Israil Madromov revealed that he was going out with a bad illness and that he was not 100% in his unanimous decision in 12 rounds, last Saturday night at the temporary junior champion of WBC, Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Madrid, 29, says he will be “Stronger” in rematch. Vergil Jr. He won’t give him a rematch because he wants to challenge WBC and WBO 154-LB Champion Sebastian Fundora.
The disease affects performance
Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 ko) faded after Dominating Vergil Jr. In the first five rounds and fought in the last seven rounds. He still appeared that he had won six rounds and deserved the drawBut the judges gave it to the more popular Ortiz Jr.-US results 115-113, 115-113 and 117-111. If the sick Madrid could fight Vergil Jr. -And, what would a healthy version do?
The mistake Israil made in the fight was so much movement in the first six rounds. It seemed to have pulled out much of the energy, which played in favor of the Ortiz JR in the second half of the struggle. Madrid’s corner should have shown him to stop moving so early and focus on his power game. ‘Little GGG’ was a bigger blow than Ortiz Jr, but he spent a lot of energy moving.
The hits Madrimov threw marked the face of the Ortiz JR around both eyes. You could hear how strong Madrid were kicks when they landed. The sound of the impact was much louder than Vergil.
“I was ill in December. Two weeks ago we went to the doctor, the doctor says I was ill and was not ready to fight. We don’t want to cancel the fight because it was a big ticket. I wanted to show a big fight. This is my job” , said Israil Madrid Boxing news About how he was not 100% for his fight against Vergil Ortiz Jr. -And last Saturday night.
“Maybe I’ll be back in the rematch, I’ll be back stronger again. I trained hard (in preparation for Ortiz Jr.), but I didn’t feel good. I didn’t want to cancel the fight. So, I risked. This struggle was more experience. What happened, it’s more practice for the future.
“That’s my job,” Madrid said when asked if he wanted a easier fight for his next duel, because his last two were difficult against Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Terencea Crawford. “In my pro -Debia, I fought with ten rounds.”


Last time updated 23.02.2025