The Hoya Plan: Ortiz Jr. needs “relentless” vs. pressure. Madrimov

The promoter Oscar de la Hoya wants his fighter, Vergil Ortiz Jr., to use the pressure without stopping to defeat Israil Madrimov this Saturday, February 22. De la Hoya believes that the best approach to overcome former Ambo Madrimov Junior Weight champion (10-1-1, 7 kos) is “Support it” and attack your body.

That approach worked for smaller, older and weakest Terence Crawford to overcome Madrimov last August in Los Angeles. Despite giving Madrimov size and power, Crawford, 37, used the pressure to wear it to win a unanimous decision of 12 rounds on Turki Alalshikh card at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

However, Crawford absorbed many punishments, and it is not clear if Vergil Jr. can take the same type of shots without being knocked out or fallen two or three times.

Vergil Jr. got off twice in his last fight against the interim 154 pound champion of the WBC Serhii Bohachuk On August 10 and was lucky to receive a majority decision of 12 rounds. It didn’t seem to be victory, but Nevada’s judges still gave it to him.

“I am excited by my boy, vergil and Madrimov. That will probably steal the program if you like the action and you like knockouts, “said Oscar de la Hoya to Boxing of Golden Boys About Saturday night’s fight among the Junior Junior Champion of medium weight of WBC Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Israil Madrimov.

De la Hoya is 100% correct in its prediction that Ortiz Jr.-Madrimov will steal the show. This promises to have the greatest action of all fights on Saturday night’s card Dazn PPV. The main event among the undisputed champion of semi -marked weight Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will be a contest of cats and mice with a lot of career and persecution. That will not be as entertaining as the Battle Ortiz Jr. vs. Madrimov Turki should have kept the revenge of Bederbiev-Bivol 2 below the covers on the billboard somewhere instead of making that fight against the headline.

“How do you see Vergil Ortiz? We know that it brings pressure, volume and power, but Madrimov is brilliant, ”said Sergio Mora. “How will those heavy hands land on a guy who is difficult to hit as Madrimov?”

Vergil only has one option in this fight: you have to stay with your usual struggle style to move forward, apply pressure and expect that approach to work against Madrimov. It is not a boxer good enough to overcome a technical fighter like Madrimov, and it would be nonsense to try.

De la Hoya’s words

“I look at Madrimov and Crawford. Madrimov was doing something that confused Crawford. He was standing, moving side by side and giving angles, ”said De la Hoya. “Obviously, the Ortiz Vergil camp is very aware of that. They have prepared for an Madrimov who is going to box and move, but it will also advance and hit.

“So what does Vergil do? I would push it back if it were in the place of Vergil because Madrimov cannot fight to go back. Then, I would push it back and simply relentless (pressure). One thing about Madrimov is that when he fights, he fights with his guard. What happens is the body, and vergil to the body is relentless, ”said De la Hoya.