It was a brief night of work for Vergil Ortiz on Saturday.
The junior middleweight who battled at a catchweight of 156 pounds stopped previous world title opposition Thomas Dulorme in the preliminary in a co-feature in Fresno, California. It was Ortiz’s 2nd first-round knockout of the year, after he stopped Fredrick Lawson in a matter of minutes back in January.
The fight was eclipsed by the news that broke previously in the week: Ortiz is arranged to fight Tim Tszyu on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles.
The group around Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs) was peaceful and expert in the accumulation to the fight. But as quickly as Dulorme had actually been dispatched, news of Ortiz’s next fight was currently buzzing throughout the boxing world. Although Tszyu lost a split choice to Sebastian Fundora in his latest getaway, Tszyu is among the most interesting fighters in boxing, not to mention the junior middleweight department.
The belief is that Ortiz-Tszyu might be a possible fight of the year. Some are currently identifying it “the genuine centerpiece” of the night, over Terence Crawford-Israil Madrimov.
BoxingScene talked to Ortiz’s daddy, Vergil Sr., who is his kid’s fitness instructor (to name a few functions) right away after Saturday’s win. The senior Ortiz discussed the pressure his kid dealt with leading up to the Dulorme match with another huge fight currently on the horizon.
“Ever because Vergil was a kid, when there is pressure, he simply can’t see it,” stated Ortiz Sr. “Vergil constantly carries out – no matter what, he never ever stops working.”
After the fight, Team Ortiz started to describe how the Tszyu fight happened. Ortiz Sr. discussed that the proposition had actually gone through him – which he just asked his kid if he wished to fight Tszyu. The fighter just reacted “yes,” which was all the confirmation required to get the fight made.
“I in fact like that fight,” Ortiz Sr. stated of the Tszyu match. “We have actually been desiring that fight because Vergil was at [welterweight]. I have stated it before and I will continue to state that’s a male’s fight.
“There is a distinction in between a fight and a boxing match. This is a male’s fight, this is a violent fight. One feature of Vergil is, you might state his competence is violence. When you remain in there, the more violent it is, the more he feels comfy with.”
Ortiz strikes like a mule and takes a practically computed method to folding challengers early in battles, so maybe it’s not surprising that he has actually never ever gone the range as an expert.
“He chooses for it to be violent,” Ortiz Sr. stated.
