Comments Thread For: Photos: Vergil Ortiz, Maurice Hooker - Face To Face at Final Presser

[JakeTheBoxer]

This will be a very good fight, I am looking forward.

[Citizen Koba]

Am I the only one who thinks Mighty Mo might have a shot here?

I'm leaning towards Vergil for sure but the odds at the bookies are crazy wide given that Mo's a former world champion with legitimate wins over some decent fighters like Saucedo and Turbo Terry (Mo coming here to Manchester to beat Terry in his back yard was what made me a fan of his) and Vergil's beaten no-one of note. I'm super high on Vergil - reckon the kids got bags of talent - but make no mistake this is a real big step up.

That said I've been rewatching their recent fights and I'm finding it difficult seeing how Mo withstands Vergils sustained and educated assaults when he was getting pushed back and taking damage to the body against the more basic Ramirez. Other problem Mo has is that he temperamentally inclined to get into tear-ups.. the kids got that dog in him that'll go to war, but in this case - as against Ramirez - I don't think that'll work to his advantage. Kid needs to use those long arms and stay on his bike but I think he's gonna get dragged into exchanges he can't win.

[Southpawology]

Vergil by KO. He will run through hooker.

[ShaneMosleySr]

Ortiz is going to knock Hooker unconscious early in this fight.

This is a complete mismatch and I find it hilarious that people are pretending Hooker has a prayer.

[IAMTHAT]

Ortiz is going to knock Hooker unconscious early in this fight.

This is a complete mismatch and I find it hilarious that people are pretending Hooker has a prayer.

I dont think its a complete mismatch - but a mismatch. I have Ortiz with TKO between 6-8.