Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas was a professional boxing match contested on 24 July 2020.

Background

The event originally scheduled for Ortiz Jr. vs Vargas on 28 March 2020 at The Forum, Inglewood, California and the unified super middleweight world titles between the current four-division champion, the Mexican Canelo Álvarez vs. the WBO champion, the British Billy Joe Saunders on 2 May 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. But the Canelo vs. Saunders fight has been cancelled and replaced by the Ortiz Jr. vs Vargas fight in 24 July at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fight

Ortiz dominated the bout behind his left jab, hurting Vargas with a series of quick right hands over the top in third, which prompted referee Jack Reiss to call the ringside physician to look him over at the end of the round. In the seventh round, a barrage of punches from Ortiz led the referee to wave the bout off. Ortiz would land 46% of his punches compared to just 15% of Vargas'.

Aftermath

Canelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders would face off 10 months later in Texas.

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:

Weight Class

Weight

vs.

Method

Round

Time

Note

Welterweight

147 lbs.

Broadcasting

The event will mark the OTT Streaming service DAZN launch globally in Latin America, UK, and other 189 countries after previously been launched in nine countries.

Country

Broadcaster

New Zealand