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 in opposition to fellow undefeated contender Eimantas Stanionis. Suffice to say, the struggle, which was to be broadcast stay on DAZN and was to be for a minor title belt, has been postponed. “Nothing is extra essential than the security of our fighters,” Golden Boy Promotions, the struggle’s promoter, claimed in a press release, “and we in fact assist Vergil’s determination (to postpone the struggle) one hundred pc.” With that being stated, that is the third time a struggle 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 nevertheless open the door for considered one of Golden Boy’s high prospects, Floyd Schofield, to speed up his profile by headlining in his dwelling state of Texas.” The 20 yr outdated Austin native Schofield, is a 14-0 light-weight. His opponent on Saturday can be 28-4-1 Haskell Rhodes. Prepared or not, Schofield now finds himself the principle occasion of a broadcast card.
Boxing Insider needs Vergil Ortiz a fast and thorough restoration.
