Texas boxing sensation Virgil Ortiz, Jr. will return to the ring this weekend in a 154 lb showdown with the always dangerous Erickson Lubin. His World Boxing Council (WBC) interim super welterweight ...

Of course Vergil Ortiz Jnr would like to be fighting for a title, but in building this reputation as boxing’s most avoided fighter, the 27-year-old Texan sees nothing wrong with moving on from the ...

Boxing has a habit of elevating bad behavior into box-office gold. We have Ryan Garcia, who ping-pongs between brilliance, breakdowns and conspiracy theories. Then there’s Tyson Fury, a heavyweight ...

FORT WORTH — Some Monday musings while wondering if boxing might finally be building some momentum headed into next year … Vergil Ortiz’s performance Saturday was electric. Ortiz mowed down former ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. With WBC interim super welterweight champion Vergil “The Texas ...

Boxing is one of the very few sports in which no lead is safe. Ask Big John Tate, or Meldrick Taylor, or Laurent Dauthuille. As long as there is time on the clock, the fighter getting his ass kicked ...

Big-time boxing came to Fort Worth on Saturday — for about 4 1/2 minutes. That’s all the time it took for Grand Prairie’s Vergil Ortiz Jr., the No. 1-ranked 154-pound fighter in the world, to destroy ...

Vergil Ortiz’s performance Saturday was electric. Ortiz mowed down former title challenger Erickson Lubin, stopping Lubin on his feet in the second round. Ortiz has been on a run at 154 pounds, ...