Promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to social media at present 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 serious 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 received a world title, and he’s not fashionable in comparison with a number of 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 fashionable, nevertheless it’s not a struggle that might promote on PPV.
“Hypothetically, who wins at 154, Vergil Ortiz or Ryan Garcia?” mentioned promoter Oscar De La Hoya on X.
Measurement Disparity Considerations
Vergil has a a lot bigger body than Ryan, which might lead to a measurement mismatch between them. Ryan must be preventing 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 relatively 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 relatively than raiding the lower-weight lessons to search out fashionable 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 saved him out of the ring.
Vergil lacks charisma and doesn’t appear to be somebody who can seize and maintain onto a title. He was badly damage in his struggle in opposition to Egidijus Kavaliauskas, and he would have been knocked out if that fighter hadn’t gassed.
A Essential Take a look at for Ortiz
Ortiz has a tricky struggle forward of him in opposition to WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) on August tenth on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas. That might be robust for Vergil as a result of Bohachuk can struggle, and he received’t disintegrate like the 2 journeymen he fought earlier this 12 months.
When his suspension ends, Ryan Garcia can earn more money in a rematch with Devin Haney subsequent 12 months. There might be a variety 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 trip Ryan’s coattails.
