It wasn’t always the most pleasing fight to watch, but Vergil Ortiz Jr nicked a decision win over Israil Madrimov to remain undefeated and keep his interim WBC super welterweight title.

When Israil Madrimov won his WBA super-welterweight world ... Madrimov’s bout against Magomed Kurbanov for the vacant belt, which the Uzbek won with a fifth-round stoppage, was billed as only ...

Aside from Beterbiev-Bivol II, Ortiz Jr. vs. Madrimov is a surefire Fight of the Night candidate between two elite fighters. Ortiz is a pure action fighter; few fighters can handle his volume and ...

Vergil Ortiz Jr. battled to a superb unanimous decision win over Israil Madrimov to retain his WBC interim title at super welterweight and remain firmly in the superfight conversation.

has a new hit list of targets after a career-best win over Israil Madrimov in February ... his desire to see the sport revert to the one-belt system used in the UFC, among other drastic changes.