Vergil Ortiz Jr. could face his toughest test yet in March.
Plans are in place to have Ortiz fight Maurice Hooker in Dallas, with a target date of March 27, according to multiple reports. The fight would be streamed on DAZN.
Ortiz (16-0, 16 KOs) and Hooker (27-1-3, 18 KOs) are both from Dallas.
Ortiz, a welterweight contender and one of Golden Boy Promotions’ top attractions, is coming off a seventh-round knockout of Samuel Vargas in July.
Hooker, also a contender, bounced back from a knockout loss to Jose Ramirez at junior welterweight in July 2019 by moving up in weight and stopping Uriel Perez in the first round five months later.
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