Vergil Ortiz Jr had no unexpected problems with Samuel Vargas tonight on DAZN in the Golden Boy comeback main event on DAZN, stopping Vargas after seven largely unilateral rounds.
Ortiz (16-0, 16 KO) drove away Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KO) after seven rounds, as noted, making him a clean 16 of 16 in his professional outings, and looking for a great fight later. .
Vargas, 22, has asked for a fight with WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford, and he’s pitching Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman for good measure.
“I really didn’t notice, because I’m focused on the fight. It didn’t make much of a difference, “Ortiz said.” If it had been eight rounds, it would have been worse. I was, like, a solid B +. That was my best opponent to date. I would like to fight someone like Danny Garcia or Keith. Thurman. “
Shane Mosley Jr UD-8 Jeremy Ramos
Scores were 79-73, 80-72, 80-72. As always, Ramos (11-9, 4 KO0 didn’t turn around; he’s a Golden Boy regular, and gave Shane Jr (16-3, 9 KO) a decent enough fight, but Jr’s athletic ability it was too much.
Mosley, 29, will have to be helped by name for a title shot, to be honest, but on certain rounds of fights you can see the natural ability. It is really very inconsistent. He’s had his shot at “The Contender” and whatnot, but he’s never paid the name. You can say this about Ronald Hearns or Héctor Camacho Jr. or even incumbent Julio César Chávez Jr. Boxing will help you with an attached name. But it is what it is. Shane has some natural ability but is very suspicious.
Seniesa Estrada TKO-1 Miranda Adkins
Let’s be clear here: Adkins, a 42-year-old man from Kansas, had no business in the ring with Estrada. Estrada (19-0, 8 KO) is a legitimate fighter, an amateur antecedent, solid competition as a professional. She can fight, really. Adkins (5-1, 5 KO) cannot. Without disrespect. She is a middle-aged woman who never fought someone who won a professional fight.
And this fight ended when Estrada crossed the ring, threw a volley of punches and hit Miranda halfway. seven seconds. Estrada did not put on a celebratory show, he was kind and gentle in victory. I am not “hating” her or Miranda Adkins, who bravely quarreled when Jacky Calvo retired due to injury. But he shouldn’t have been penalized. Period.
“I give him a lot of credit and a lot of respect,” Estrada said. “She stepped forward and took the fight. My original opponent had a knee injury, and she accepted the fight. He had more experience than she did: amateur and professional. Once I released my punches, I couldn’t stop. It is a fight. I knew it was going to be a knockout, but I didn’t know how long it would take. God bless Adkins. I pray it’s okay. “
Hopefully we will see Seniesa, once again, a legitimately good fighter, get a shot at the title soon. He has said he will do it at 105, 108 or 112. He is ready and willing and can fight. She deserves better.
Héctor Valdez UD-8 Josue Morales
Valdez (13-0, 8 KO) with a solid victory here. The 25-year-old junior featherweight prospect wins a virtual shutout, scores 79-73, 80-72, 80-72, over Morales, who is a tough veteran, focuses on defense and never fights easily.
Morales (11-12-1, 4 KO) is a very good prospect inspector at some level, and he did that job again tonight. But Valdez proved in this matchup, doing a solid job and clearly taking the rounds. I think Morales could be discussed in one of the first rounds, but the majority was all Valdez. It’s not the kind of performance that super stands out and it won’t on the BoxRec page either, but Morales is not incompetent, and Valdez handled himself very well. Golden Boy upgraded Hector again, who seems like a good fit in a currently turbulent weight class.
Evan Sanchez UD-6 Issouf Kinda
This was a legitimately valuable fight for Sánchez, a 22-year-old welterweight prospect, as 32-year-old Kinda was quite strong and gave him a decent look in all six rounds, even though Kinda had not fought since 2017 .
A little bit (18-5, 7 KO) is not a star, but he’s been with some decent fighters (usually losing), and got some clean rights in this fight on left-hander Sanchez (8-0, 6 KO), and that it is something that Sanchez will need to see in the future. If Kinda can catch the “left-handed killer”, the best fighters will definitely do it. Young boy with things to work on, but a good perspective. He did a good body job especially here, and got a controversial fourth-round takedown, which was actually a shot to the back of the head, although it was neither intentional nor his fault.
The scores were 58-55, 59-54 and 60-53 for Sánchez.
“He had a little rust because he hadn’t been fighting, but we are back at it,” Sanchez said after the fight. “I really wanted (the strike). Being the first fight (back for Golden Boy), I really wanted to stop it, but it didn’t come. It was a lot of experience. He has a lot of fights and he has fought with big names like José Ramírez, so it was a good experience. “
