Fort Worth, Texas, will be the site of a top junior middleweight clash as Vergil Ortiz defends his minor title against Erickson Lubin in a pairing of two hard punchers.
The unbeaten Ortiz heard the final bell in each of his last two fights, for the only times in his career, with decision wins over quality opponents in Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk, and looks to be in prime condition for his match against Lubin.
Lubin has been stopped in both of his losses as he was knocked out by Jermell Charlo and Sebastian Fundora, but has won three fights since losing to Fundora, two of those over unbeaten contenders Jesus Ramos and Ardreal Holmes.
The victory over Ramos was undeserved, in my opinion. Lubin looked good in knocking out Holmes in eleven rounds, and certainly has the power to hurt Ortiz, who was knocked down twice by Serhii Bohachuk in his majority decision win.
I see the two styles meshing well and giving fans an entertaining battle, and I could see Lubin building a lead on the scorecards before Ortiz's steady pressure gradually wears Lubin down as his way to a stoppage in the middle to late rounds.
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