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罗伯特·加西亚透露了维吉尔·奥尔蒂斯(Vergil Ortiz)的近期计划:“如果战斗一切顺利，我们下一个目标就是克劳福德。”
法律上，维吉尔·奥尔蒂斯几乎不允许喝酒。然而，这并没有阻止他现在的教练罗伯特·加西亚相信他的人已经准备好面对许多人认为是世界上最好的战士。
“我们要追克劳福德，”加西亚在接受Little Giant Boxing采访时说。“这就是我们现在要争取的。我想维吉尔已经准备好了。”
获得与克劳福德的战斗，WBO 147磅冠军，可能比许多人预期的更容易，因为奥尔蒂斯(16- 0,16 ko)排名第二在制裁机构。不过，尽管战胜克劳福德会震惊拳击界，但这位来自达拉斯的选手却面临着140分钟前冠军莫里斯·胡克的巨大阻碍。
两人计划于3月20日在德克萨斯州沃斯堡的迪基体育场(Dickies Arena)举行主要活动。31岁的胡克被认为是维吉尔职业生涯中最艰难的一场战斗。胜利还远不能保证，但如果维吉尔能成功，加西亚相信他的次中量级竞争者将处于最好的位置，有可能向克劳福德开火。
“如果战斗一切顺利，我们下一个目标就是克劳福德。维吉尔已经排在前两名了。金童和Top Rank一直在一起工作，一起进行冠军争夺，所以我认为这是最容易的争夺。”
多年来，克劳福德一直在面对许多人认为不太重要的对手，现在，他面临着一长串顶级竞争者的挑战。除了可能与奥尔蒂斯摊牌外，克劳福德有可能面临八届世界冠军曼尼·帕奎奥或前两届147磅腰带获得者肖恩·波特的竞争。这位身价颇高的明星最后一次出现在拳击场上大约是四个月前。
在内华达州拉斯维加斯空荡荡的米高梅大竞技场，克劳福德以一边倒的优势击败了前冠军凯尔·布鲁克，在第四轮中摔倒，随后又将这位英国人击败。
Legally, Vergil Ortiz is barely allowed to drink liquor. However, that isn’t stopping his current trainer in Robert Garcia from believing his man is ready to face who many believe is the best fighter in the world.
“We are going after Crawford,” said Garcia during an interview with Little Giant Boxing. “That’s the fight we’re going after right now. I think Vergil is ready.”
Obtaining a fight with Crawford, the WBO 147 pound champion, could be much easier than many anticipate due to Ortiz (16-0, 16 KOs) ranking number two in the sanctioning body. But while a win over Crawford would stun the boxing world, the Dallas native has a major roadblock standing in his way in the form of one-time 140 champion Maurice Hooker.
The two are scheduled to meet in the main event slot at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on March 20th. Hooker, 31, is considered by far the toughest fight of Vergil’s career. A win is far from guaranteed, but if Vergil can pull it off, Garcia believes his welterweight contender would be in the best position possible to land a shot at Crawford.
“If everything goes well in the Hooker fight, we want Crawford next. Vergil is already ranked in the top two in the rankings, something like that. Golden Boy and Top Rank have been working together and doing championship fights together so I think it’s the easiest fight to make.”
After spending years facing what many would consider less than stellar opposition, Crawford is now staring down the barrel of a long line of several top contenders. Outside of a possible showdown with Ortiz, Crawford is rumored to be in the running to face either eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao or former two-time 147-pound belt holder, Shawn Porter. The pound-for-pound star was last seen in the ring roughly four months ago.
In an empty MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Crawford delivered a one-sided beating to former champion Kell Brook, dropping and later stopping the British native in the fourth round. |
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