Who will Vergil Ortiz Jr. 🇺🇸 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Keith Thurman (30%, talks). Next: Jermell Charlo (22%), Jesús Ramos (12%).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Vergil Ortiz Jr.'s next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- Keith Thurman30%chance next opponentVergil Ortiz Jr. beat Erickson Lubin on 8 Nov 2025 (TKO, round 2). Named on the Ring's shortlist for Ortiz's 12 Dec return.12 Dec 2026 · Benavidez card, 12 Dec (targeted)
- Jermell Charlo22%chance next opponentNamed on the Ring's shortlist for Ortiz's 12 Dec return.12 Dec 2026 · Benavidez card, 12 Dec (targeted)
- Jesús Ramos12%chance next opponentNamed on the Ring's shortlist for Ortiz's 12 Dec return.12 Dec 2026 · Benavidez card, 12 Dec (targeted)
- 3%chance next opponentOrtiz is the WBC interim champion and waits for the Fundora winner.After 17 Oct
Field / other: 33%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Erickson Lubin · TKO, round 2 · 8 Nov 2025
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Vergil Ortiz Jr.: frequently asked questions
When is Vergil Ortiz Jr.'s next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Keith Thurman (Benavidez card, 12 Dec (targeted)).
Who did Vergil Ortiz Jr. fight last?
Vergil Ortiz Jr. beat Erickson Lubin on 8 Nov 2025 (TKO, round 2). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Vergil Ortiz Jr. likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Keith Thurman (30%), Jermell Charlo (22%), Jesús Ramos (12%), field / other 33%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Vergil Ortiz Jr.'s record?
24–0 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 8 Nov 2025, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Vergil Ortiz Jr. hold?
WBC interim super welterweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other super welterweight boxers
- Sebastian Fundora🇺🇸 · WBC super welterweight · next: Ermal Hadribeaj Booked
- Jaron Ennis🇺🇸 · WBA super welterweight · next: Josh Kelly 70%
- Josh Kelly🇬🇧 · IBF super welterweight · next: Jaron Ennis 70%
- Tim Tszyu🇦🇺 · No world title listed · next: Erislandy Lara 70%
- Bakhram Murtazaliev🇷🇺 · No world title listed · next: Josh Kelly 5%
- Xander Zayas🇵🇷 · No world title listed · next: Jaron Ennis 4%
More: Super Welterweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Vergil Ortiz Jr. · record and last fight (revision 1373851690)
- The Ring: Ortiz's hit list for December 12 return: Ramos, Charlo or Thurman
- BoxingNews24: Vergil Ortiz return targeted for David Benavidez card
- BoxingScene: Sebastian Fundora to fight Ermal Hadribeaj, Ortiz and Ennis must wait
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.