Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson Fight Is Set This Week

Latest Update / Mar 14,2022

Los Angeles is expected to be very crowded this week. Golden Boy Promotions have said that the Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson match will happen at the Galen Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 19. Vergil Ortiz Jr. is going to bring his powerful wrists back to the city of casinos. The welterweight boxer is ranked among the top six in his weight class. He will fight against his fellow undefeated welterweight boxer Michael McKinson. DAZN will stream the main event from the University of Southern California campus in Downtown Los Angeles. Ortiz had a celebrated career as an amateur. He got more than one hundred and thirty wins and less than thirty losses. It also included more than six national championships and a gold medal at the Junior Olympics. He made his debut as a junior welterweight champ about eight years ago. He has also rapidly climbed the rankings of his professional division.

 

His previous few wins have come against a former champion and a couple of former title challengers. More than a year ago, he was able to knock out the former champion of his weight class Maurice Hooker in the middle rounds of the match. Ortiz was also named the prospect of the year by publications a few years ago. He has been on the search for a major match for a long time. The Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson may not exactly fill that requirement. But it is another chance for the young star to make his claim as one of the best young boxers on the roster. He has been able to climb to the ranks of his weight class with a perfect knockout record. 

 

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson: First Match for Ortiz in Los Angeles in Four Years

 

It will be the first match for Ortiz in Los Angeles in the last four years. At that time, he had obtained a knockout victory in the initial rounds against Juan Carlos Salgado. The welterweight boxer is among the most shining stars in the boxing world. The Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson match will be the hardest test for the young welterweight boxer. About half a year ago, he had to go through some shaky moments before getting a stoppage win against Egidijus Kavaliauskas. He is also one of the top young boxers in the sport today. About twelve months ago, he got a knockout victory in the middle rounds against the former champ Maurice Hooker. The promoter of Ortiz is Golden Boy Promotions, which is owned by Oscar De La Hoya.

 

Ortiz said, “I am excited to return to Los Angeles, my home away from home. I have been training in Southern California for my entire career and can’t wait to put on a big show for all my SoCal fans. I am taking on an undefeated, world-ranked opponent in McKinson. Still, I am ready to show the world that I belong at the top of the division and am ready for a world championship title shot. I feel awesome putting a card in LA. I have a lot of fans here in LA that have been asking me on social media to come back, and I am happy that we can do that. I am looking forward to putting on a good show at the Galen Center. I always train to go the distance in every fight. I don’t go into the ring looking for the knockout. If the opportunity comes to finish the contest with a knockout, I will take it. I would love to fight at the very least three times this year.”

 

“After this fight, get back in the ring as soon as possible and stay active. That’s how I feel, the sharpest. My dad has been training me the whole time alongside Hector Beltran. He’s the one that is always on my a ** making sure that I am doing everything right. Now that we have added Manny Robles to the corner, he brings experience and a different point of view. He’s taken fighters like Oscar Valdez and Andy Ruiz to world title fights, and hopefully, we can do the same.“

 

McKinson Has An Undefeated Record

 

McKinson does not have the experience or the name recognition. But he does have the odd style that Ortiz has not faced before in his young career. The welterweight boxer from England only has a couple of knockout victories. But he has obtained more than five knockdowns in his previous few matches. The boxer from the United Kingdom will need to have his most challenging opponent in the face of Ortiz in the Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson match. He has gained victory in more than nine consecutive unanimous decisions. His previous win came against Przemysław Runowski from Poland. He is ranked among the top four boxers in his weight division. He is a boxer who is undefeated and ready to put his clean record on the line to show the world that he has what is needed to be the top boxer in his weight class.

 

The boxer from Portsmouth, Great Britain, has had a frenetic professional career that included getting belts such as the WBO European and Global Welter belts and the WBC International Silver Welter Belt. The boxer is going to be involved in a match in the United States of America for the first time. In the Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Michael McKinson match, he will be looking to snatch the WBO Intercontinental Welterweight championship belt from Ortiz Jr. McKinson said, “Firstly, I want to thank everyone behind securing me this opportunity. It’s an opportunity of a lifetime, and I can’t wait to take America by storm. Vergil Ortiz, Jr. is an unbelievable talent that’s captured the eyes of everyone. Still, I’m about to come with a whole new box of problems. This fight changed my life but winning this changed my future. This is huge for me, my family, and everyone around me. I’ll give it everything.”

 

CEO and Chairman of Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya added, “Vergil Ortiz, Jr. is one of the most exciting welterweights to watch in the sport today. Since his professional debut, Vergil has noticed the world with his incredible punching power. Now, undefeated, with a perfect knockout record, Vergil is ready to fight against the elite in the division, starting with the world-ranked Michael McKinson. As a promoter, we have to knock on a lot of doors to get our fighters a fight, and it’s a dream come true when fighters like Michael McKinson want to face one of our guys. Vergil is in a unique position, 18-0, 18KOs. World champions know that he’s dangerous; world champions know that if they get in the ring with him, there will be a huge possibility that they will lose. So it surprised me that McKinson was knocking on Vergil’s door, on our door. It just goes to show you that when you are fighting at this level, you are going to cross paths with great fighters who want to fight the best.”

 

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