A new date has been set for the twice-postponed clash between undefeated Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) and unbeaten WBA regular welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs). The bout was most recently scheduled for April 29, but postponed after Ortiz, Jr. suffered a rhabdomyolysis flare-up due to long COVID. The original date was postponed when Stanionis had emergency appendectomy surgery in January. The 12-round championship showdown will now take place at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on July 8 and will be broadcast worldwide exclusively on DAZN.
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I will believe it when the bell rings for Round 1.
Have there ever been two more random medical reasons to cancel fights than the two between these guys?? Emergency appendectomy and rhabdomyolysis? Wow! These two may be cursed together.
The last straw would be if any of them postpone it once more due to being pregnant
Yep. That would…. definitely be something Tai. I’m sure someone, somewhere has been pulled from a fight for ‘failing’ a pregnancy test.
I was leaning Ortiz before but this rhabdomyolysis could be a deal breaker for him at 147. Canada’s network did not pick up the big fights over the weekend. Sad to hear that Tony Weeks apparently did not do right by Barroso. I normally liked him as a ref..but I did not like how he handled Ward Kovolev 2.
In Canada isn’t that difficult watch any fight for free (ppv included)
In the USA as well
True. The days of hoping for TSN to drop “bloopers of the month” programming for Showtime or ESPN boxing coverage are over if you want it to be over.
Weeks is garbage! He let Ward hit Kovalev beneath the belt 50 times! Now, and out and out robbery. He should have his license pulled.
Weeks handled Ward vs Kovalev beautifully. Ward was working the body. Weeks allowed them to fight. In this fight, Weeks totally robbed my man.
Weeks handled Ward vs Kovalev 2 exactly as instructed and compensated by the North American boxing establishment. The Establishment in which you are a member of. Handled beautifully? Not in the sense of the international boxing community. But, it was the only way that Andre could have beaten Sergey.
Weeks is a good referee, not the greatest but no one’s infallible. If he’s been at it that long and we point to two or three examples of where he screwed up, I’d say he’s pretty good USUALLY.
One example I liked of Weeks as a referee was how he handled Canelo-Angulo. Angulo was taking shot after shot, round after round and was not landing much himself. It looked like he did not have much on his punches that night and looked weak. I think he could have answered any question and walked in a straight line but he was taking a one sided beating and from my experience those are the fights that can result in serious damage. Angulo did not like it but I thought Weeks did an excellent job on that night!
Might be an example of everyone having a price.
Meaning that he’s a competent referee, which can only leave the only other option of him being corrupt.
@”chris the natural racist” you don’t truly love boxing, you love white supremacy race baiting on a boxing website!!! PATHETIC!!!
He handled Ward vs Kovalev perfectly.
Will be interesting to see how Vergil goes after the serious health issues
Ortiz in 6!
Man, these Mexicans and Chicanos never ever fight out of their comfort zones. They really are the most pampered fighters in history. I’m not expecting this fight to land in Lithuania, or anywhere else in Europe for that matter, but couldn’t they have this fight in the northern part of America at least? Stanionis now has no chance to win this fight.
@”chris the natural racist”, you continue to prove the point on this site, that in your racist opinion, if you’re not European/white you can’t get a fair shake in boxing. Even when your guys get ko’d fair and square!