On August 14, 2021, Vergil Ortiz Jr. (17-0, 17 KOs) and Egidijus Kavaliauskas (22-1-1, 18 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round welterweight bout.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Maurice Hooker, 4 months and 25 days ago. Egidijus Kavaliauskas is on a 1-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Mikaël Zewski, 11 months and 2 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Vergil Ortiz Jr. at 99-1 winning odds. Egidijus Kavaliauskas really doesn't have much to present against Ortiz Jr.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. stopped Egidijus Kavaliauskas via TKO in the 8th round. Ortiz Jr. improves his record to 18-0 (18 KOs), while Kavaliauskas adds a loss to his record at 22-2-1.