Eimantas Stanionis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr: Start time, date, full fight card and how to stream *UPDATED

Eimantas Stanionis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. is this Saturday. Here is how you can watch a fight card topped by two of the heaviest hitters in the game.

By: Tim Bissell | 3 months ago

Eimantas Stanionis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. this weekend for Stanionis’ WBA Regular welterweight title. This is a battle of undefeated with Stanionis racking up 14 wins with 9 KOs and Ortiz with 19 wins all by KO. These heavy hitters are predicted to put on a show, one that might end in someone seeing stars.

Also on the card is Marlen Esparza vs. Gabriela Alaniz for Esparza’s WBA and WBC flyweight titles and Alaniz’s WBO title.

UPDATE: Vergil Ortiz Jr. was hospitalized while trying to cut weight and, as a result, has been forced to withdraw from the fight. Floyd Schofield vs. Haskell Rhodes will serve as the new main event.

Eimantas Stanionis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. Fight card

  • Eimantas Stanionis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr.; for Stanionis’ WBA ‘Regular’ welterweight title.
  • Floyd Schofield vs. Haskell Rhodes; Lightweight.
  • Marlen Esparza vs. Gabriela Alaniz; for WBA, WBC and WBO women’s world flyweight titles.
  • Eric Tudor vs. Reggie Harris; Super-welterweight.
  • Joseph Diaz vs. Jerry Perez; Lightweight.
  • Darius Fulgham vs. Jeremiah Curtright; Light-heavyweight.

Start time and date

Eimantas Stanionis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. takes place on Saturday, July 8, 2023. The event is due to start at 8 p.m. ET. The main event ringwalk is expected to happen at around 10 p.m. ET.

August 6, 2022, Dallas, Texas, USA: American boxer Vergil Ortiz Jr. (black and red trunks) fights against British boxer Michael McKinson (white trunks) during the WBO and WBA Welterweight Title Eliminator fight at Dickieâ€⠢s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday August 6, 2022. Dallas USA - ZUMAv131 20220806_znp_v131_002 Copyright: xJavierxVicenciox
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (black and red trunks) fights against British boxer Michael McKinson. IMAGO/ZUMA Wire.

Tickets

You can purchase tickets for this event, which takes place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX, here.

Live streams

Eimantas Stanionis vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. will be streamed on DAZN in over 200 countries.

A DAZN subscription costs the following based on your location:

  • US — $39.99
  • CA — CAD$ 39.99
  • UK & Ireland — £11.99 / €11.99
  • France — € 9.99
  • Australia — $AU 14.99
  • New Zealand – $NZ 14.99
  • Sweden– SEK 99
  • Netherlands — € 9.99
  • Mexico — $MXN 99

Viewers in Argentina, Chile and Colombia can only watch the fight if they download the DAZN app from the Apple App Store or Android Google Play store and sign up as a subscriber there instead of via a web browser.

In the US DAZN costs $19.99 a month or $99.99 per year.

In Canada a monthly subscription to DAZN is $20 and an annual subscription is $150. In the UK you can get a monthly subscription for £7.99.

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Tim Bissell
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Tim Bissell is a writer, editor and deputy site manager for Bloody Elbow. He has covered combat sports since 2015. Tim covers news and events and has also written longform and investigative pieces. Among Tim's specialties are the intersections between crime and combat sports. Tim has also covered head trauma, concussions and CTE in great detail.

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