Boxing Outcomes: Ortiz Jr. Dominates Dulorme, Units Stage For Tszyu Combat

Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) picked up a press release win on Saturday night time forward of his combat towards Tim Tszyu on August third in Los Angeles, California.

(Picture credit score: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda)

Setting the Scene

Preventing on the Save Mart Area in Fresno, Vergil disposed of Thomas Dulorme (26-7-1, 17 KOs) by a first-round knockout to take away the final hurdle earlier than assembly with the previous WBO junior middleweight champion Tszyu in August.

After the combat, Ortiz Jr. reacted to a put up by Tszyu on X, during which he stated they need to be the primary occasion on the August third card, and Ortiz stated, “I agree.” The primary occasion for the cardboard is Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov.

We haven’t seen Ortiz in with a puncher earlier than, so it ought to be attention-grabbing to see how effectively he holds up below the firepower of Tszyu. The Australian received’t have to fret concerning the peak and attain of Ortiz like he did in his final bout towards the 6’5″ Sebastian Fundora final March.

Given the way in which that Ortiz carried out on Saturday night time towards Dulorme, boxing followers would like to see him being the one combating Crawford quite than Madimov. Crawford vs. Ortiz Jr. can be a wonderful combat.

There’s nothing improper with Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) as a fighter, however he’s coming off a loss to Sebastian Fundora, and he didn’t appeared nice in that defeat. There can be extra curiosity from followers in seeing a combat between Ortiz and Crawford.

Tszyu goes to have to lift his sport significantly for him to defeat Ortiz Jr. and even be aggressive with him as a result of he’s an actual beast. The one query there may be about Vergil is whether or not he’ll pull out of the combat attributable to a well being difficulty.

He’s been having tons of medical issues during the last two years, and it’s troublesome to rely on him except he’s combating a tomato can like we noticed tonight with him matched towards the 34-year-old Dulorme.