Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) says he can’t afford to miss his subsequent opponent, WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) for his or her battle on August tenth.
Ortiz Jr, 26, needs to reschedule a battle towards former WBO 154-lb champion Tim Tszyu. The 2 have been purported to sq. off on the August third Riyadh Season occasion on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Nonetheless, Tszyu couldn’t battle on that date as a result of his lower was not totally healed from his latest match towards Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora on March thirtieth.
You’ve received to query Vergil Ortiz Jr’s ambition for desirous to battle towards Tszyu subsequent slightly than aiming for the highest of the tree to problem for the complete WBC 154-lb belt towards Fundora. Is it a confidence downside with Vergil, or does he lack ambition? I believe it could possibly be a little bit of each.
Vergil is conscious that Bohachuk has an excessive amount of expertise for him to look previous this man as a result of there’s a very good probability he might lose to him.
Golden Boy Promotions, Ortiz’s handlers, have by no means matched him towards anybody close to Bohachuk’s capability throughout his eight-year skilled profession. They’ve saved Vergil Jr. secure, matching him towards the suitable sort of opposition to make sure he didn’t lose.
The closest factor Vergil has come to combating a world-class opponent is Egidijus Kavaliauskas, and he was badly damage in that battle on August 14, 2021. Since that battle, Vergil Jr. has fought simply 3 times, beating these second-tier opponents: Thomas Dulorme, Fredrick Lawson and Michael McKinson
“Not trying previous this difficult a** battle I’ve received in entrance of me. If it nonetheless occurs, it’s going to occur,” mentioned Vergil Ortiz Jr. to Battle Hub TV about him not overlooking his dangerous conflict towards WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk on August tenth in direction of his desired match towards Tim Tszyu.
If Ortiz Jr. is victorious towards Bohachuk on August tenth, a greater battle for him could be to focus on the match winner between WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora and Errol Spence Jr. That may be a much bigger prize for Vergil Jr. than combating the non-belt holder Tszyu, who continues to be reeling from dropping to Fundora.
“We have been going to take the Tim [Tszyu] battle even after he misplaced as a result of we all know it’s a very good battle. Simply because he misplaced it doesn’t take away from him as a fighter,” mentioned Vergil.
“If I lose this one, not saying I’m, however God forbid it does occur, that battle with Tim continues to be going to occur,” mentioned Ortiz.
Vergil ought to overlook about combating Tszyu, and deal with the larger goal by going after the Fundora vs. Spence winner. The winner of the Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov can be a wonderful possibility for Vergil. Once more, it comes all the way down to how a lot confidence and ambition he has.
