Promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to social media at present to ask his followers to select a winner between Ryan Garcia and Vergil Ortiz Jr.
An Unwise Transfer for Ryan Garcia?
De La Hoya could possibly be desirous about making an in-house struggle between Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) and Vergil (21-0, 21 KOs) as a result of they’re each with Golden Boy Promotions.
It doesn’t make sense for Ryan to take this struggle as a result of Vergil, 26, has by no means gained a world title, and he’s not widespread in comparison with among the fighters at 154.
If Ryan, 25, goes to tackle somebody from the junior middleweight division, Vergil wouldn’t be the one to face. He could be serving to him out by making him extra widespread, nevertheless it’s not a struggle that might promote on PPV.
“Hypothetically, who wins at 154, Vergil Ortiz or Ryan Garcia?” mentioned promoter Oscar De La Hoya on X.
Measurement Disparity Considerations
Vergil has a a lot bigger body than Ryan, which may lead to a measurement mismatch between them. Ryan ought to be combating welterweights, not junior middleweights, when he returns to the ring after his one-year suspension ends in April 2025. Ortiz belongs at 154 or 160, however not Ryan Garcia.
It will be higher for De La Hoya to maintain Ryan and Ortiz aside so he can have two income streams quite than match them and watch one lose. If De La Hoya is determined to show Vergil right into a star, there are higher methods for him to do it quite than raiding the lower-weight lessons to seek out widespread fighters that he can use.
Sadly, De La Hoya has his work reduce out to attempt to flip Vergil Ortiz right into a star as a result of he doesn’t have a big social media following, and he’s had medical issues one after one other which have saved him out of the ring.
Vergil lacks charisma and doesn’t look like somebody who can seize and maintain onto a title. He was badly damage in his struggle in opposition to Egidijus Kavaliauskas, and he would have been knocked out if that fighter hadn’t gassed.
A Essential Take a look at for Ortiz
Ortiz has a troublesome struggle forward of him in opposition to WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) on August tenth on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas. That will probably be robust for Vergil as a result of Bohachuk can struggle, and he gained’t collapse like the 2 journeymen he fought earlier this yr.
When his suspension ends, Ryan Garcia can earn more money in a rematch with Devin Haney subsequent yr. There will probably be plenty of fan curiosity in a second struggle between Ryan and Haney. It’s a much better struggle for PPV than Ryan taking up Vergil Ortiz. That’s a struggle the place Vergil would journey Ryan’s coattails.
