On July 24, 2020, Vergil Ortiz Jr. (15-0, 15 KOs) and Samuel Vargas (31-5-2, 14 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round welterweight bout.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round KO victory over Brad Solomon, 7 months and 11 days ago. Samuel Vargas is on a 1-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Silverio Ortiz, 1 year and 25 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Vergil Ortiz Jr. at 99-1 winning odds. Samuel Vargas really doesn't have much to present against Ortiz Jr.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. stopped Samuel Vargas via TKO in the 7th round. Ortiz Jr. improves his record to 16-0 (16 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 31-6-2.