Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) will tackle WBC interim 154-lb champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) on August tenth. The battle might be proven reside on DAZN. The ringwalks for Ortiz Jr. vs. Bohachuk are scheduled for 11 p.m. ET / 4 a.m. UK with the occasion getting underway at 8 p.m. ET / 1 a.m. UK. These timings are topic to vary.
The August tenth occasion begins at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT from the Michelob Extremely Area in Las Vegas. There’s nonetheless lots of time earlier than August tenth, so hopefully, Vergil gained’t pull out with a illness or damage, leaving Bohachuk as a last-second alternative opponent.
It is a powerful one for each fighters, however Bohachuk has the higher abilities and novice pedigree than Ortiz. If this turns right into a boxing match, the Ukrainian Bohachuk, 29, ought to win pretty simply. Ortiz is a pure slugger who focuses on stress, quantity, and his energy sport.
It’s a troublesome battle to foretell as a result of Ortiz Jr. has by no means fought any world-class opposition in his two earlier fights at Junior middleweight since transferring up in weight from 147 earlier this yr.
In Vergil’s two fights at 154, he beat Fredrick Lawson and Thomas Dulorme by a pair of first-round knockouts, and now he’s getting a title shot.
It will have been safer to present Ortiz a few step-up fights earlier than taking up a expertise like Bohachuk for his WBC interim title, however Golden Boy Promotions doesn’t need to take their time.
If it really works out of their favor, it’s good. If not, then it’s a lesson. With on a regular basis that Vergil has messed along with his numerous well being issues, you possibly can’t blame Golden Boy for throwing him within the frying pan to see what occurs.
Ortiz’s Confidence
“This battle is the battle that solidifies me as a prime 154 fighter,” stated Vergil Ortiz, Jr. “That is additionally the battle that exhibits everybody that nothing has modified: I’m nonetheless top-of-the-line fighters on the planet.”
Assuming Vergil Ortiz Jr. makes it to the battle with out pulling out, this might be his third battle this yr. That’s spectacular, given how a lot time he’s missed as a result of his well being issues.
Bohachuk regarded nice in his final battle, beating WBC interim 154-lb champion Brian Mendoza by a 12-round unanimous resolution on March thirtieth.
Mendoza had misplaced his earlier fights towards Tim Tszyu by a 12-round unanimous resolution on October fifteenth, 2023, and had been softened up within the course of. Bohachuk took benefit of that and beat him.
Bohachuk vs. Ortiz Jr. battle date, begin time
- Date: Saturday, August 10
- Time: 8 p.m. ET / 1 a.m. UK (Sunday)
- Foremost occasion ringwalks (approx): 11 p.m. ET / 4 a.m. UK (Sunday)
Bohahchuk vs. Ortiz Jr. battle card
- Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Serhii Bohachuk; For Bohachuk’s interim WBC world tremendous welterweight title
- Charles Conwell vs. Khiary Grey; Tremendous welterweight
- Kenneth Sims Jr. vs. Jair Valtierra; Tremendous light-weight
- Gabriela Fundora vs. Daniela Ansenjo; For Fundora’s IBF girls’s world flyweight title
- Joel Iriarte vs. TBA; Welterweight
- Ema Kozin vs. Cecelia Braekhus; For Kozin’s WBO and WBC girls’s tremendous welterweight titles
- Eric Priest vs. Luka Lozo; Middleweight
- Johnny Canas vs. TBA; Light-weight
- Jordan Fuentes vs. James Mulder; Tremendous bantamweight
- Figo Gonzalez vs. Jose Gonzalez; Bantamweight
- Jennah Creason vs. Kelsey Wickstrum; Ladies’s welterweight
