Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas

Date	24 July 2020
Venue	Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	WBA Gold welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Vergil Ortiz Jr. / Samuel Vargas Hometown Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S. Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pre-fight record 15–0 (15 KO) 31–5–2 (14 KO) Age 22 years, 3 months 31 years, 3 months Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) Weight 147 lb (67 kg) 146+3⁄5 lb (66 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBO No. 3 Ranked Welterweight WBC No. 7 Ranked Welterweight WBA Gold welterweight champion Former NABA welterweight champion
Result
Ortiz Jr. wins via 7th-round technical knockout

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas was a professional boxing match contested on 24 July 2020.^[1]

The event originally scheduled for Ortiz Jr. vs Vargas on 28 March 2020 at The Forum, Inglewood, California and the unified super middleweight world titles between the current four-division champion, the Mexican Canelo Álvarez vs. the WBO champion, the British Billy Joe Saunders on 2 May 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. But the Canelo vs. Saunders fight has been cancelled and replaced by the Ortiz Jr. vs Vargas fight in 24 July at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2][3][4][5]

Ortiz dominated the bout behind his left jab, hurting Vargas with a series of quick right hands over the top in third, which prompted referee Jack Reiss to call the ringside physician to look him over at the end of the round. In the seventh round, a barrage of punches from Ortiz led the referee to wave the bout off.^[6][7] Ortiz would land 46% of his punches compared to just 15% of Vargas'.

Canelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders would face off 10 months later in Texas.

Confirmed bouts:^[8]

Weight Class	Weight		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Note
Welterweight	147 lbs.	Vergil Ortiz Jr. (c)	def.	Samuel Vargas	TKO	7/12		Note 1
Middleweight	154 lbs.	Shane Mosley Jr.	def.	Jeremy Ramos	UD	8/8
Light Flyweight	108 lbs.	Seniesa Estrada	def.	Miranda Adkins	KO	1/8	0:07	Note 2
Super bantamweight	122 lbs.	Hector Valdez	def.	Josue Morales	UD	8/8
Welterweight	147 lbs.	Evan Anthony Sanchez	def.	Issouf Kinda	UD	6/6

^Note 1 For WBA Gold welterweight title ^Note 2 For WBC Silver female light flyweight title

The event will mark the OTT Streaming service DAZN launch globally in Latin America (after previously been launched in Brazil a year ago), UK, and other 189 countries after previously been launched in nine countries.^[9]

Country	Broadcaster
New Zealand	Spark Sports