Promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to social media immediately to ask his followers to choose a winner between Ryan Garcia and Vergil Ortiz Jr.
An Unwise Transfer for Ryan Garcia?
De La Hoya may very well be excited 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 well-liked 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 well-liked, but it surely’s not a struggle that may promote on PPV.
“Hypothetically, who wins at 154, Vergil Ortiz or Ryan Garcia?” stated promoter Oscar De La Hoya on X.
Measurement Disparity Issues
Vergil has a a lot bigger body than Ryan, which might lead to a dimension mismatch between them. Ryan needs 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 somewhat 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 somewhat than raiding the lower-weight courses to search out well-liked fighters that he can use.
Sadly, De La Hoya has his work lower 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 stored him out of the ring.
Vergil lacks charisma and doesn’t seem to be somebody who can seize and maintain onto a title. He was badly damage in his struggle towards Egidijus Kavaliauskas, and he would have been knocked out if that fighter hadn’t gassed.
A Essential Check for Ortiz
Ortiz has a troublesome struggle forward of him towards WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) on August tenth on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas. That can be powerful for Vergil as a result of Bohachuk can struggle, and he gained’t crumble like the 2 journeymen he fought earlier this yr.
When his suspension ends, Ryan Garcia can make more cash in a rematch with Devin Haney subsequent yr. There can be a number 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.
