Vergil Ortiz Jr. To Top 5 Ranked 154-Pounder in October, per Oscar de la Hoya

Golden Boy Boss Oscar de la Hoya Pls on Bringing Vergil Ortiz Jr. Back for What is Expected to Be An Easier Fight for Him Against Old ‘One Time’ Keith Thurman October. This Will Be a Golden Boy – PBC-Promoted Event.

Vergil Jr.’s Return in October

Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 kos) has been in back-to-back grueling Fights Against Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk in His Last Two Fights. So, Going Up Against The Faded 36-Year-Old Thurman (31-1, 23 Kos) Will Be A Step Back in Much-Needed Competition for Vergil Jr.

With The Issues Ortiz Jr. Had Against Bohachuk and Madrimov, He Easily Could Have Lost Both Fights. The Victory Over Bohachuk Last Year Was Controversial, With Many Boxing Fans Viewing It A Gift for Vergil Jr. AS for HIS WIN OVER MADRIMOV, HE FAUGHT HIM Coming off Whence HE FAUGHT HIM LAST February, Yet Ortiz Jr. Still Took A Bad Beating From The Former WBA Junior Middleweight Champion.

Top 5 Opponent at 154

“He’s Ready. Vergil Ortiz Is Golden Boy’s Next Star. We Believe in Him 1000 Percent,” Said of Hoya to Dazn About Ortiz Jr. “We’re Looking at Getting Him Back In October Against Someone in the Top Five. He Will Be Back to Soon. “

Well, Oscar Is a Little Off Here by Saying Vergil Jr. Will Fighting A “Top Five” Guy, The Former WBA and WBC Welterweight Champion Thuran is the Top Four by the Four is 154. Keith is Ranked # 8 WBC, and # 8 wbo at junior middleweight.

Thurman Has No Shot Beating Vergil Jr. At this Late Stage of Keith’s Career, He has not been fighting a Talent Like Ortiz Jr. It’ll Be Interesting For Fans To Watch the Spectacle, But This Is A Mismatch. Thurman is a fighter from A Different Era and is too compliant to be accompeting to be Younger Fighter Like The 27-year-old Ortiz Jr.

A Better Fight For The Fans Would Be A Rematch Between Ortiz Jr. And a Healthy 100% Version of Madrimov. That Would Be Fun to See How Vergil Jr. Deals with Madrimov When He’s Not Coming Off A Bad Illness.

A Step Back in Competition

Thurman Would Be Ranked Higher IF Heyen’t SO SO INACTIVE. Thurman Recently Came off a Three-Year Layoff, Defeating Second-Tier Fighter, Brock Jarvis March 12th on the Third-Round Knockout. IF ‘One Time’ A Top 15-Ranked Fighter, He’d Likely Pushed to The Top Five Spot, But He Obviously Wasn’t Crazy to Try That Due To His Inactivity and Advanced Age.