Vergil Ortiz Jr’s supervisor, Rick Mirigian, states he’s serious about Keith Thurman or Errol Spence at Cowboy’s Stadium.
Agreeing to battle the 35-year-old inactive Thurman might backfire on Vergil Ortiz Jr’s crew as a result of there’s an opportunity he wouldn’t make it by coaching camp with out struggling an harm and needing to drag out of the battle like he did earlier this yr when he was scheduled to face former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu.
Spence, 34, and Thurman are fossils at their age, who hardly ever battle these days. It doesn’t sound possible that both of those fights would ever materialize for Vergil, however even when they did, what does it show for the 26-year-old to beat them? It nonetheless wouldn’t present that he can dangle with one of the best at 154.
Mirigian says that if somebody can “afford” the Ortiz vs. Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis or Ortiz-Crawford, he could be open to it. The one one who would probably be serious about placing up the cash to stage a battle between Vergil and Ennis or Crawford could be His Excellency Turki Alalshikh.
Boots and his administration would want to conform to him shifting as much as 154 as a result of he’s nonetheless hoping to unify the 147-lb division. If he strikes as much as 154 to problem Ortiz Jr. for his WBC interim junior middleweight title, it may very well be tough for him to return to 147. Ennis would possibly as nicely keep at 154 if he have been to defeat Vergil Jr. to win his WBC interim strap.
Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) preventing Ennis would contain an enormous quantity of threat for Vergil, who didn’t look nice in his latest battle towards Serhii Bohachuk on August tenth in Las Vegas.
Bohachuk out-punched and out-fought Vergil however discovered himself on the receiving finish of a questionable 12-round majority determination. Many followers felt that the judges in that battle gave Bohachuk the shaft, they usually have been disillusioned that Vergil didn’t agree to offer him a rematch.
There was a report yesterday that Vergil Jr. vs. Boots Ennis could be thought-about for February twenty second in a Riyadh Season occasion together with Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez vs. Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez. In hindsight, it sounded too good to be true, and now it’s turned out to be hogwash.
We aren’t eying Boots, Ortiz and anybody within the High 5 works for a BIG battle and when a proposal comes alongside then we’ll go from there. I believe Ortiz/Spence at Cowboy Stadium turns into the largest battle in Texas historical past but when somebody can afford Ortiz/Boots or Ortiz/Crawford then my… https://t.co/WzDIXfkwwn
— Rick Mirigian (@RGMPROMO) October 25, 2024
We might love that, Vergil has requested for that battle for years and Thurman wouldn’t do but when Thurman needed that battle it could get made quick TOMORROW…… https://t.co/zsTHDp3ZC5
— Rick Mirigian (@RGMPROMO) October 25, 2024
