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ORTIZ, JR. VS. MCKINSON: VERGIL ORTIZ, JR. & OSCAR DE LA HOYA PRESS DAY QUOTES PhilBoxing.com Wed, 23 Feb 2022  LOS ANGELES, CA (February 22, 2022) - Undefeated, WBO International Welterweight Champion, Vergil Ortiz Jr. (18-0, 18 KOs), of Grand Prairie, Texas and Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy, Oscar De La Hoya hosted a special press event today at the Galen Center to promote the upcoming bout between Vergil Ortiz, Jr. and #3 WBO ranked welterweight Michael “The Problem” McKinson (21-0, 2 KOs) of Portsmouth, Great Britain. The pair are set to collide on Saturday, March 19 at University of Southern California’s Galen Center in Los Angeles. The 12-round fight for Ortiz, Jr.'s WBO International Welterweight title will stream live, worldwide, exclusively on DAZN. Below are what Vergil and Oscar had to say about the upcoming bout: VERGIL ORTIZ, JR., WBO INTERNATIONAL WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION: "I feels awesome putting a card in LA. I have a lot of fans here in LA that have been asking me on social media to come back and I am happy that we are able to do that. I am looking forward to putting on a good show at the Galen Center. "I always train to go the distance in every fight. I don't go into the ring looking for the knock out. If the opportunity comes to finish the fight with a knock out I will take it. "I would love to fight at the very least three times this year. After this fight get back in the ring as soon as possible, stay active. That's how I feel the sharpest. "My dad has been training me the whole time alongside Hector Beltran. He's the one that is always on my a** making sure that I am doing everything right. Now that we have added Manny Robles to the corner, he brings experience and a different point of view. He's taken fighters like Oscar Valdez and Andy Ruiz to world title fights and hopefully we can do the same." OSCAR DE LA HOYA, CHAIRMAN AND CEO GOLDEN BOY: "As a promoter we have to knock on a lot of doors to get our fighters a fight, and it's a dream come true when fighters like Michael McKinson want to face one of our guys. Vergil is in a very unique position, being 18-0, 18KOs. World champions know that he's dangerous, world champions know that if they get in the ring with him there will be a huge possibility that they are going to loose. So it surprised me that McKinson was knocking on Vergil's door, on our door. It just goes to show you that when you are fighting at this level, you are going to cross paths with great fighters who want to fight the best. "Vergil has his father who knows the in's and out's. He has trained him all his life. It was a breath of fresh air to hear what they were thinking, to come to LA which has great fighters and great sparring. Manny has experience and great knowledge that can be a good second voice for Vergil's father, who is on the fore front of Vergil's training. "Vergil is just getting better and better, and better. I tell every world champion, fight Vergil now. Fight him now because if you wait a year or two, it will only get worse for you because Vergil is very young and just getting better and better. He's knocking on the door of these champions so it's going to be very interesting on who he fights next." Tickets for the event go on sale now and are priced at $150, $75, $50 and $25 not including applicable service charges. Tickets will be available for purchase at www.galencenter.org or www.goldenboypromotions.com. Please note that LADPH guidelines and other protocols relating to admission requirements will be in place for this event, which include that all guests age 2 and older will have to provide proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result within 24 hours for an antigen test or 48 hours for a PCR test. Ortiz Jr. vs. McKinson is a 12-round fight for the WBO International Welterweight Title presented by Golden Boy in association with Matchroom Boxing. The event is sponsored by Hennessy “Never Stop. Never Settle” and “BetOnline - Your Online Sportsbook Experts.” The fight will take place on Saturday, March 19 at Galen Center in Los Angeles, and will be streamed live worldwide on DAZN. For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com and DAZN.com. Follow on Twitter @GoldenBoyBoxing and @DAZNBoxing. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoy and https://www.facebook.com/DAZN. Follow on Instagram @GoldenBoy and @DAZNBoxing. Follow the conversation using #OrtizMcKinson  |
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