Bernard Hopkins says Vergil Ortiz Jr. “outsmart” Israil Madrid to beat him in their fight in Riyadh on Saturday night. Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 ko) will defend their temporary WBC junior title against the former amateur star of Madrid (10-1-1, 7 KOS) in the fight against 12 rounds, which many fans see as 50-50 disputes.
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The punishment that Ortiz Jr. She absorbed in her fight against Serhii Bohachuk last August she changed her opinion on how she is now starting to fight. He realizes that he cannot overcome his opposition in 154 as he did when he first arrived there, and destroys several passengers with the first round knockout.
Vergil Jr. He does not want to use the same approach he used in the fight against Bohachuk against Madrid because he hit too much, and he will encourage him. However, if he tries to box instead of an altercation, Vergil could play in Madrid’s hands. Vergil managed to get out with Bohachuk boxing in the championship round because he lacked speed and fired at knockout.
On August 3, Madrid lost the last fight against Terrence Crawford because he failed to do enough in the second part of the fight when the match was still ready to catch. Cannot make the same mistake against Vergil Jr. -ai expects to win because he can do whatever Crawford can do.
Ortiz’s intellect
“I am a great fan of this man here because he is all power and destruction,” Sergio said Golden Boy Boxing About Vergil Ortiz Jr. “What many people do not deserve is intelligence. You have to be intelligent with that pressure that Ortiz puts on you.
“He finds a way out whenever he has problems with triggers as he did against Michael McKinson. Yes, McKinson entered the other half of the fight. He realized (Egidijus) Kavaliauskas, who put it off, fought at the corners. He managed to find him. The road there, “she said.
“Vergil will outsmart him and will continue to keep that space between them where he can work on it,” said Bernard Hopkins. “Oscar knows how to do that stitch.”
That would be a pretty feat for Vergil Ortiz Jr., surpassing Madrid because he is not the type of fighter who relied on his ring IQ ring to win the fight throughout his career. Vergil Jr. He always used his power and greatness to win in 147 and 154.
His last fight against Serhii Bohachuk was for the first time in his career that he could not overcome with power, and he had to box in the championship circles to win. It was a controversial victory for Ortiz Jr, but he got it and moved on.
“Smart Jab, Jab on his feet,” De La Hoya said. “Handling a bull. This is a big, big map. That could be one of the greatest of all time. It really is. Look at your past fights, like Don King’s tickets, when you had Mike Tyson, Trinidad and Julio Cesar Chavez.
Last time updated 20.02.2025