Is Vergil Ortiz another US diva fighter?

It just seems too many would rather stay inactive while waiting for the optimum opportunity rather than take what's on offer. I think bad advice and 'interim' baubles are contributing to this. In the interest of fairness, I think Callum Smith's decision to sit on his WBOgus 'interim' rather than fight Benavidez is a terrible decision. That's what boxing has become because of social media and the massive paychecks from Turki. Folks rather talk a lot on social media. Pretend that they want to face this person or that person without actually going through with it. Then sit around hoping a window opens where Turki can put together a fight that gives you retirement money for just 1 match. He's way overpaying fighters and this is contributing to the downfall of what boxing used to be. It's almost creating a sort of celebrity boxing feel when you get these big matchups created because of the amount of money Turki is putting into them. The worst offense is him basically guaranteeing a fighter his next fight which means he doesn't have to put in the effort for his current fight such as what we saw with Canelo vs Scull and Haney/Ryan recently. Both expected to face each other, they had a damn promo shot and put out before their matches even happened. Then look what happened.

Well, Ortiz himself seems to want the fight so I stand corrected. Looks like Boots and Bakhram are his targets: Vergil Ortiz says Jaron "Boots" Ennis "is the fight that has to happen"​

Ortiz not the same anymore after Boha fight.

I don't know if I'd call him a diva, but yes, yes the US does have a lot of diva fighters. It just seems too many would rather stay inactive while waiting for the optimum opportunity rather than take what's on offer. I think bad advice and 'interim' baubles are contributing to this. In the interest of fairness, I think Callum Smith's decision to sit on his WBOgus 'interim' rather than fight Benavidez is a terrible decision.

I don't know if I'd call him a diva, but yes, yes the US does have a lot of diva fighters.

MEH , Virgil just fought 2 wars back to back . Also going to take into consideration Virgil was out of action for a long time and had some serious health issues w/ the kung flu and rhabdomyolysis. ​

2 hard fights in his entire career and now he can go easy? Usyk has fought joshau twice, Fury twice and dubois twice in his last 6. Innoue fought 3 top 5 guys in a row and was scheduled for a 4th before goodman ran away. That's how you become a top fighter. If you want to pick and peck here and there fine but if you are the real deal you fight. Especially now with that saudi money. No but nobody can accuse him of ducking anybody after his last 2 opponents. Also, both Usyk & Inoue are the joint best fighter's in the world so it's not a fair comparison. Anyway, I'm sure that Turki has a good fight lined up for him later this year after his last performance against Madrimov.

Kind of an odd excuse but no. The guy has literally had two wars against two top 10 guys and now he's supposed to go into a 3rd one? That's a murderers row right there. Ortiz definitely deserves a soft touch or he'll end his career early like Francisco vargas. Better to burn out quickly with glory than artificially extended your career with soft touches waiting for baldomirs and things like that to pop up

Wishful thinking Lady Coverdale...Vergil has defeated 2 Eastern European killers in a row (Madrimov & Bohachuk) so I don't think he's ducking anybody. 2 hard fights in his entire career and now he can go easy? Usyk has fought joshau twice, Fury twice and dubois twice in his last 6. Innoue fought 3 top 5 guys in a row and was scheduled for a 4th before goodman ran away. That's how you become a top fighter. If you want to pick and peck here and there fine but if you are the real deal you fight. Especially now with that saudi money.

Kind of an odd excuse but no. The guy has literally had two wars against two top 10 guys and now he's supposed to go into a 3rd one? That's a murderers row right there. Ortiz definitely deserves a soft touch or he'll end his career early like Francisco vargas.

Wishful thinking Lady Coverdale...Vergil has defeated 2 Eastern European killers in a row (Madrimov & Bohachuk) so I don't think he's ducking anybody.