Vergil Ortiz Jr. believes he has a very good chance against Errol Spence Jr. at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in 2025 if both win their next fights this year.
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Ortiz Jr.'s Upcoming Challenges and Spence
Undefeated Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) is scheduled to defeat WBC junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) on August 10 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
On the other hand, Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) needs to defeat WBC/WBO 154-lb champion Sebastian Fundora if that fight is to happen. That fight has not been discussed, but they will fight later this year unless someone changes their mind.
Ortiz, 26, also wants to fight Terence Crawford in 2025, believing that fight will happen. He thinks Crawford will defeat WBA junior middleweight champion Israel Madrimov on August 3 without any problems.
Terence hasn't talked about wanting to fight Ortiz. He wants to move up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his vacant super middleweight championship. That fight is going to make a lot more money than a match with Ortiz.
“I think the fight that made that happen was Spence's. “If he passes Fundora and is healthy, we can run it at Cowboy Stadium,” said Vergil Ortiz Jr. in the media about his belief that the fight with Errol Spence Jr. it could happen next year.
Ortiz Jr.'s Defensive Concerns
Vergil Jr. he is banking on fights with Spence and Crawford next year, but all three are likely to lose their next fights. Bohachuk, 29, is a better fighter than anyone Ortiz has fought in his career, and he will take advantage of his lucrative defensive advantage.
Ortiz was injured early in his fight with Egidijus Kavaliauskas in August 2021, and the only reason he came out of that fight without a stoppage was because he was out of breath.
Ortiz's three fights since then have been against opponents, Michael McKinson, Fredrick Lawson, and Thomas Dulorme.
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