Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas

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]

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas
Date24 July 2020
VenueFantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California
Title(s) on the lineWBA Gold welterweight championship
Tale of the tape
Boxer United States Vergil Ortiz Jr. CanadaColombia Samuel Vargas
Hometown Grand Prairie, Texas Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pre-fight record 15–0–0 (15 KOs) 31–5–2 (14 KOs)
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg) 146.6 lb (66 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA Gold welterweight champion
Result
Ortiz Jr. wins via 7th-round technical knockout

Fight card
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

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]

References
  1. Rathbone, Jack (March 1, 2020). "Canelo's coach confirms Saunders next for Mexican superstar". The Independent. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. "BOXING IS BACK ON DAZN". DAZN Media Centre. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  3. "DAZN moving forwards with UK and global launch, possible for Canelo fight?". talkSPORT. July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. "Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas: Date, fight time, live stream, price | DAZN News Mexico". DAZN. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. "DAZN EXPANDING TO MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES". DAZN. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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