Ortiz Jr. Poster ‘Disrespected My Brand’

Erickson Lubin says he feels overlooked in the promotion of his headliner fight against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on November 8 at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The two are headlining on DAZN.

Lubin (27-2, 19 KOs) still feels disrespected about artwork for he promotional poster having him in the dark. He says that Ortiz Jr is “not only placed higher but also takes up more space,” making him look like “some kind of moon hanging over me.”

Fuel for November 8

At the kickoff press conference on September 23, 2025, Erickson showed his anger at the disrepect shown him by tearing up the poster in front of the media.

It’s obvious who the A-side and B-side is for this promotion from looking at the poster. Ortiz’s name comes first. That’s another signal that he’s the important one in this promotion.

“With the whole promotion and the whole poster,” said Erickson Lubin to Golden Boy Boxing about feeling that he’s being overlooked by fans for his fight against Vergil Ortiz Jr. on November 8th.

“That just fuels my fire. I’ve been one of the top dudes since the amateurs. With people overlooking me, it’s bringing back that fire in me,” said Lubin.

Erickson is going to have to hold together under the pressure, and the constant bombardment he’s going to be sustainnig against Ortiz Jr. If he stands and fights like he did against Sebastian Fundora in his ninth round stoppage loss on April 9, 2022, it’s going to be hard for him to deal with the pace.

On the flipside, if Erickson moves like he did against Jesus Ramos Jr. in 2023, there’s no guarantees the judges will give him the decision.

“I didn’t get to fight Crawford or Spence,” said Vergil Jr.

Ortiz’s Weight War Nearly Broke Him

It’s not entirely Terence Crawford and Errol Spence’s fault for not fighting Ortiz Jr. He was already having problems making weight for the 147-lb division, requiring hospitilizations due to the strain put on his body.

Vergil Jr. was a classic example of what can happen to a fighter if they compete outsite of a weight class that is well below their frame. Ortiz Jr. should have been fighting at 154 three years ago in 2022. Back then, Crawford and Spence were still at 147, and they weren’t fighting each other.

“I don’t think he’s overlooking me. He knows where I come from,” said Lubin about Ortiz Jr.

Madrimov and Bohachuk Took Pieces

Fans on social media, oddsmakers and the media maybe counting Erickson out, but Ortiz Jr. isn’t assuming the victory is in the bag. He’s taking him seriously as a threat. He’s got to after the back-to-back grueling fights he had recently against Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk.

We don’t know yet how much those fights took out of Vergil Jr. Although he’s three years younger than the 30-year-old Lubin, we don’t know how much he’s got left.

Vergil was getting worked over by Madrimov and Bohachuk through the first eight rounds in both of those fights. He was on the deck twice against Bohachuk, and had the stuffing beaten out of him by Madrimov until he gassed late.

Lubin has rebounded from his ninth rinth round stoppage loss to Sebastian Fundora from 2022 to win his last three fights against Luis Arias, Jesus Ramos Jr. and Ardreal Holmes Jr.