On March 20, 2021, Vergil Ortiz Jr. (16-0, 16 KOs) and Maurice Hooker (27-1-3, 18 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round welterweight bout.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. is coming in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Samuel Vargas, 7 months and 24 days ago. Maurice Hooker is on a 1-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Uriel Perez, 1 year and 3 months ago.
This should be a confident win for Vergil Ortiz Jr. at 99-1 winning odds. Maurice Hooker really doesn't have much to present against Ortiz Jr.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. stopped Maurice Hooker via TKO in the 7th round. Ortiz Jr. improves his record to 17-0 (17 KOs), while Hooker adds a loss to his record at 27-2-3.