Report: Ortiz to face Lubin in November

Source: WBC

23/08/2025

Report: Ortiz to face Lubin in November

Although the bout has not yet been officially announced, the WBC website posted that Vergil Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) will return to the ring on November 8th to face Erickson Lubin (27-2, 19 KOs). Ortiz (pictured), the current interim WBC junior middleweight champion, will seek to solidify his position as a mandatory challengerfor WBC chmpion Sebastia Fundora. For his part, Lubin comes in after turning down a fight against IBF champion Bakhram Murtazaliev, staking everything on this opportunity against the interim champion.