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WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr says he needs a title shot towards any of the three champions at 154 that can give him the chance following his 12-round unanimous resolution win over Israil Madrimov final Saturday evening at The Venue in Riyadh.
Potential Foes
– Bakhram Murtazaliev: IBF– Sebastian Fundora: WBC and WBO– Terence Crawford: WBAThe best of these three is Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs), however he’s additionally probably the most harmful puncher. Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) must change his method towards him as a result of he couldn’t simply go straight at Murtazaliev like he did towards Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs). He hits too arduous for Vergil to out-brawl him, and he received’t run as Madrimov did.
Ortiz Jr. had hassle sufficient because it was towards Madrimov, however it might be worse towards Bakhram. Vergil defeated Madrimov by the scores of 115-113, 115-113, and 117-111.
“If someone is going to give me a chance to fight for a belt, let’s go for it,” mentioned Vergil Jr to Ring Journal.
“We just fought a good fight against a great opponent. I’m very happy with my performance,” mentioned Vergil Ortiz Jr. to The Stomping Floor after his win over Israil Madrimov final Saturday evening. “What he gave us, that’s what we thought was going to occur.
“He has good power, but it’s not scary,” mentioned Ortiz Jr. when requested if Madrimov has good energy. “Mean Machine [Egidijus Kavaliauskas] was scary power. I’ll tell you that I don’t like getting hit by him. There hasn’t been another fighter that I’m like, ‘Let me watch out.’ Him [Madrimov] was just like, ‘Okay, I can take this.’” mentioned Ortiz Jr.
Vergil Jr’s face was much more badly marked up towards Madrimov than it was in his combat towards Kavaliauskas. So, that tells you that his notion of Madrimov’s energy was off as a result of he was catching him with some massive pictures that seemed extra highly effective than those he was hit with towards ‘Imply Machine of their combat on August 14, 2021.
Ortiz Jr. wants to surrender on his hopes of preventing Terence Crawford as a result of he’s not going to assist him out by providing a title shot. Crawford is preventing WBA, WBC and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September thirteenth. After that combat, he’ll doubtless retire until Turki Alalshikh gives him a ton of cash to combat somebody like newly topped undisputed mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.
“It really wasn’t frustrating because eventually, he’s going to have to fight,” mentioned Vergil Jr. when requested if he was pissed off by the motion of Madrimov. “I can combat from the skin, too. It’s not like I’m only a fighter that [plods forward]. I could be that fighter if I wish to bully you if he’s not giving me something and he’s not shelling out something.
“I have a good jab, and I can fight from the outside too. Fighting someone that is moving a lot is not a problem for me,” mentioned Ortiz Jr.
