Highlights!
Vergil Ortiz Jr is BACK! Or at the very least presently SCHEDULED TO BE! Ortiz is about to maneuver as much as 154 lbs to face Fredrick Lawson in a DAZN primary occasion on Saturday from Las Vegas.
Effectively, it’s simply the one present, actually. January is historically a useless zone on the boxing schedule, although at the very least this 12 months each Saturday has SOMETHING, in order that’s a plus.
Let’s get moving into 2024!
Thursday, Jan. 4
DAZN and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Ortiz vs Lawson press convention.
Friday, Jan. 5
DAZN and Social Media, 4:00 pm ET, Ortiz vs Lawson weigh-in.
Saturday, Jan. 6
TrillerTV+, 7:00 pm ET, Dusty Hernandez Harrison vs Norberto Gonzalez.
DAZN, 8:00 pm ET, Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Fredrick Lawson. Ortiz remains to be simply 25, however hasn’t fought since Aug. 2022 as a result of additional well being issues, which have made so he’s fought simply that one time since Aug. 2021, so two-and-a-half years at this level, mainly. He’s transferring up in weight, which they’re hoping will assist, and taking a reasonably comfortable contact in Lawson, the 34-year-old Ghanaian who can also be actually a welterweight by commerce. It was anticipated that Ortiz can be properly previous this form of combat by now, however actual life stuff has sadly held him again, this isn’t the conventional kind of failure to maneuver up the ladder. The present additionally options the rescheduled Ohara Davies vs Ismael Barroso WBA eliminator at 140, Arnold Barboza Jr’s Golden Boy debut in opposition to Xolisani Ndongeni (which is a horrible step again for Barboza and a pure “get-busy” combat), and Raul Curiel vs Elias Diaz. BLH could have reside updates and outcomes.
