By: Sean Crose
Quite a few shops are reporting that rising welterweight Vergil Ortiz fainted and was hospitalized on the eve of his extremely anticipated Saturday battle towards fellow undefeated contender Eimantas Stanionis. Suffice to say, the combat, which was to be broadcast reside on DAZN and was to be for a minor title belt, has been postponed. “Nothing is extra necessary than the protection of our fighters,” Golden Boy Promotions, the combat’s promoter, claimed in a press release, “and we in fact help Vergil’s determination (to postpone the combat) one hundred pc.” With that being mentioned, that is the third time a combat between the 2 welterweights has been postponed.
With that in thoughts, the remainder of Saturday’s card, which is scheduled to go down in San Antonio, will proceed with out cancellation. “This unlucky occasion,” Golden Boy claimed, “does nonetheless open the door for considered one of Golden Boy’s prime prospects, Floyd Schofield, to speed up his profile by headlining in his residence state of Texas.” The 20 yr previous Austin native Schofield, is a 14-0 light-weight. His opponent on Saturday will probably be 28-4-1 Haskell Rhodes. Prepared or not, Schofield now finds himself the primary occasion of a broadcast card.
Boxing Insider needs Vergil Ortiz a fast and thorough restoration.
