Xander Zayas says he’s prepared for Vergil Ortiz Jr. following his ten-round unanimous choice win over Patrick Teixeira on Saturday evening at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
Zayas (19-0, 12 KOs) didn’t present the sort of energy or ferociousness towards the previous junior middleweight champion Teixeira (35-4, 25 KOs) that implies that he would achieve success in a battle towards Vergil Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs).
In addition to Vergil Ortiz, Zayas says he’s able to battle Terence Crawford, Sebastian Fundora, or Tim Tszyu. His Prime-rank promoters will possible not put him in with any of these fighters.
The “Teofimo Mannequin”
Prime Rank will possible skillfully navigate Xander Zayas’s profession, maintaining him away from the harmful guys he talked about above and specializing in weaker opposition, like we noticed tonight with him preventing Teixeira, who has a 3-3 file in his final six fights. T
Prime Rank must maintain the 21-year-old Zyas distant from these prime fighters at 154 and look forward to a few of them to retire or get previous. If one of many belts turns into obtainable with a weak contender, Prime Rank ought to place Zayas to battle for that title.
Then if he wins it, milk it the identical manner Teofimo Lopez is doing at 140 together with his WBO belt by preventing tender opposition like him. They’ll have Zayas comply with the Teofimo mannequin, preventing fringe-level opposition.
The 21-year-old Zayas was victorious towards Teixeira by the scores 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91.
“I did it in superb style towards a former world champion and confirmed that he can’t hold in there with me. Now, I’m prepared for the massive names,” stated Zayas, crowing about his win over Teixeira, who had misplaced three out of his earlier six fights earlier than Saturday’s match towards him.
Zayas Assured in Talents In opposition to Prime Competitors
“Quickly they’ll have a world champion at 154 kilos,” stated Xander Zayas to the media on Saturday evening following his win over Patrick Teixeira at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
“I really feel like I’m prepared. I confirmed it at this time,” stated Zayas when requested if he’s able to battle Vergil Ortiz, Tim Tszyu, Sebastian Fundora, and Terence Crawford. “Earlier than you go 12, you must go 10.
“There’s quite a lot of massive names within the division. Fundora, Vergil Ortiz. Whoever they provide me subsequent, I’ll be prepared for,” stated Zayas.
Sadly, the issue is that Zayas is a boring defensive fighter with marginal energy and a safety-first mindset.
Like Shakur, Zayas goes out of his manner to not get hit, and he’s boring to look at, and that model isn’t going to work towards the massive hitters at 154. Zayas will fail spectacularly towards this murderers’ row at 154:
– Vergil Ortiz Jr.
– Terence Crawford
– Errol Spence Jr.
– Tim Tszyu
– Sebastian Fundora
