On June 23, 2018, Vergil Ortiz Jr. (9-0, 9 KOs) and Juan Carlos Salgado (27-8-1, 16 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez, 4 months and 1 day ago. Juan Carlos Salgado is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 44% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Logan Yoon, 3 months ago.
This should be a confident win for Vergil Ortiz Jr. at 99-1 winning odds. Juan Carlos Salgado really doesn't have much to present against Ortiz Jr.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. stopped Juan Carlos Salgado via KO in the 3rd round. Ortiz Jr. improves his record to 10-0 (10 KOs), while Salgado adds a loss to his record at 27-9-1.