• What: WBC Junior Middleweight Title Boxing Picks
  • Who: Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Erickson Lubin
  • When: Saturday, November 8, 2025
  • Where: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Watch: DAZN, 11:00 pm ET

The interim WBC junior middleweight title is up for grabs this weekend, as champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. and challenger Erickson Lubin square off Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Oddsmakers are setting Ortiz as the heavy -900 odds-on favorite to retain his title in the boxing odds. Lubin is offering a +500 underdog's betting line if you opt to back him to win the fight.

Let’s look at the latest boxing betting lines for this bout. Remember, the odds are always subject to change.

Ortiz vs Lubin OddsThe PickBovadaBetUSBetOnline
Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Erickson LubinOrtiz-900-1250-1250

In this article, OSB will review each fighter, predict the winner of the matchup, and provide additional notes and information on boxing picks and betting.

Fight Overview: Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Erickson Lubin

The WBC requires an interim champion in the 154-pound weight class because the current champion, Sebastian Fundora, is out with a hand injury he suffered last month.

The fight card gets underway at 8 pm ET. Ortiz and Lubin are expected to do their ring walks around 11 pm.

Fighter Spotlight: Vergil Ortiz Jr.

Unbeaten Ortiz (23-0) won the WBC interim title in this weight class via a June 2024 majority decision win over Serhii Bohachuk. His first successful title defense was a unanimous decision over Israil Madrimov.

Those were the first two fights in his pro career in which Ortiz was required to go the distance. He's won 91.3% of his bouts via stoppage.

As an amateur fighter, Ortiz was a seven-time US national champion.

Fighter Spotlight: Erickson Lubin

This is Lubin's third title shot. He lost to Fundora via a ninth-round stoppage in June 2022. Lubin was actually ahead on points when he didn't answer the bell for the ninth round. In October 2017, Lubin suffered a first-round knockout at the hands of Jermell Charlo.

The No. 4 contender in the WBC rankings, Lubin (27-2), is a southpaw who has won 19 fights by knockout. That's a 70% stoppage rate. Three years older than Ortiz, Lubin holds a significant reach advantage (74.5 inches to 70 inches).

Also a decorated amateur fighter, Lubin was expected to represent the USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Instead, he opted to turn pro.

Best Ortiz vs Lubin Prop Bets

In the WBC junior middleweight title boxing prop bets, the line is -185 that this fight won't go the distance. Considering the stoppage rate of both fighters, that's not surprising. It's +140 that the fight goes the full 12 rounds.

Ortiz is given odds of -160 to win the bout by knockout, technical knockout, or disqualification. Lubin is +1000 to win the fight similarly.

If you bet Lubin to win by decision or technical decision, that wager comes with a boxing betting line of +1400. An Ortiz win by decision will bring boxing odds of +190.

Going with the fight to end in a draw offers a betting line of +2200. In a series of total rounds prop wagers, the over on the bout ending in 9.5 rounds is set at -110. The under on this wager comes with a line of -120.

Best Bet For WBC Junior Middleweight Title Boxing Picks

While both of these fighters carry the ability to score an immediate stoppage with their punching power, in the case of Ortiz, he's the more well-rounded of the two boxers. His ability to jab with authority and deliver devastating body shots enables him to set up opponents for the knockout punch.

Vergil Ortiz Jr. To retain interim WBC junior middleweight title
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-900
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That should certainly give him the edge in this bout. Lubin's best bet to win the fight is to attack early. Ortiz is a notoriously slow starter. Still, his overwhelming power makes Ortiz the pick to win this WBC junior middleweight title bout. For an even better price, go with Ortiz to win by KO/TKO/DQ at odds of -160.

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