-0-1, 8 KOs) and Esneiker Correa (16-6-3, 14 KOs) battled to an eight-round split decision in the final fight of the prelim card. Correa rallied late to get the draw. This was supposed to have been a clear victory for Priest, but Correa showed that he wanted it more. The judges’ scores were 69-73 for Priest, 77-75 for Correa, and 76-75.

Light welterweight prospect Javier Meza (5-0, 2 KO) defeated Joshua Briones (3-5, 2 KO) by a six-round unanimous decision in a fight that was surprisingly competitive at times. Meza had Briones trapped against the ropes through most of the rounds. But Briones showed excellent power, hurting Meza in round six, which made the fight enjoyable at the end. The scores were 59-55, 58-55, and 58-55.

Junior middleweight Samuel Torres Castellanos (4-0, 3 KO) dominated an overmatched Ricardo Elizalde (0-2), winning by a second-round TKO. He’d taken a knee from a phantom punch. I didn’t see any punches that landed. It was a strange situation. The time of the stoppage was at 1:55 of round two.

Elizalde’s trainer had the fight stopped in round two shortly after he’d been dropped. He wasn’t throwing punches back, and it was clear that he didn’t want to fight.