WBC interim super-welterweight title holder Vergil Ortiz Jr will square up against former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov THIS WEEKEND.
Ortiz Jr said he wanted to fight Madrimov because of their “fun” sparring session against each other – and expects an entertaining bout.
Ortiz Jr will enter the ring with an unbeaten record of 21-0 (20 KOs), while Madrimov comes in with a record of 10-1-1 (7 KOs).
The Uzbek comes off the back of a narrow defeat to Terrence Crawford in the BMO Stadium in California last August.
He was scheduled to fight Serhii Bohachuk on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 in December but had to pull out due to acute bronchitis.
Ortiz Jr beat Bohachuk in his most recent fight in August, winning by majority decision in the Michelob Ultra Arena in Nevada.
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When is Ortiz Jr vs Madrimov?
- Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov is set to take place on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol II, on Saturday, February 22.
- The card gets underway at 4pm GMT, however the exact time for Ortiz Jr vs Madrimov is yet to be announced.
- The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
What TV channel is Ortiz Jr vs Madrimov on, and can it be live-streamed?
- Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov will take place on the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard, live on DAZN PPV.
- DAZN will broadcast the fight live to over 200 countries on their website.
- The event does not require a subscription and is on pay-per-view for £19.99.
- Should you purchase the PPV, you can live stream all the action via the DAZN app/website.
- Coverage gets underway from 4pm GMT.
- SunSport will have live coverage of the build-up and every fight.
Who else is on the card?
- Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol – for the IBF, IBO, WBC and WBO light-heavyweight titles
- Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker – for the IBF heavyweight title
- Shakur Stevenson vs TBA – for the WBC lightweight title
- Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz – for the WBC middleweight title
- Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov – for the interim WBC heavyweight title
- Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel – for the interim WBC heavyweight title
- Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith – for the interim WBO light-heavyweight title
- Bradley Rea vs Constantino Nanga
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
