Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas explained

Fight Name:Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas
Fight Date:24 July 2020
Location:Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California
Titles:WBA Gold welterweight championship
Fighter1: Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Hometown1:Grand Prairie, Texas
Record1:15–0–0 (15 KOs)
Height1:5 ft 10 in
Weight1:147 lbs
Style1:Orthodox
Recognition1:WBA Gold welterweight champion
Fighter2: Samuel Vargas
Hometown2:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Record2:31–5–2 (14 KOs)
Height2:5 ft 9 in
Weight2:146.6 lbs
Style2:Orthodox

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas was a Welterweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBA Gold champion the American Vergil Ortiz Jr. and the Canadian-Colombian Samuel Vargas. 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.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Fight card

Weight ClassWeightvs.MethodRoundTimeNote
Welterweight147 lbs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. (c)def. Samuel VargasTKO7/12
Middleweight154 lbs. Shane Mosley Jr.def. Jeremy RamosUD8/8
Light Flyweight108 lbs. Seniesa Estradadef. Miranda AdkinsKO1/80:07
Super bantamweight122 lbs. Hector Valdezdef. Josue MoralesUD8/8
Welterweight147 lbs. Evan Anthony Sanchezdef. Issouf KindaUD6/6

Broadcaster

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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canelo's coach confirms Saunders next for Mexican superstar . Rathbone . Jack . March 1, 2020 . The Independent . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20200302142751/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/canelo-alvarez-next-fight-billy-joe-saunders-callum-smith-opponent-a9367046.html . March 2, 2020 . March 4, 2020 . live .
  2. Web site: 2020-06-30. BOXING IS BACK ON DAZN. 2020-07-20. DAZN Media Centre. en-GB. July 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200720201011/https://media.dazn.com/en/press-releases/2020/06/boxing-is-back-on-dazn/. live.
  3. Web site: 2020-07-08. DAZN moving forwards with UK and global launch, possible for Canelo fight?. https://web.archive.org/web/20200720182913/https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/728921/dazn-uk-global-launch-canelo-alvarez-fight-september/. July 20, 2020. 2020-07-20. talkSPORT. en-US. live.
  4. Web site: Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas: Date, fight time, live stream, price DAZN News Mexico. 2020-07-20. DAZN. en. July 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200720190400/https://www.dazn.com/en-MX/news/boxing/vergil-ortiz-jr-vs-samuel-vargas-date-time-live-stream-price-odds/zgpbkda9ae2m1vlqmv5ecla6z. live.
  5. Web site: DAZN EXPANDING TO MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES . 2020-03-02 . . en-GB . https://web.archive.org/web/20200303200303/https://media.dazn.com/en/press-releases/2020/03/dazn-expanding-to-more-than-200-countries-territories/ . March 3, 2020 . 2020-03-03 . dead .