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

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Unbeaten junior-middleweight Vergil Ortiz and junior-featherweight champion Jesse ?Bam? Rodriguez discuss their next steps.
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[JLC]

I’ll def be ringside in Dallas for Bam.

[Antony916]

Virgil vs Charlo...LFG

[famicommander]

Bam is a future P4P #1. I have him fourth behind Inoue, Usyk, and Crawford already and he's much younger than those guys.

[kiaba360]

Jermell fighting Vergil off a 2 year layoff is not an "immense showdown". Vergil will pulverize whatever is left of him.

[brankobugarski]

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).

[kiaba360]

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.

[PNUT901]

I wouldn't mind seeing Vergil vs Janibek.

[ShoulderRoll]

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.

[crimsonfalcon07]

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.