“It means a lot,” he admitted. “Fighting a guy like Vergil Ortiz, who is another undefeated fighter [as were Ramos and Holmes] and he has a lot of backing behind him, DAZN, Golden Boy, all these guys, and they want to make a big fight between him and [Jaron] ‘Boots’ Ennis. “This means a lot to me, because my goal is to become the No. 1 at 154lbs and they’ve basically got him as the Ring Magazine No. 1 fighter at 154lbs and I totally don’t agree with it, because he hasn’t been at the weight class long enough, and the competition that he’s fought isn’t really the same. Our resumes are a little different. I feel like I’ve been way more battle-tested and been in there with way more tougher competition, beat the better guys at 154lbs and I just feel overlooked. This right here means everything to me because I know beating someone like Vergil Ortiz will catapult me and catapult my career and just have me right back at the top, not just as one of the top guys but the top guy at 154lbs.”
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