Unbeaten rising welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz believes that he's already at the point where he wants to take on the best boxers in his weight division.

Ortiz, only 22-years-old, is back in the ring next Friday night when he faces veteran Samuel Vargas at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.

The young boxer, trained by veteran coach Robert Garcia, has won all 15 of his fights by knockout.

Provided he gets beyond his upcoming fight with Vargas, Ortiz would then like to face some of the best welterweights out there.

The welterweight division is loaded - with world champions Errol Spence, Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao - and then top contenders like Danny Garcia, Yordenis Ugas, Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, Alexander Besputin and others.

"I feel like I'm ready after this fight, because as of right now, I feel like I can give any welterweight champion a hard fight," Ortiz told Sky Sports.

"I don't necessarily have a hit list, because I want to fight everyone, I really do. The top five, six welterweights, there's Danny Garcia, there's Ugas, who is definitely a great fighter that everyone tends to overlook.

"I don't think I'll be able to fight Manny Pacquiao, I feel he's on his way out by the time I get up there, so I'm not necessarily worried about him. I'm not worried about anyone, but I don't think my time to fight him will come. But there's Crawford as well and there's Errol Spence, Keith Thurman and Porter. I literally want to fight all those guys."

Ortiz is not overlooking the task of facing Vargas, who back in 2018 dropped Amir Khan during their welterweight clash.

"I feel like it's going to be a very tough fight," Ortiz said. "I know that this guy can take a punch.

"He will come forward and he doesn't care. If he takes a punch, he's going to give a punch, and that's the kind of fight we're expecting."