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    Comments Thread For: Vergil Ortiz, "Bam" Rodriguez provide career updates from Times Square

    Unbeaten junior-middleweight Vergil Ortiz and junior-featherweight champion Jesse ?Bam? Rodriguez discuss their next steps.
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    I’ll def be ringside in Dallas for Bam.
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      #3
      Virgil vs Charlo...LFG

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        #4
        Bam is a future P4P #1. I have him fourth behind Inoue, Usyk, and Crawford already and he's much younger than those guys.
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          #5
          Jermell fighting Vergil off a 2 year layoff is not an "immense showdown". Vergil will pulverize whatever is left of him.


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            Originally posted by kiaba360 View Post
            Jermell fighting Vergil off a 2 year layoff is not an "immense showdown". Vergil will pulverize whatever is left of him.

            I kind of see it the same way. What I find interesting is that Vergil is taking on tough assignments but he never fights for a title, the same as when he was at 147. I read an article on another site where Oscar did not want him to fight Mutrazaliev (because you cannot fight a killer after killer after killer each time out).

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              Originally posted by brankobugarski View Post

              I kind of see it the same way. What I find interesting is that Vergil is taking on tough assignments but he never fights for a title, the same as when he was at 147. I read an article on another site where Oscar did not want him to fight Mutrazaliev (because you cannot fight a killer after killer after killer each time out).
              ...and Jermell is no longer a "killer", the lion has been domesticated. It's wise matchmaking from Oscar and GBP's matchmakers: Jermell is a name, he's still considered "lineal" at 154 by many, but he's not as threatening as the other current champions/contenders. Jermell is also a Texan, and GBP would hope that Vergil stopping Jermell (something Canelo couldn't do) at 154 in a Texas venue would increase his marquee value. Oscar used to be a superstar, and he knows an advantageous matchup when he sees it. GBP needs Garcia, Ortiz and Zepeda to succeed. Vergil beating Jermell would be marketed as Vergil's coming-out party.


              Last edited by kiaba360; 05-01-2025, 08:06 PM.
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                #8
                I wouldn't mind seeing Vergil vs Janibek.

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                  Originally posted by brankobugarski View Post

                  I kind of see it the same way. What I find interesting is that Vergil is taking on tough assignments but he never fights for a title, the same as when he was at 147. I read an article on another site where Oscar did not want him to fight Mutrazaliev (because you cannot fight a killer after killer after killer each time out).
                  Vergil is coming for hand surgery so that’s understandable.

                  A fight with Jermell would sell well in Texas.

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                    #10
                    Although Charlo isn't likely the killer he once seemed, and will have ring rust, that's both far from the soft touch that we've seen from others, and also a fight that ought to sell well in Texas and build his brand further, if he can win. Smart matchmaking IMO.

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