Vergil Ortiz Jr. He says he wanted to fight the former WBA champion of the younger middle category Irail Madrid because he enjoyed Sparing with him in the past. Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 20 ko) describes the sparring session as “fun,” And he felt that fans would be fun for the two of them to fight.
Fight adapted to fans
Ortiz Jr., 26, will defend his temporary WBC belt of 154 LB against Madrid (10-1-1, 7 Kos) on February 22 on the Matrura Beterbieva substrate against Dmitry Bivol 2 at the Riyadhu Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event will be shown live on DAZN PPV.
The organizers of the event surprisingly set the fight of Vergil Jr.-Madrimov as a third duel on the background, not in compassion, where it should be. They are focused on the UK audience by setting Daniel Dubois against Joseph Parker and Carlos Adamas against Hamzah Sheeraz in front of the Ortiz Vs. Madrid.
Madrid beat Terrence Crawford on August 3 in Los Angeles in a competitive fight that he could beat that he threw several more blows in the later rounds of the competition. Here Crawford came into force to win important rounds of championship with his activities.
“Madrimov puts pressure on Crawford, and Crawford is waiting for the opening. They just caught him with a real band,” said Vergil Ortiz Jr. In Dazn Boxing, he watched the last fight of Israil Madrid against Terrence Crawford from August 3 last year.
“Madrid is doing good defensively. It doesn’t get much hit. She didn’t. I thought Crawford would more decisively win, but Madrid’s really good job took away what Crawford was doing best. He had a lot of good Feints. He threw a lot. I know Crawford respected his power because [Madrimov] Does it hit a little difficult.
“I haven’t yet, but I will,” said Vergil Jr. When asked if he studied this fight between Madrid and Crawford to prepare for his conflict. “The thing is that I and Crawford are two completely different fighters. Of course, I can study it, but the thing is even if I and Crawford fought the same, he is [Madrimov] Let’s go differently.
Vergil predicted that Crawford would easily beat Madrid, but it turned out it was a very close fight, and the 37-year-old barely won. He did not realize how difficult it would be to fight Madrid in the same way as he did against Errol Spence in his previous fight a year earlier. Madrid was too powerful and technical sound for Crawford to get out of the same things he did against the exhausted Spence demolished on cracks.
“I had three or four sparring sessions with Madrid. I remember a lot. It was a fun sparring session and that was one of the reasons I fought because it was a difficult struggle, a different fight and I know that fans will have fun with her” , said Ortiz Jr.
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Last time updated 10.02.2025
