Vergil Ortiz: I Want To Go Back To 140 and Get That World Title

In what was a statement making performance, Vergil Ortiz Jr. (13-0, 13 KOs) of Dallas, Texas overpowered  Mauricio Herrera (24-9, 7 KOs) of Riverside, Calif. to win by knockout in the third round of a welterweight fight originally scheduled for 10 rounds.

The fight was brutally ended by several hard shots at :29 seconds of the aforementioned round.

Herrera had never been stopped in the past, but appeared to be no match for Ortiz from the first bell.

The bout took place on the undercard to Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Although the contest took place at the welterweight limit, Ortiz wants to return to junior welterweight to capture a world title.

"You know, I'm actually pretty proud of this fight," said Ortiz. "If you know me and kept up with my fights, I'm usually not satisfied with my performance. I just want to tell you all and I hope you are too, I am very satisfied with my performance tonight.
 
"Everyone thinks that I don't have all that experience just because I'm 12-0...well I'm 13-0 now. People don't realize I work in the gym hard every day. I spar world champions all the time. I'm not the one that goes to the world champions and says, 'hey, can we spar?' They come up to me. And that's the difference between me and the other prospects.
 
"He was keeping his left hand down the whole time and I knew I was fast enough to capitalize on that. Other than that, I had the fight figured out after the first round. I want to go back to 140 and get that world title. There's plenty of champions that I believe I can take on right now and I hope after this performance, everyone believes in that. If they tell me, hey Vergil, fight in a world title fight in two weeks, I'll take it right now."