Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas
| Date | 24 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA Gold welterweight championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ortiz Jr. wins via 7th-round technical knockout | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Fight card[edit]
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
|
def. | Jeremy Ramos
|
UD | 8/8 | ||
| Light Flyweight | 108 lbs. | Seniesa Estrada
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def. | Miranda Adkins
|
KO | 1/8 | 0:07 | Note 2 |
| Super bantamweight | 122 lbs. | Hector Valdez
|
def. | Josue Morales
|
UD | 8/8 | ||
| Welterweight | 147 lbs. | Evan Anthony Sanchez
|
def. |  Issouf Kinda
|
UD | 6/6 |
^Note 1 For WBA Gold welterweight title
^Note 2 For WBC Silver female light flyweight title
Broadcaster[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "DAZN EXPANDING TO MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES". DAZN. March 2, 2020. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.