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Floyd Schofield took a minute to process the first-hand news that he will now headline this weekend's DAZN show. Then he took the time to hit up all of his family and friends to see who was going to make the drive from his Austin hometown to San Antonio for his ten-round lightweight main event versus Haskell Lydell Rhodes.
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Represent YG! Get that Zepeda fight ASAP!

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Oscar De La Hoya Says Vergil Ortiz Jr Moving To 154

Golden Boy Promotions boss Oscar De La Hoya says Vergil Ortiz Jr will be moving to 154 after suffering “dehydration” and “fatigue” while trying to make weight for his now-canceled fight against WBA ‘regular’ welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis in San Antonio, Texas.

De La Hoya feels that Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) will be at his “ideal” weight by moving up to 154, and he sees him winning a world title soon.

The 25-year-old Ortiz fainted on Wednesday and was taken to a hospital. For the Golden Boy star, this was his third time having issues trying to make it to a fight against WBA secondary 147-lb champion Stanionis.

Vergil Jr had talked of his struggles to make weight, and in hindsight, he should have already moved up to 154 to save himself the aggravation of trying to make the 147-lb limit.

In going up to 154, Ortiz Jr will be in a division that Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford will soon be at, and there be a lot of great opportunities for him against those fighters, as well as many others. If Jermell Charlo returns to 154, that’ll be another great fight for Vergil.

“Look, he’s a big kid, so I think 154 would be ideal. Virgil Ortiz was going to fight for the world title, and he was in line to challenge Errol Spence; he was in line to challenge Crawford, the winner of that fight,” said Oscar De La Hoya to Fight Hub TV.

“So, it’s unfortunate, but virtual Ortiz will come back stronger than ever. 154 is going to be his ideal weight to become a world champion very soon.”

Will 154 be enough for Vergil to make weight without fainting & dehydrating? It might not be. If Ortiz finds himself struggling to get down to 154, he’s going to need to move to 160, which isn’t as great a division, but he might not have any choice.

“Everything was great to the last second, everything was great, he looked amazing,” said De La Hoya when asked if he saw anything in Vergil Ortiz Jr’s camp for this fight that made him believe he would have physical problems.

“Stitch, his cut man, was saying, ‘Man, Vergil Ortiz looks better than ever.’ So we were all excited and in boxing, if you don’t hear any news, that’s always good news. So once we got that call, I kind of had a feeling something was up, something was going on. It’s unfortunate, but like I said, his health is first and then we’ll take it from there.

“Yeah, the doctor said that it was it was fatigue and dehydration but the doctors say it’s something that he can overcome absolutely,” said De La Hoya about Ortiz Jr.

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...-to-154/265569

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Vergil Ortiz pulls out of bout with Eimantas Stanionis for a 3rd time after reportedly fainting
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Stanionis manager Shelly Finkel told Yahoo Sports on Thursday that Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez told him that Ortiz had fainted and was taken to a local hospital. He was forced to pull out of the fight due to his health, the third time in 15 months that's happened between the two.

Ortiz, who has battled COVID-19 and rhabdomyolysis in the last three years, has had to delay numerous other fights since 2020 because of his health.

Yahoo Sports could not reach Gomez for comment. But Finkel said a media appearance at The Alamo on Wednesday was canceled. Finkel said he was supposed to meet with Gomez after the event at The Alamo but said Gomez asked to reschedule it.

"He called me and said, '[Ortiz] fainted last night and was taken to the hospital and we're waiting on the doctors to know if there's a fight,'" Finkel said.

Finkel said Stanionis was Errol Spence Jr.'s mandatory for the WBA title, but he agreed to step aside so Spence could fight Crawford for the undisputed championship July 29 in Las Vegas. Stanionis then agreed to face Ortiz for a third time.

When Ortiz pulled out again, Stanionis and Finkel were both naturally frustrated.

"It's horrible for the kid [Ortiz]," Finkel said. "I feel so badly for Eimantas. But what can you do? We'll plan to try to get whatever we can but it's terrible. ... I don't know if there's another option to take and then fight that [bout against the Crawford-Spence winner]. I am preserving all of Eimantas' rights. I'm going to have our lawyer, whom I already spoke to, send a letter to the BA pointing out that this is not our fault. They agreed and felt bad for Eimantas. He's won a title and hasn't been able to defend it."

https://sports.yahoo.com/vergil-orti...XRbwSYN7fKiuYC

They should let Stanionis fight Thurman instead of Ugas!

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Handle your business on Saturday Floyd, and after the fight, call Keyshawn's scary ass out again. His soup coolers run nonstop, yapping about everyone else besides Kid Austin, but they can't fight for him.

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Floyd needs a new moniker..

Kid Austin definitely isn’t it, and his last name is wack.

has all the talent to be a superstar, Oscar just needs to work on developing his persona.