Vergil Ortiz is still one of the hottest names in the world wide boxing. The 23-year-old American claimed his 18th pro win yesterday when he stopped Egidijus Kavaliauskas via KO in the 8th round of their welterweight fight.
Not only that, Ortiz is now 18 KOs of 18 fights ad its obvious that his first world title fight is getting closer and closer.
Ortiz managed to drop Kavaliauskas a total of five times before the ref Laurence Cole waved off the fight in the 8th round.
Ortiz was by far the better and more aggresive fighter. he was the one initiating his offence at any time and was landing at will. Kavaliauskas couldn’t find his distance and was eating all of Ortis’s jabs, as the Lithuanina had no answer on how to cut the distance and to land his power shots.
Ortiz surged ahead late in round three, scoring the bout’s first clean knockdown. It came courtesy of a power jab from Ortiz, landing flush at the tail end of a four-punch combination. Kavaliauskas was having a good round to that point, only to get walked down and sent to the canvas in the closing seconds of the frame.
Kavaliauskas found his way back in the fight in round six, commanding center ring and finding a home for his right hand. Ortiz maintained the same tight defense he employed at fight’s start, though leaving his left hand out just long enough to get countered by a Kavaliauskas right.
It was all over in the eight when Kavaliauskas’s stamina was running low and he was standing still with no power in his feet nor his hands. Ortiz managed to knockdown his adversary two times in the eight thanks to his brilliant jab to the body that made his opponent bend the knee.
Kavaliauskas was down again with less than 0:30 to go in the round, threatening to make it to the bell only for a swarm of power shots upstairs sending him to the canvas for a fourth time. Cole had seen enough by that point, waving off the contest.
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