Welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. (pictured) will aim to keep his unblemished record intact when he faces Samuel Vargas on Friday, July 24th at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. The event will Golden Boy Promotions' first since the coronavirus pandemic impacted sports in March. It will be broadcast on DAZN with no fans in attendance. Ortiz (15-0, 15 KOs) will face his most experienced opponent to date as he looks to remain perfect with all of his wins coming by way of knockout. In his last outing in December 2019, he stopped Brad Solomon in the fifth round. Vargas (31-5-2, 14 KOs) will aim to be the first to beat the hard-hitting 21 year old but has had difficulty winning the big fight, suffering losses to Luis Collazo, Amir Khan, Danny Garcia and Errol Spence Jr. He is coming off a split-decision loss to Collazo last March with a unanimous decision victory over Silverio Ortiz in June.

 

The Ortiz-Vargas fight was originally scheduled for March 28th at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., but was shuttered a week prior due to the spread of coronavirus. 

 

DAZN Press Release by Andreas Hale