It looks like Vergil Ortiz's layoff won't be too much longer as Golden Boy CEO, Oscar De La Hoya has announced that their prized possession, Vergil Ortiz will return on MAugust arch 6th. No Opponent has been named and no site has been set. Ortiz 18-0 (18) has not fought Ortiz does not yet have an opponent and there is no set location, but De La Hoya said that Ortiz will headline a card. WBA super-flyweight champ Joshua Franco, also of Texas has an upcoming fight as well; there is no confirmation if the two will fight on the same card.
Ortiz (18-0, 18 KOs), 24, of Grand Prairie has been out of the ring since last August when he knocked out former WBO welterweight title challenger Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the eighth round at the star in Frisco. So it will be nearly a full year out of the ring for Ortiz who was originally scheduled to fight back in March in Los Angeles but was forced to pull out when he was hospitalized just days before the scheduled fight against Michael McKinson. Ortiz was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a condition that can be life-threatening and is caused by muscle breakdown and muscle death. This dangerous muscle damage can be a result of overexertion, trauma, toxic substances, or disease.
Ortiz is the top-ranked 147-pounder by the WBO and will be in line to fight the champion, Terence Crawford, at some point in the not-so-distant future. The Grand Prairie native recently turned 2,4 and is considered to be among the very best young fighters in the world. He has won all 18 of his professional bouts by way of stoppage.