Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Fredrick Lawson Prediction: Vergil Ortiz Jr hopes to prove himself despite worrying health issues

There are just a few days left until the first boxing night of 2024. On Sunday, January 7, 2024, the main event will be a fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) and Fredrick Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs), which will be held at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The fight in Las Vegas is shown all over the world on DAZN. Golden Boy Promotions hopes he makes it through Friday's weigh-in. Ortiz failed twice last year, which meant the company had to make some tough decisions at the last minute. Fredrick Lawson will try to use the fact that no one knows what will happen to get the biggest win of his career.

Vergil Ortiz Jr. was going to have a great future. He had never lost a fight and had as many knockouts as wins. He looked like he was going to become famous. But Ortiz's future is a little less clear now that he has been dealing with major health problems and is moving up in weight class. He is a strong contender and will be able to beat the top five fighters in the junior middleweight class. Ortiz is a powerful fighter who has won all of his fights and knocked out all of his opponents. Ortiz beat Maurice Hooker in 2021 by landing 143 of 392 shots, or 36.5% of the time. Hooker only hit 21.5% of the goals. 45.1% of the shots that connected were hard, and Ortiz landed more than 20 punches in all but three rounds. The fight ended in the seventh. Ortiz had to change things up in his last fight with Michael McKinson, but he kept the distance and hit McKinson hard enough to keep him from moving.

Fredrick Lawson, who goes by the name "General Okunka," has won three of his last five fights. Lawson came back to fight in 2023 after losing to Charles Hatley in 2021. He beat Collinson Korley and Estevan Villabolos, with the last fight happening in April. To get a shot at the title for the first time in his career, he's ready to wreck the show. Lawson was tough enough to stay alive and beat Estevan Villalobos in a fight. In the seventh, he changed things when he got hurt. He used his jab to push Villalobos back. By moving his body around during the fight, the jab helped him avoid key hits while hurting himself. It's a fact that "General Okunka" has 22 knockout wins.

Ortiz will want to do well in his first fight in more than a year. He will be one inch taller than her. Lawyerson is a tough fighter who will try to give Ortiz a fight. The best thing Lawson can do is try to catch Ortiz Jr. with something during an exchange, but it's not likely that anything Lawson has will work on Ortiz. Since this fight won't last long, Ortiz will be able to get some rounds in at a different weight class. Lawson will probably lose because Ortiz is too strong and puts too much pressure on him.