By: Sean Crose
The 19-0 Vergil Ortiz was again within the ring after near a 12 months and a half absence Saturday night time in Vegas, as he battled the 30-3 Fredrick Lawson in a junior middleweight contest scheduled for twelve. The battle was the primary occasion of a Golden Boy Card which was broadcast stay on the DAZN streaming service.
Nearly all of the primary was basically a sense out interval for every man, although each fighters threw highly effective jabs. Ortiz was capable of damage his man in the direction of the tip of the spherical, nevertheless. With Lawson on the ropes it was clear Ortiz was throwing to finish the night time early – although the night time ended sooner than even perhaps Ortiz anticipated.
For referee Tony Weeks immediately stopped the affair. Whereas it was clear Lawson was rattled and absorbing punishment on the ropes, the abrupt finality of the stoppage was shocking. Nonetheless, Weeks, a properly revered veteran referee, claimed he noticed Lawson’s eyes roll again whereas Ortiz was unloading his energy pictures.
“I want I may have stored going,” Ortiz mentioned within the submit battle interview. “I want the rounds, however hey…”
When requested who he want to battle subsequent, Ortiz talked about an opponent who will surely make for an attention-grabbing matchup. “Tim Tzyu,” he mentioned, “with all respect, I might like to battle you. I feel you’re a hell of a fighter, so let’s make it occur.”
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya mentioned that “Ortiz will even go to Australia to battle Tim Tszyu.”
“Let’s do it,” Ortiz added
Curiously sufficient, the co-main occasion of Saturday’s card featured one other first spherical stoppage, as veteran Ismael Barroso stunned fairly a couple of folks by dropping Ohara Davis twice earlier than the bout was halted.
