Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas was a professional boxing match contested on 24 July 2020.[1]
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| Date | 24 July 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA Gold welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ortiz Jr. wins via 7th-round technical knockout | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editThe 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.[2][3][4][5]
The fight
editOrtiz dominated the bout behind his left jab, hurting Vargas with a series of quick right hands over the top in third, which prompted referee Jack Reiss to call the ringside physician to look him over at the end of the round. In the seventh round, a barrage of punches from Ortiz led the referee to wave the bout off.[6][7] Ortiz would land 46% of his punches compared to just 15% of Vargas'.
Aftermath
editCanelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders would face off 10 months later in Texas.
Fight card
editConfirmed bouts:[8]
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Note | ||
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| Welterweight | 147 lbs. |  Vergil Ortiz Jr. (c)
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def. |  Samuel Vargas
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TKO | 7/12 | Note 1 | |
| Middleweight | 154 lbs. | Shane Mosley Jr.
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def. | Jeremy Ramos
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UD | 8/8 | ||
| Light Flyweight | 108 lbs. | Seniesa Estrada
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def. | Miranda Adkins
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KO | 1/8 | 0:07 | Note 2 |
| Super bantamweight | 122 lbs. | Hector Valdez
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def. | Josue Morales
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UD | 8/8 | ||
| Welterweight | 147 lbs. | Evan Anthony Sanchez
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def. |  Issouf Kinda
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UD | 6/6 |
^Note 1 For WBA Gold welterweight title ^Note 2 For WBC Silver female light flyweight title
Broadcasting
editThe 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.[9]
| Country | Broadcaster |
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 New Zealand |
Spark Sports |
References
edit- ^ "Ortiz Jr. vs. Vargas". tapology.com. Tapology. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ Rathbone, Jack (March 1, 2020). "Canelo's coach confirms Saunders next for Mexican superstar". The Independent. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ "BOXING IS BACK ON DAZN". DAZN Media Centre. June 30, 2020. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "DAZN moving forwards with UK and global launch, possible for Canelo fight?". talkSPORT. July 8, 2020. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas: Date, fight time, live stream, price | DAZN News Mexico". DAZN. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "Ortiz continues rise, stops Vargas by TKO in 7th". ESPN.com. July 25, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "Ortiz vs. Vargas results: Vergil Ortiz Jr. pummels Samuel Vargas to notch 16th consecutive KO | DAZN News UK". DAZN. July 25, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
- ^ "DAZN EXPANDING TO MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES". DAZN. March 2, 2020. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.