News Vergil vs Boots not happening on Riyadh Feb.22 show

I called it back in the original thread. The weight thing seemed obvious.
The weight was always the elephant in the room. Have no idea how both sides agreed to anything without discussing that first & foremost. Both sides playing games there.

Vergil literally couldn't make 147 years ago at this point. The move to 154 has been made and campaigned my Ortiz. Boots said he wanted to clean out & uni.147.
Thats why I never get excited in any rumor thread anymore. Its silly.
I even remember asking first thing. "What weight????" When it seemed there was no solid answer I knew it was just both fighters trying to stay relevant without actually fighting.
Bootz is turning into Crawford 2.0 without the Top Rank aura and marketing.
Crazy because 154 is absolutely filled with mega fights. I get him sticking around to unify. But nobody outside of hardcore fans know the other WW champs & they still cant fkn get those fights done.
Either you're killing your career or you are just scared of 154.


 
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I don’t see an A side on the matchup … Eddie does have more power than Oscar with the Saudi’s
Boots is a full world champion with multiple title defenses in the marquee division of the lighter weights. Ortiz is a disputed interim world titlist in a tweener division above. There's always an A-side and that's Boots in these negotiations. He has a bit more leverage. Can Ortiz lose 3½ lbs to fight at a catchweight of 150½ lbs? If both of these guys really want the fight as much as they're saying then they can split the difference and meet right in the middle.
 
Boots is a full world champion with multiple title defenses in the marquee division of the lighter weights. Ortiz is a disputed interim world titlist in a tweener division above. There's always an A-side and that's Boots in these negotiations. He has a bit more leverage. Can Ortiz lose 3½ lbs to fight at a catchweight of 150½ lbs? If both of these guys really want the fight as much as they're saying then they can split the difference and meet right in the middle.
klitschko/haye everything 50/50
 
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