{"id":1839,"date":"2021-08-12T11:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:25:04","slug":"vergil-ortiz-jr-to-defend-wbo-international-welterweight-title-against-egidijus-kavaliauskas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/12\/vergil-ortiz-jr-to-defend-wbo-international-welterweight-title-against-egidijus-kavaliauskas\/","title":{"rendered":"VERGIL ORTIZ JR. TO DEFEND WBO INTERNATIONAL WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST EGIDIJUS KAVALIAUSKAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vergil Ortiz Jr. To Defend WBO International Welterweight Title against Egidijus Kavaliauskas\u00a0Saturday, Aug. 14 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas and Streamed Live on DAZN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESS RELEASE GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS (TICKETS HERE: https:\/\/www.goldenboypromotions.com\/tickets\/<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRISCO, TEXAS (July 13, 2021): Welterweight knockout artist Vergil Ortiz Jr<\/strong>. (17-0, 17 KOs) will return against Egidijus \u201cMean Machine\u201d Kavaliauskas<\/strong> (22-1-1, 18 KOs) in a 12-round defense of his WBO International Welterweight Title. The bout will take place on Saturday, Aug. 14 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas and will be streamed live on DAZN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undercard information will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVergil Ortiz Jr. is developing the most impressive resume for any boxer his age,\u201d said Oscar De La Hoya<\/strong>, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy. \u201cThough the welterweight division is perhaps the most competitive weight class in the sport, Ortiz Jr. has been able to maintain a knockout ratio of 100% in his big tests against Antonio Orozco, Brad Solomon and Maurice Hooker. On August 14, Ortiz Jr. will look better than ever and remind everyone why he is the biggest threat at 147 pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since debuting as a professional in 2016, Ortiz Jr. has knocked out every single challenge put in front of him. The native of Grand Prairie, Texas, who has roots in Michoacan, Mexico, has scored stoppage wins against the likes of Antonio \u201cRelentless\u201d Orozco, Brad \u201cKing\u201d Solomon <\/strong>and Maurice \u201cMighty Mo\u201d Hooker.<\/strong> The 23-year-old contender is anxious to fight for a world title and knows that \u201cMean Machine\u201d stands in his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always said I\u2019m here to take on the toughest challenges to prove myself,\u201d said Vergil Ortiz Jr.<\/strong> \u201cEgis is a very game, strong opponent, and a win over him would leave no doubts that I\u2019m ready for a world title fight immediately. It won\u2019t be easy, but that\u2019s the point. The fans are going to enjoy this one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kavaliauskas is a Lithuanian contender who has defeated the likes of David Avanesyan<\/strong> and Juan Carlos \u201cMerengue\u201d Abreu<\/strong>. He has also faced tough tests against \u201cThe New\u201d Ray Robinson<\/strong> and Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford,<\/strong> the latter of whom handed the \u201cMean Machine\u201d his sole defeat. The 32-year-old will return after stopping Mikael Zweski<\/strong> in September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFans been asking for this fight, and we\u2019re going to give it to them,\u201d said Egidijus Kavaliauskas<\/strong>. \u201cSo, mark your calendar and have your popcorn ready. A war is coming.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ortiz Jr. vs.<\/strong> Kavaliauskas <\/strong>is a 12-round fight for the WBO International Welterweight Title presented by Golden Boy The event is sponsored by Hennessy \u201cNever Stop. Never Settle\u201d and \u201cBetOnline \u2013 Your Online Sportsbook Experts.\u201dThe fight will take place on Saturday, Aug. 14 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas and will be streamed live on DAZN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets for Ortiz Jr vs. Kavaliauskas <\/strong>will go on sale Friday, July 16 at 10:00 a.m, CDT and are priced at $250, $150, $100, $75, $50 and $35, not including applicable service charges. Tickets will be available for purchase at www.seatgeek.com<\/a>.   For more information, visitwww.goldenboypromotions.com<\/a>andDAZN.com<\/a>. Follow on Twitter @GoldenBoyBoxing and @DAZNBoxing. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com\/GoldenBoy<\/a> and https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DAZN<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow on Instagram @GoldenBoy and @DAZNBoxing. Follow the conversation using #OrtizKavaliauskas <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vergil Ortiz Jr. To Defend WBO International Welterweight Title against Egidijus Kavaliauskas\u00a0Saturday, Aug. 14 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas and Streamed Live on DAZN PRESS RELEASE GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS (TICKETS HERE: https:\/\/www.goldenboypromotions.com\/tickets\/) FRISCO, TEXAS (July 13, 2021): Welterweight knockout artist Vergil Ortiz Jr. (17-0, 17 KOs) will return against Egidijus \u201cMean Machine\u201d Kavaliauskas (22-1-1, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","tag-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1841,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}