Junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz, Jr. is quite salty that his promotional disputes led to Xander Zayas fighting Jaron Ennis instead of Ortiz himself. After Ennis defeated Zayas, Ortiz was particularly harsh on the loser: "Xander you looked straight to your corner after you got dropped that last time. You’re a pu**y -- you did better than I thought you were gonna do but you’re a quitter. I can’t believe I just saw you do that."

 

Ex-champ Sergio Mora (pictured) responded negatively to Ortiz: "Woulda, coulda, shoulda... Those saying Zayas quit are dead wrong! At 23, the champ simply got beat by a superior fighter after giving it his all! That’s NOT quitting! Quitting can come in many ways, but having the fight beaten the hell out of you in an entertaining fight is NOT one of them!"

 

Ortiz responded to Mora: "Sorry I wasn’t given free belts with one of the weakest résumés in boxing! And sorry for clowning on the guy who has been clowning me for invalid reasons for over a year. If those circumstances make me look bad in your eyes then you’re just ignorant. I earned my shot before Xander did a thousand times over, you’re gonna blame ME for not winning a title? You’re gonna blame ME for not receiving those fights against those people who 99% of the boxing world probably can’t name? If I had won those belts from those opponents, everyone would be clowning the credibility of my belts. Out of everyone on that broadcast I at least expected the boxer to understand."