Comments Thread For: Golden Boy Matchmaker Wants Vergil Ortiz To Fight Former World Champion Next

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With each win, rung by rung, Vergil Ortiz Jr. climbs further up the ladder to boxing's big league. In his latest outing, the 22-year-old Texan battered Samuel Vargas inside seven rounds last Thursday at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, CA. His next opponent could be a former world titlist, according to Roberto Diaz, the matchmaker for Ortiz's promoter Golden Boy.
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[chepboxingking]

We all know damn well he's not fighting none of the guys mentioned in here next. Why doesn't golden boy match him against his stablemate Rashid Ellis? Rashid is a great fight, yet golden boy rarely showcases him. They never promote their black fighters properly.

[Jab jab boom]

I'd say put him in against a Jesse Vargas or a Dulorme type of fighter. It'd be a step up from his last fight but still a step or 2 below the other names mentioned that he's probably not quite ready for yet.

[touch_of_sleep]

My bet is Jessie Vargas.

[EL GANCHO]

My bet is Jessie Vargas.

Thats a dam good choice i was thinking amir khan or luis callazo

[Nightfall]

What a pile of garbage. goldy will offer peanuts just the foil any potential great fight. then blame it on the other side.

[Shadoww702]

My bet is Jessie Vargas.

Thats a GREAT choice! Vargas always in good fights and is a solid B fighter.

[Bronx2245]

Thurman would be great, but it's unrealistic. Vergil should fight Mo' Hooker or Rashidi Ellis. Those are both realistic, and Jessie Vargas would be another nice step-up opponent!

Since Danny Garcia (WBO #1) is fighting Errol Spence Jr., GBP should request that the WBO make a final eliminator between Vergil Ortiz Jr. (WBO #2) and Mo' Hooker (WBO#4), winner becomes Crawford's mandatory!

[Get em up]

Thurman would be great, but it's unrealistic. Vergil should fight Mo' Hooker or Rashidi Ellis. Those are both realistic, and Jessie Vargas would be another nice step-up opponent!

Since Danny Garcia (WBO #1) is fighting Errol Spence Jr., GBP should request that the WBO make a final eliminator between Vergil Ortiz Jr. (WBO #2) and Mo' Hooker (WBO#4), winner becomes Crawford's mandatory!

This is best possible solution with boxing politics the way they are. Hooker would be a decent step up in class for Vargas I just dont know how much abuse Hooker can take from him before he folds or it gets stopped.

[champion4ever]

He might as well test the waters early just to see how much he's got. If I was Golden Boy I would select Keith Thurman as his next opponent. He is a contender who has been very inactive and whose skills just may be slowly on the decline.