Undefeated junior middleweight Vergil Ortiz of Grand Prairie is back in familiar territory. The former top-ranked welterweight is back at the RGBA with head trainer Robert Garcia. Ortiz has gone through several trainers since turning pro in 2016. Ortiz trained with Joel Diaz initially before moving on to train with Robert Garcia, which he did up until late 2021 when he announced he was splitting with the trainer, citing Garcia had opted to work the corner of Joshua Franco in his trilogy with Andrew Moloney in the summer of 2021. Ortiz fought Egidijus Kavaliauskas on the same day at a different location. Garcia said he tried to figure out a way to get a helicopter between the two fights. Ortiz fought in Frisco and Franco in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The logistics didn't work, and despite making less money, Garcia opted to corner Franco's fight despite making considerably less money. Ortiz then opted to work with esteemed trainer Manny Robles for his 2022 fight with Michael McKinson in Fort Worth. Ortizx won the fight via 9th round TKO and has not fought since. His fight with Eimantas Stanionis was postponed multiple times and then finally canceled. Stanionis postponed the date after having emergency appendectomy surgery in January. Ortiz then had to pull out of the fight twice due to a flare-up of his previously diagnosed rhabdomyolysis. Ortiz announced today via social media that he had returned to the RGBA to train with the legendary trainer.