Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. David Avanesyan | DAZN - August 6, 2022

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Credit to GBP..

Ava is a tough fight..

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Vergil Ortiz-David Avanesyan In Play For August 6 In Texas

Vergil Ortiz Jr. is not only sticking around at welterweight but made a point to seek out one of the division’s boogeymen.

BS.com has confirmed that the unbeaten top-rated welterweight contender will likely next face David Avanesyan atop an August 6 DAZN show in the greater Dallas area. The scheduled 12-round bout will serve as a final eliminator for the WBC welterweight title current WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (28-0, 22KOs).

According to multiple sources, the fight is still not officially signed.

Once agreed to, the event will mark the 2022 debut for Ortiz (18-0, 18KOs), who will end a career-long 51-week ring hiatus both due to scheduling delays and an untimely health scare. The red-hot knockout artist from Grand Prairie, Texas was originally tabbed to headline a DAZN show in January, only for a rescheduled shuffle pushing back his fight with England’s Michael McKinson to March 19 at USC Galen Center in Los Angeles.

Ortiz never made it to fight night, as he was hospitalized prior to the start of fight week to treat rhabdomyolysis, commonly known as rhabdo. The extreme medical condition which occurs when damaged muscle tissue releases proteins into the bloodstream, which was an obvious disqualifier in his moving forward with the fight.

Despite rumors of his struggling to make weight and with a move to the 154-pound division imminent, Ortiz previously confirmed his plans to stick around at welterweight where he still plans to win his first major title. The decision brought the discussion back to a fight that was first proposed during the annual WBC convention last November.

Ortiz and Avanesyan have remained the top two rated contenders in the WBC welterweight rankings, which prompted the sanctioning body to propose a final eliminator. Golden Boy Promotions, Ortiz’s promoter, asked for and was granted a one-fight delay since plans were already in motion for his next fight.

Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17KOs) accepted a stay-busy fight, scoring a first-round knockout of unbeaten but untested Oskari Metz on March 19 at Wembley’s SSE Arena. The fight extended a current six-fight win streak—all by knockout—for the Russia-born boxer of Armenian descent, who is based out of England.

Prior to his current run and rise to welterweight contender status, Avanesyan was best known for his May 2016 win over former three-division champion Shane Mosley, who retired after the fight and was since elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Avanesyan won a secondary WBA welterweight title, which he lost one fight later in a competitive but clear decision in favor of Lamont Peterson in February 2017.

A considerably more lopsided sixth-round knockout loss to then-unbeaten Egidijus Kavaliauskas in February 2018 left Avanesyan’s career in a tailspin. He worked it to his advantage, having defeated three unbeaten opponents in his current six-fight win streak, including notable stoppage wins over Kerman Lejarraga (twice) and Josh Kelly, all coming on the road.

Avanesyan now faces a similar predicament, though against a far more dangerous foe in Ortiz.

[Mexi-Box]

Avensyan deserves a lot of credit, but I think his run ends here. Ortiz is no Euro level dude.

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Avensyan deserves a lot of credit, but I think his run ends here. Ortiz is no Euro level dude.

After this, one of the orgs SHOULD mandate him!!

[golden_labrador]

great fight! and hopefully the fight after that too

[Lenny Cravats]

Avanesyan is no pushover. He's been spanking a lot of decent euro level lads recently.
Ortiz from what I've seen, would have also completely spanked the same opponents, though.
Should be a decent test, but I'd be very surprised if Avanesyan wins. Though I'd be more surprised if Ortiz does a complete walk over.
Avanesyan is a very good euro operator who you'd think could be a beltholder in today's game.

[giacomino]

Avanesyan had an interim belt but he got it in one of those set-up fights against a club fighter. Still he’s done enough to deserve a shot at one of the belts, especially if he gets by Ortiz. Don’t think he’d be a pushover against anybody

[Mexi-Box]

Probably around the time Malignaggi and Senchenko got a WW title, Avensyan would've gotten a WW belt. I'd be surprised if Ortiz is competitive with him. He's improved since the Kauvilauskas loss, but I think Ortiz is on another level.

[Bandog]

I was thinking his dad said he would probably move up to 154 because of weight cutting issues? Anyway, good fight. Vergil is a warrior. I expect him to get a KO, or at least a wide UD.

[margaret thatcher]

seems like he may have gotten an illness last time rather than not have been able to make weight because he was too big

[Bandog]

seems like he may have gotten an illness last time rather than not have been able to make weight because he was too big

What I got from what his dad said, he thought the two were related. Hope you're right.

[gregregegg]

If it was a non weight caused sickness i feel they would of been singing that from the rooftops.... Its such a bad look for your young star to basicaly get hospitalised from a weight cut.

He is a big boy and growing. My guess is he approached the weight cut a bit cocky because he has done it so many times before, cruised into it not relising that he has grown a little bit (not in height but filled in with age), and then it got ugly for him... I dont think he is so big he cant make 147, but i think he needs to get a top team to make sure he nails it in the furture.

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This may be falling apart.

[gregregegg]

David Avansyan has turned down the fight with ortiz jr and will now officialy headline on a fwank wazzen show against Rasmus Bergman in front of 9 fans. Fwank is petitioning the WBO to make it for the WBO interim world title and claims this is Connor Benns fault.

[margaret thatcher]

Benn's team respond by saying they've got much bigger fish to fry than ava, throwing around names like keith thurman, jose ramirez, danny garcia........but sam vargas, hot off his 8 point loss to that polish guy josh kelly battered, shows up instead for the rematch of the century

after conor scores a 30 second ko, eddie and conor remark that it's the first time anyone in world boxing history has ever beat salsa sam twice. despite having also ko'd sam in 1 before, greg comments that it was a good learning fight for conor and that he was happy with the opponent

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Higgins chimes in noting that David "the rum pest" Higgans has in fact never been dropped, never been stopped.