Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas
Date24 July 2020
VenueFantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA Gold welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer United States Vergil Ortiz Jr. Canada/Colombia Samuel Vargas
Hometown Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pre-fight record 15–0 (15 KO) 31–5–2 (14 KO)
Age 22 years, 3 months 31 years, 3 months
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg) 146+3⁄5 lb (66 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBO
No. 3 Ranked Welterweight
WBC
No. 7 Ranked Welterweight
WBA Gold welterweight champion		 Former NABA welterweight champion
Result
Ortiz Jr. wins via 7th-round technical knockout

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas was a professional boxing match contested on 24 July 2020.[1]

Background

The event originally scheduled for Ortiz Jr. vs Vargas on 28 March 2020 at The Forum, Inglewood, California and the unified super middleweight world titles between the current four-division champion, the Mexican Canelo Álvarez vs. the WBO champion, the British Billy Joe Saunders on 2 May 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. But the Canelo vs. Saunders fight has been cancelled and replaced by the Ortiz Jr. vs Vargas fight in 24 July at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4][5]

The fight

Ortiz dominated the bout behind his left jab, hurting Vargas with a series of quick right hands over the top in third, which prompted referee Jack Reiss to call the ringside physician to look him over at the end of the round. In the seventh round, a barrage of punches from Ortiz led the referee to wave the bout off.[6][7] Ortiz would land 46% of his punches compared to just 15% of Vargas'.

Aftermath

Canelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders would face off 10 months later in Texas.

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:[8]

Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time Note
Welterweight 147 lbs. United States Vergil Ortiz Jr. (c) def. Colombia Samuel Vargas TKO 7/12 Note 1
Middleweight 154 lbs. United States Shane Mosley Jr. def. United States Jeremy Ramos UD 8/8
Light Flyweight 108 lbs. United States Seniesa Estrada def. United States Miranda Adkins KO 1/8 0:07 Note 2
Super bantamweight 122 lbs. United States Hector Valdez def. United States Josue Morales UD 8/8
Welterweight 147 lbs. United States Evan Anthony Sanchez def. Burkina Faso Issouf Kinda UD 6/6

^Note 1 For WBA Gold welterweight title ^Note 2 For WBC Silver female light flyweight title

Broadcasting

The event will mark the OTT Streaming service DAZN launch globally in Latin America (after previously been launched in Brazil a year ago), UK, and other 189 countries after previously been launched in nine countries.[9]

Country Broadcaster
 New Zealand Spark Sports

References

  1. ^ "Ortiz Jr. vs. Vargas". tapology.com. Tapology. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Rathbone, Jack (March 1, 2020). "Canelo's coach confirms Saunders next for Mexican superstar". The Independent. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "BOXING IS BACK ON DAZN". DAZN Media Centre. June 30, 2020. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "DAZN moving forwards with UK and global launch, possible for Canelo fight?". talkSPORT. July 8, 2020. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas: Date, fight time, live stream, price | DAZN News Mexico". DAZN. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Ortiz continues rise, stops Vargas by TKO in 7th". ESPN.com. July 25, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Ortiz vs. Vargas results: Vergil Ortiz Jr. pummels Samuel Vargas to notch 16th consecutive KO | DAZN News UK". DAZN. July 25, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "BoxRec - event".
  9. ^ "DAZN EXPANDING TO MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES". DAZN. March 2, 2020. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
Preceded by Vergil Ortiz Jr.'s bouts
24 July 2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Samuel Vargas's bouts
24 July 2020 		Succeeded by