Serhii Bohachuk has been added to the Usyk-Fury II card on December 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the place he’ll face an opponent nonetheless to be decided, promoter Tom Loeffler introduced Saturday.
The Ukrainian junior middleweight is coming off shut, majority determination loss to Vergil Ortiz Jr. final month, dropping the unbeaten fighter twice earlier than dropping on two scorecards. Previous to that, Bohachuk had gained the WBC interim title at 154 kilos with a unanimous determination win over Brian Mendoza in March.
Not breaking, however information nonetheless…
Tom Loeffler confirmed that Serhii Bohachuk will return to the ring Dec. 21 on #UsykFury2 undercard in Riyadh.
Information comes as Bohachuk was floated by Matchroom as potential subsequent opp for Boots Ennis in Nov, which obv. is now not in play.— Jake Donovan (@JakeNDaBox) September 1, 2024
Previous to the announcement, the 29-year-old Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) had been floated as a possible opponent for Jaron “Boots” Ennis, ought to the Philadelphia primarily based boxer resolve to vacate the IBF welterweight title and transfer up in weight. Eddie Hearn, who promotes Ennis, instructed IFL that he had reached out to Bohachuk’s crew to inquire in regards to the struggle as Ennis weighed his choices forward of a handbag bid for a compulsory protection towards Karen Chukhadzhian awaited him this week.
Requests for remark from Loeffler and Bohachuk haven’t but been responded to.
