In his last two fights, he\u2019s beaten Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk by a pair of 12-round decisions in grueling contests. Vergil Jr. absorbed as much punishment as he dished out. He survived those fights more than won them. They were both razor close, and his face looked beat up afterward.<\/p>\n
Lubin, 30, could take advantage of the situation if Vergil Jr. isn\u2019t 100% after those two wars. He\u2019s not had a tough fight since his ninth-round stoppage loss to Fundora on April 9, 2022.<\/p>\n
The Replacement Plan<\/p>\n
\u201cBeating somebody like Vergil, I\u2019d basically be replacing him,\u201d said Erickson Lubin to Golden Boy Boxing<\/a> about his fight against Vergil Ortiz Jr. on November 8th. \u201cI\u2019m one of the top dogs in this division. I feel like a lot of dudes tend to duck me or overlook me. I\u2019m just happy that Vergil took the fight like this.\u201d<\/p>\n Lubin would be replacing Ortiz Jr. in the slot to challenge Fundora for his WBC 154-lb title. It\u2019s doubtful that Erickson will be eager to face \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis, given how risky that fight would be for him. Unless the money is worthwhile, he\u2019ll wait for his rematch with \u2018The Towering Inferno\u2019 Fundora.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a list of names that he could have fought. Respect for him,\u201d said Lubin about Ortiz Jr. \u201cWe\u2019re both in our primes. We\u2019re not waiting for somebody to get old or not ducking each other because the money is not right. It\u2019s going to be one of those real historical matchups.\u201d<\/p>\n If Ortiz Jr. didn\u2019t fight Lubin, his options would have been slim in terms of notable opposition. Ennis didn\u2019t want to face Vergil Jr. in his debut at 154. It would have been someone like Callum Walsh or Brandon Adams. Neither of those would have been as interesting as Lubin.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll probably stop him or win a decision. It doesn\u2019t matter to me. Go home with a W. After this fight, they won\u2019t be talking about Vergil. They\u2019re going to be talking about the hammer.<\/p>\n Tom Galm has covered the global boxing scene since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, business trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb \u201cAfter This Fight, They\u2019ll Talk About the Hammer\u201d: Lubin Aims to End Vergil Ortiz Jr.\u2019s Rise on DAZN<\/p>\n Last Updated on 10\/28\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erickson \u2018The Hammer\u2019 Lubin says he\u2019ll \u201cbe replacing\u201d WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. by beating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-231124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"YouTube](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761700153_646_hqdefault.jpg\"\/)
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