His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has added Serhii Bohachuk to the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk II card on December twenty first in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bohachuk’s opponent hasn’t been revealed but, however he’s anticipated to be a highly-ranked contender.
The previous WBC interim junior middleweight champion Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) misplaced his title to Vergil Ortiz Jr. by a twelve-round majority resolution on August tenth in a really shut combat in Las Vegas. Vergil Jr. determined he didn’t want to give Bohachuk a rematch.
Turki’s Repute for Aggressive Fights
Turki’s playing cards contain aggressive match-ups, so Bohachuk ought to get somebody good. Bohachuk could have scared away numerous the attention-grabbing choices within the prime 15 at 154. Nonetheless, if Turki can provide good cash to one of many highly-ranked contenders, Bohachuk ought to have the ability to get somebody good.
Ideally, Vergil would change his thoughts and conform to face Bohachuk, however he most likely received’t. He desires the Terence Crawford payday, and if he faces Bohachuk once more, he would possibly lose.
“I don’t assume it’s going to be a gimme opponent. Bohachuk deserves to be on these huge playing cards. I’m blissful to see Turki Alalshikh take discover of Serhii Bohachuk as a result of I assumed that was a very shut combat with Vergil Ortiz,” stated Paulie Malignaggi to the ProboxTV YouTube channel, reacting to Serhii Bohachuk being added to the December twenty first Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk II card in Riyadh.
The Ortiz Rematch That By no means Was
“I actually thought a rematch could be so as. If a rematch is just not going to be made, Bohachuk being placed on these huge occasions retains him rolling and retains him within the combine for the large fights. Who’s he going to combat? I assumed the Ortiz rematch would have been essentially the most logical factor for those who weren’t attempting to push so exhausting for this Crawford-Ortiz combat, which I don’t assume does lots for anyone.”
It doesn’t appear like Crawford shall be going through Vergil subsequent. Nonetheless, Vergil nonetheless received’t take the combat with Bohachuk as a result of he lastly fought somebody that he couldn’t knockout, and he wasn’t snug getting hit again.
Because the saying goes, ‘You’ll be able to dish it out, however you possibly can’t take it. Vergil Jr’s face appeared overwhelmed, and he clearly didn’t need a second serving to of that.
“Bohachuk-Ortiz would have been a fantastic frequent sense transfer. Who do you do it now? Do you do a battle between the 2 guys that misplaced shut, aggressive fights, Madrimov vs. Bohachuk?” stated Malignaggi. “I can’t see Turki Alalshikh placing Bohachuk in a stay-busy combat.
“He’ll reward you by getting you on these huge platforms in Riyadh Season. Clearly, these rewards include a catch. You bought to combat a troublesome combat, and that’s usually what he’s accomplished and there’s been numerous upsets on these reveals.”
Matching Bohachuk towards the just lately overwhelmed Israil Madrimov could be a superb combat if not one of the different top-tier contenders wish to combat him. It will be a combat between two guys arguably coming off theft losses, and that may make it extra attention-grabbing.
“I expect to find out who Bohachuk goes to combat as a result of I’ve little doubt it’ll be a stable match-up,” stated Malignaggi.
