Serhii Bohachuk says his aim is to turn out to be undisputed at 154 following his sixth-round stoppage victory over Ishmael Davis of their WBC title eliminator final Saturday evening in Riyadh.
154-lb Targets
It might take a while for Bohachuk to perform that aim, as he would wish to set fights with these three champions:
– Sebastian Fundora: WBC & WBO
– Bakhram Murtazaliev: IBF
– Terence Crawford: WBA
Crawford is unlikely to comply with battle Bohachuk except he’s showered with cash as a result of he’s on the lookout for the motherload payday in opposition to Canelo Alvarez at 168. He gained’t need to danger his unbeaten report after the shut name he had in opposition to former WBA 154-lb champion Israil Madrimov.
Bohachuk (25-2, 24 KOs) is in place to battle the winner of the February twenty second conflict between WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Israil Madrimov. If it’s Vergil that wins that battle, it could setup a rematch between Bohachuk and him. Turki Alalashikh may must be concerned to coax Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) to battle Serhii once more.
Vergil Jr. beat Bohachuk by a controversial 12-round majority choice on August tenth final summer season, and lots of followers consider that was a theft. Curiously, Ortiz Jr. has proven little interest in combating Bohachuk once more after that match. Some really feel that he doesn’t need to danger getting overwhelmed.
The Blue Flame
“Bohachuk is a machine. This man doesn’t cease punching. He comes ahead, and he simply retains punching,” stated Teddy Atlas on his YouTube channel, reacting to Serhii Bohacuk’s knockout win over Ishmael Davis final Saturday evening in Riyadh.
Bohachuk is now’s within the driver’s seat now. He simply gained the WBC title eliminator, and he deserves it. The followers will concur with me; a few of them thought he gained in opposition to Vergil Ortiz. I believed it was very shut. I gave it to Ortiz. It was very shut. Some individuals will say he received what he deserved now that he received one other shot for a title.
His punches are straight and concise; they’re on the right track. There’s no fats in between. It’s exhausting to counter in between them after he’s accomplished as a result of generally he’ll stand there for a cut up second. You’ll be able to counter him proper again or time him within the center,” stated Atlas about Bohachuk.
With the win over Davis, Bohachuk is the WBC obligatory for Sebastian Fundora’s belt. He’s purported to be combating Errol Spence within the first half of 2025, but it surely stays to be seen if that match will occur. If that’s the case, Bohachuk will probably be able to tackle the winner or seize the WBC belt if it falls vacant.
“This man [Bohachuk] doesn’t throw something vast. He places strain on, good strain,” stated Atlas. “You see a flame, however once you see a pure flame, you see nothing. You see blue. If you see one other flame, you see purple, orange. However once you see an actual intense, pure flame, generally it’s simply blue. Bohachuk is a blue flame. There’s nothing fats.
“There’s no orange. There’s no purple. That’s the differentiation of somebody simply throwing punches and a man throwing them the precise method. His battle, the punches are thrown the precise method. He has a blue flame. The battle [Bohachuk vs. Davis] was in shut the entire time. He dropped Davis within the second spherical with a left hook. He needs to be tied up like he’s in handcuffs.
“It wasn’t a fairly robust sufficient clinch, and he [Bohachuk] received unfastened, and he threw a brief left hook inside, and he dropped Davis with that. He stored punching, and that the tip of the sixth spherical, Davis’ nook did the precise factor. They did the compassionate factor. They stopped the battle.
Eyeing The Belts
“He dropped him as a result of they had been in a clinch truly. You don’t see this too typically. However once you clinch, there’s an artwork to every thing in boxing. There’s an artwork to clinching. Davis didn’t tie him up fairly proper, and Bohachuk wriggled his method free. There was nonetheless just a little looseness. For those who’re going to clinch anyone, there needs to be no looseness,” stated Atlas.
Bohachuk wasn’t being held when he dropped Davis within the second spherical with a left hook. The 2 had been in shut, and Bohachuk linked with a left hand that he didn’t see.
Okay which of the fights did you want one of the best in 2024.
Btw 2025 will probably be fireworks. Any opponent is welcome however aim is for the undisputed champ standing.Can’t keep away from me endlessly haha. @TomLoeffler1 let’s go!
— Serhii Bohachuk 🇺🇦 (@SBohachuk) December 26, 2024
