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33 year old Lithuanian Egidijus Kavaliauskas (22-1-1, 18 knockouts) on August 14. (early morning on August 15 in Lithuanian time) will wear gloves with a rising American star – 23 Virgil Ortiz Jr. (17-0, 17 knockout). It is V. Ortiz who is now the leader of the WBO middleweight class, so the winner of the fight should become the next in line in the title fight against American Terence Crafword. E.Kavaliauskas and V. Ortizas will also face off for the WBO international champion belt.
The fight should start around 6.00 val. tomorrow and you can follow their progress “Sportas.lt“Portal.
12 rounds are planned for the fight between E.Kavaliauskas and V. Ortizas. The boxers will meet at the Ford Center in Frisco, USA The Ford Center, owned by the Dallas Cowboys Club, has 12,000 seats. fans. There is little doubt that the vast majority of fans who come to the Ford Center will support Ortiz. He was born in Texas and still lives there, and the city of Frisco is only in Texas. The DAZN platform will air in March.
On Friday, the athletes met for the last time before the fight in a face-to-face weigh-in ceremony. The boxers had to lose weight to 147 pounds (66.68 kg) and successfully cope with the task. V. Ortizas weighed exactly 147 pounds and E. Kavaliauskas gained 146.6 pounds (66.5 kg).
E.Kavaliauskas has successfully reached the 147-pound limit in eight fights in a row, and V. Ortizas started his career in an overall lower category and has never exceeded this limit. E.Kavaliauskas weighed 176 pounds (79.83 kg) 10 weeks ago, so he had to lose more than 13 kg.
E.Kavaliauskas is slightly shorter than his opponent (175cm vs. 178cm), but has an advantage in the length of his outstretched arms (180cm vs. 178cm).
Currently, V. Ortizas occupies the first place and E.Kavaliauskas the fifth in the WBO ranking. It will likely be clear in this fight which fighter will challenge Chrawford later. V. Ortiz is currently the WBO International Champion and WBA “Gold”, ranking fourth in the WBC ranking and 15th in the IBF. E.Kavaliauskas continues in the WBC ranking, where he occupies ninth place. Let us remind you that Eimantas Stanionis is the leader in the WBA ranking, and he left the IBF ranking of 15 when Manny Pacquiao returned to him.
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