Brian Mazique has covered combat sports and video games since 2011. On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Vergil Ortiz Jr. shook off two knockdowns to eke out a majority decision win over Serhii ...

The talented American boxer Vergil Ortiz Jr. will return to the ring on February 22, 2025, in a major event taking place in Saudi Arabia. Ortiz will face Uzbek fighter Israil Madrimov for the ...

Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole interviews rising welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. ahead of his main event matchup Saturday against Michael McKinson inside Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

On a Saturday night with a UFC event devoid of star power on ESPN+ and Vergil Ortiz Jr. winning the interim WBC super welterweight title in a slugfest on DAZN, a scintillating 10th-round KO from ...

Xander Zayas says he wants to fight WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. if he wins his title defense ...

WBC, WBA flyweight world champion Marlen Esparza (12-1, 1 KOs) of Houston, TX, is set to defend her world titles for the first time against her mandatory, former WBA interim-flyweight world ...

Vergil Ortiz Jr. says he expects his fight against Israil Madrimov to be a "chess match" next month when they battle in a ...

As the co-main event, the U.K. 's Ohara “Two Tanks” Davies (25-2, 18 KOs) will fight against El Tigre, Venezuela’s Ismael Barroso (24-4-2, 22 KOs) in a WBA Super Lightweight Interim World ...

A blockbuster tournament featuring Sebastian Fundora, Serhii Bohachuk, Bakhram Murtazaliev and the winner of Vergil Ortiz Jr ...

In 2024, boxing was defined by a single round: Round 8 of Vergil Ortiz vs. Serhii Bohachuk. It captured the essence of the sport — resilience, power and heart — leaving fans breathless and ...

Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0) enjoys a step up in opposition, facing off against tough super-welterweight puncher Serhii Bohachuk (24-1). With Bohachuck putting his WBC 'interim' status on the line ...