Fort Worth, Texas – Vergil Ortiz Jr. (24-0, 22 KOs) dismantled the Ring’s number five-ranked junior middleweight, Erickson Lubin (27-3, 19 KOs) at the Dickies Arena on Saturday night. He demonstrated defensive prowess, making Lubin miss and being hit with only seven punches in the short, two-round match.
Offensively, he dominated Lubin, landing 61 percent of his power punches, scoring the technical knockout against the crafty veteran (Compubox). After the match, Jaron “Boots” Ennis came into the ring and faced off with Vergil. It was reminiscent of the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez face-off back in 2017, when the two did so in the middle of the ring after the Canelo Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. match.
During the face off, Boots and Vergil went back and forth, “Your manager been talking all crazy, Oscar talking crazy, it is the time. I’m going to make you pay for everything they saying,” is what Boots told Ortiz during their verbal exchange. Vergil responded by saying, “Ain’t nobody going to pay over here.” They went at it like this for a while until they faced off.
Both fighters want the fight; they want to show who is the better of the two. To finalize it, though, both sides have to mutually agree on the terms of the match. Oscar De La Hoya said after Ortiz’s victory, “If we don’t get favorable negotiations, then we can always go to Errol Spence or we can go to [Sebastian] Fundora, so there are a lot of options for Vergil. I know the world wants to watch Boots Ennis versus Vergil, but let’s get one thing straight here, Vergil is the man.” When Oscar says he is the man, he is referring to Ortiz being the A-side fighter and being paid as such.
Richard Mirigian, Vergil’s manager, has expressed similar sentiments via social media. He’s had multiple exchanges with fans and media members on X (Twitter). Discussing various items, from the potential asking price of $10 million to Vergil being the A-side fighter. Rick has reiterated that if the terms are favorable, the fight will be made. In one particular exchange with Dan Cannobio, he responds to the potential making of an Ortiz versus Errol Spence fight, “What I said was there are many big fights, Spence in Texas is BIG, Charlo, Fundora and Xander but Boots is the fight we make if the offer is legit and right, Boots will be prioritized to make but this will be contingent on the value of the check writer’s come up with and place on this, we know the ability from a financial standpoint is there for them to make and I know the numbers better then most at this level, if it falls in to super fight numbers area then it gets done no question.”
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— Richard Mirigian (@RGMBOXING) November 10, 2025
Both Matchroom and Golden Boy work with sports streaming provider DAZN, so there should be no conflict with broadcasting the match. Both sides want what’s best for their fighter, and favorable terms for both are essential. Many of the super fights we’ve seen lately have been because of Turki Alalshikh; he may be needed to finalize this one as well. There is plenty of fan interest and demand for the fight, so other than it being something that has to be worked out monetarily, it should be a fight that should be made, especially if the fighters themselves want the fight. Both Ortiz and Boots know what the fight will do for their career and where it will place them if they win, among the elite in the sport.