Xander Zayas says he’s prepared for Vergil Ortiz Jr. following his ten-round unanimous determination win over Patrick Teixeira on Saturday night time at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
Zayas (19-0, 12 KOs) didn’t present the type of energy or ferociousness towards the previous junior middleweight champion Teixeira (35-4, 25 KOs) that means that he would achieve success in a battle towards Vergil Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs).
In addition to Vergil Ortiz, Zayas says he’s able to battle Terence Crawford, Sebastian Fundora, or Tim Tszyu. His Prime-rank promoters will probably not put him in with any of these fighters.
The “Teofimo Mannequin”
Prime Rank will probably skillfully navigate Xander Zayas’s profession, holding him away from the damaging guys he talked about above and specializing in weaker opposition, like we noticed tonight with him preventing Teixeira, who has a 3-3 report in his final six fights. T
Prime Rank must hold the 21-year-old Zyas far-off from these high fighters at 154 and watch for a few of them to retire or get previous. If one of many belts turns into out there with a weak contender, Prime Rank ought to place Zayas to battle for that title.
Then if he wins it, milk it the identical manner Teofimo Lopez is doing at 140 together with his WBO belt by preventing mushy opposition like him. They’ll have Zayas comply with the Teofimo mannequin, preventing fringe-level opposition.
The 21-year-old Zayas was victorious towards Teixeira by the scores 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91.
“I did it in superb style towards a former world champion and confirmed that he can’t cling in there with me. Now, I’m prepared for the large names,” stated Zayas, crowing about his win over Teixeira, who had misplaced three out of his earlier six fights earlier than Saturday’s match towards him.
Zayas Assured in Talents In opposition to Prime Competitors
“Quickly they’ll have a world champion at 154 kilos,” stated Xander Zayas to the media on Saturday night time following his win over Patrick Teixeira at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
“I really feel like I’m prepared. I confirmed it right this moment,” stated Zayas when requested if he’s able to battle Vergil Ortiz, Tim Tszyu, Sebastian Fundora, and Terence Crawford. “Earlier than you go 12, you must go 10.
“There’s quite a lot of huge names within the division. Fundora, Vergil Ortiz. Whoever they offer me subsequent, I’ll be prepared for,” stated Zayas.
Sadly, the issue is that Zayas is a boring defensive fighter with marginal energy and a safety-first mindset.
Like Shakur, Zayas goes out of his manner to not get hit, and he’s boring to look at, and that model isn’t going to work towards the large hitters at 154. Zayas will fail spectacularly towards this murderers’ row at 154:
– Vergil Ortiz Jr.– Terence Crawford– Errol Spence Jr.– Tim Tszyu– Sebastian Fundora
