Ortiz vs Thurman and Barboza vs Martin Set for October – Insider

A boxing event featuring fighters from Golden Boy Promotions and Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) is being lined up for October, journalist Julius Julianis reports.

According to Julianis, the tentative line-up includes:

– U.S. interim WBC super-welterweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) vs. compatriot Keith Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs);

– American contender Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-1, 11 KOs) vs. fellow U.S. fighter Frank Martin (18-1, 12 KOs).

“Attention, attention! I’m hearing that for October we’re getting: Vergil Ortiz vs. Keith Thurman and Arnold Barboza vs. Frank Martin. It’ll be a GBP vs. PBC fight night,” Julianis wrote.

Vergil Ortiz scored a unanimous-decision win over Israil Madrimov in February. In March, Keith Thurman returned from a three-year lay-off to stop Brock Jarvis in round three.

Arnold Barboza dropped a unanimous decision to Teófimo López in May. Frank Martin was last in action in June 2024, when he was knocked out in the eighth round by Gervonta Davis.

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