It’s exhausting to put in writing a few fighter you’ve been following for a very long time and see them lose for the primary time. Though Vergil Ortiz Jr. was given a 12-round majority choice victory over WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk final Saturday night time in Las Vegas, in my view, Vergil misplaced 7-5. With these numbers, Ortiz couldn’t even get a draw.
My card gave me a results of 111-115 in favor of Bohachuk. Rounds 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 have been for Serhii Bohachuk, and rounds 2, 6, 10, 11 and 12 have been for Vergil Ortiz Jr.
After spherical 9, Vergil Jr. wanted to punch to complete the battle. He went out desperately, making an attempt to get to Bohachuk to attain a knockout shot, however couldn’t do it. Bohachuk stood as much as all of the pictures from Ortiz Jr. over the past three rounds, 10 by way of 12.
In latest weeks, we’ve seen fighters transfer up in weight, however only a few have carried their energy to the following division. Others have had severe issues taking the ability of their opponents in these weight courses.
I’m apprehensive of fighters who transfer up in weight, significantly after they weigh greater than 140 kilos. It wouldn’t be simple to win three or extra world titles in numerous weight classes if the weigh-in have been moved to the identical day because the battle, in my view.
Vergil Ortiz and Terence Crawford is not going to be as dominant in 154 as they have been each in 147.
Lengthy earlier than their most up-to-date fights, there was speak of a attainable Crawford vs. Ortiz battle. In my opinion, followers received’t be as considering that battle as they have been after they have been at welterweight.
It’s a disgrace that Vergil Jr. and Crawford received their final victories in 154 controversially. If the outcomes of their fights have been hooked up to what occurred within the ring, the battle we must see subsequent could be Serhii Bohachuk vs. Israil Madrimov.
But it surely didn’t occur that means as a result of the curiosity of those that management boxing didn’t have of their plans the names of the 2 fighters, Bohachuk and Madrimov, born exterior of the U.S. That’s the unhappy actuality of boxing nowadays.
Bohachuk is from Ukraine, and Madrimov is from Uzbekistan. They’ll’t promote within the U.S.
Regardless of all this, I have to admit that Vergil Jr. and Bohachuk delivered, in my view, which till at the moment is the Battle of The 12 months. The followers have been supporting Vergil Jr., as regular, and Ortiz didn’t disappoint. He gave every thing he had and achieved by way of playing cards, a victory that, as a substitute of serving to him, presumably ended up spoiling his legacy.
If they will’t conform to make the Crawford vs. Ortiz battle, I think about a rematch with Bohachuk could be the obvious factor for Ortiz. The followers have been left with many doubts. Whether it is attainable to make a rematch originally of 2025, it might be the battle all of us need to see.
