Vergil Ortiz Jr. confessed today that he “stopped caring” about what posters on social media said to him because of their negative comments that he reads. One in all them posted today that they hope he dies in his fight against Erickson Lubin this Saturday, November eighth.
Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) is defending his WBC interim junior middleweight title against #4 Lubin (27-2, 19 KOs) in a 12-round headliner on Amazon Prime Video PPV on the Dickies Arena in Fort Value, Texas.
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“Die b***ch. You’re getting KO. I hope you find yourself within the hospital,” said one among the posters to Vergil Ortiz Jr. on social media.
Vergil Jr. has gotten on the incorrect side of some fans, who accuse him of ducking Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. They feel that he’s lost his nerve after seeing how good Ennis looked in his debut at 154 against Uisma Lima on October 11, 2025.
That is why at the top of the day I’ll all the time do what’s best for me! I ended caring about what yall said and what yall take into consideration me an extended time ago. The one thing that really kills the love for the game for me is the fans. Not all of the fans, however the fans nonetheless. pic.twitter.com/htrkSO0Tck
— Vergil Ortiz Jr. (@VergilOrtiz) November 2, 2025
‘Boots’ knocked out Lima in lightning fashion, destroying him in the primary round of a press release win. Since that fight, many fans consider Vergil Jr. has gone quiet about wanting to fight him. It was a reasonably scary win by Ennis.
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It’s the variety of victory that will make any fighter have second thoughts about fighting him, because losing in that form of fashion would turn off the cash flow they’ve been having fun with from the spigot. Getting back from a first-round knockout loss to Ennis could be difficult, if not inconceivable.
It’s like the famous old Spindletop oil well in Beaumont, Texas, going dry for a fighter in the event that they were blown out by ‘Boots’ in the primary round. One second, the cash is pouring in by the bucketful, and the subsequent second it’s a dry duster.
Getting destroyed by Ennis would destroy Vergil Jr’s brand. An individual can understand why fighting Ennis wouldn’t be a superb idea. Fans don’t prefer it when a fighter chooses to play it secure. They lash out with hateful messages.
Vergil Jr. has quite a few excellent opportunities to earn tens of millions in winnable fights. He doesn’t need Ennis. So, it’s comprehensible why he and Golden Boy might wish to look in the other way toward these fighters:
- Sebastian Fundora
- Xander Zayas
- Bakhram Murtazaliev
- Abass Baraou
- Keith Thurman
Last Updated on 11/02/2025