Vergil Ortiz Jr. confirmed in an interview on Wednesday that he’s already stated “sure” to a struggle towards Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis subsequent if he’s victorious in his title protection of his WBC interim junior middleweight title towards Erickson Lubin this Saturday, November eighth, on the Dickies Enviornment in Fort Value, Texas.
“We’ll See” Raises Doubt
What made Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) sound wishy-washy was his remark, “We’ll see,” when questioned about his willingness to face Ennis (35-0, 31 KOs) subsequent. That’s not precisely a positive-sounding remark. When somebody says that to you, it’s much like somebody saying, ‘Yeah, we’ll get collectively certainly one of today.’ that you simply’ll by no means hear or see them once more.
It’s a dangerous one for Vergil Jr. So, it’s comprehensible why he’s not sounding amped up about preventing Ennis as a result of if he loses, he can overlook a few important payday preventing for a world title towards WBC 154-lb champion Sebastian Fundora.
Ortiz Jr-Lubin can be headlining on DAZN this Saturday. That struggle stands out above the remaining on this Golden Boy-promoted card
“I feel there’s extra strain on him as a result of lots of people are counting him out. So, that’s going to carry the fireplace out of him,” stated Vergil Ortiz Jr. to Ring Journal when requested if there’s extra strain on him going into Saturday’s struggle with Erickson Lubin.
Strain on Vergil, Not Lubin
Who’s Vergil Jr. kidding? The strain is on him on this struggle, not Lubin, as a result of he’s the favourite and preventing at house in Texas. If Ortiz Jr. wins, he’s obtained two glorious, well-playing choices towards Fundora or ‘Boots’ Ennis.
“In flip, that’s going to carry the fireplace out of me as a result of he’s going to have some form of urgency within the ring,” stated Ortiz Jr. “So, now I’ve urgency.”
Ortiz Jr. goes to should carry urgency to this struggle as a result of Lubin can be throughout him, seeking to end what Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk began. These two fighters inflicted a number of injury on Ortiz Jr.
He beat Madrimov by a 12-round unanimous determination on February 22, 2025, in Riyadh. The scores have been 115-113, 115-113, and 117-111. Final yr on August 10, Vergil Jr. beat Bohachuk by a 12-round majority on August 10, 2024.
“I’ve already stated, ‘Sure,’ however we’ll see,” stated Vergi Jr. when informed that Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and promoter Eddie Hearn can be ringside on Saturday evening to start pressuring to make the struggle with him subsequent.
