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Vergil Ortiz, Jr. to Reportedly Train with Eddy Reynoso

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Vergil Ortiz, Jr. is making a big change…

The 23-year-old Mexican professional boxer, one of the fastest rising stars in boxing, has a new trainer.

Vergil Ortiz Jr.

The undefeated welterweight, who has long been with former trainer of the year Robert Garcia, will be under the guidance of Eddy Reynoso as he prepares for his first bout of 2022.

Ortiz will train with Reynoso at Canelo Alvarez‘s San Diego gym, according to ESPN.

Ortiz denied Friday that the change to Reynoso is happening. Garcia, meanwhile, posted a YouTube video in which he confirmed that Ortiz told him last month that he was opting to leave Garcia’s camp.

Reynoso is best known for training Canelo, the pound-for-pound best boxer in the world. Along with Alvarez, Reynoso is the trainer of star lightweight Ryan Garcia, former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr., 130-pound champion Oscar Valdez, heavyweight Frank Sanchez and 112-pound champion Julio Cesar Martinez.

Coming off a Boxing Writers Association of America Trainer of the Year campaign, Reynoso now adds Ortiz.

Ortiz makes the change on the heels of the biggest year of his career. He stepped way up in competition with a seventh-round KO of former champion Maurice Hooker in March and then topped that performance with an eight-round TKO of Egidijus Kavaliauskas in August.

Ortiz (18-0, 18 KOs) is now eyeing a January return with Reynoso in his corner.

Frank Sanchez Defeats Victor Bisbal in Four Rounds

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Frank Sanchezhas powered his way to victory…

The 27-year-old fast-rising Las Vegas-based Cuban heavyweight (14-0, 12 KOs) dominated former Puerto Rican Olympian Victor Bisbal (23-4, 17 KOs), on Saturday before the out-of-shape Bisbal retired on his stool following the fourth round. 

Frank Sanchez

Sanchez strafed Bisbal with power shots repeatedly. He rocked him with a left hand in the opening round and doled out plenty of punishment on Bisbal, who has been stopped in all four of his losses.

“I was putting pressure on Bisbal just to get him tired, starting to break him down a little,” Sanchez said. “I knew he wasn’t going to go the distance with that kind of pressure. I was moving more side to side, kind of slipping and sliding to get away from that holding that he was doing so I could let my hands go. I’m ready for anyone right now. I want to fight the top guys. It’s what I came from Cuba to do. My goal is to be world champion and I’m going to prove it. I’m a hard-working, dedicated guy.”

According to CompuBox, Sanchez landed 70 of 189 punches (37%) and Bisbal landed only 36 of 173 (21%).