Promoter Oscar De La Hoya has confirmed that he’s going to press forward for a unification struggle between WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz and WBA champ Terence Crawford subsequent after Vergil’s twelve-round majority choice win over Serhii Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) final Saturday night time on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas.
De La Hoya stated it might be as much as Vergil (22-0, 21 KOs) to determine whether or not to struggle Crawford subsequent, and he has acknowledged that he needs that matchup moderately than a rematch with Bohachuk. The judges gave the win to Vergil by the scores 113-113, 114-112, and 114-112. It didn’t seem like Vergil had received, although.
There’s controversy surrounding Vergil Ortiz’s win towards Bohachuk as a result of he was dropped twice within the struggle in rounds one and eight. The argument that De La Hoya and pro-Vergil followers have that the 2 knockdowns had been the results of slips is immaterial. These knockdowns counted, and Vergil needed to make up a variety of factors.
It didn’t seem that he received sufficient rounds to win the victory over Bohachuk, who was pressuring him nonstop, forcing him to maneuver to outlive in rounds 9 by way of 12.
Bohahuk pushed the struggle within the final tail finish of the struggle towards a worn-out, drained, beaten-up-looking Vergil. It’s truthful to say the judges gave Vergil a present primarily based on his higher marketability, however not due to what he did within the ring. It was a Devin Haney vs. Vasily Lomachenko sort of present.
De La Hoya Pushes for Crawford Unification Bout
“I really feel Vergil received. Yeah, we’ll discuss that. We mentioned that with His Excellency. If that’s what Vergil needs, then that’s what we’re going to offer him,” stated Oscar De La Hoya to the media about Veril Ortiz Jr. combating Terence Crawford subsequent after his win over WBC interim 154-lb champion Serhii Bohachuk final Saturday.
It doesn’t matter in the event that they had been slips. They nonetheless counted as knockdowns. The Nevada judges gave Vergil rounds that he didn’t seem to win, just like the twelfth. He was labored over by Bohachuk in spherical 12 and wanted a timeout to have his gloves re-taped.
“He was urgent the struggle. There weren’t two knockdowns. They modified the second, however Vergil Ortiz pressed the entire night time; he fought the entire night time towards a troublesome Bohachuk. I stated it was going to be a Struggle of The Yr, and it was Struggle of The Yr. However I did really feel Vergil received,” stated De La Hoya.
Oscar has it unsuitable. Bohachuk was “urgent the struggle,” not Vergil Ortiz. He was boxing within the final 4 rounds to maintain from getting knocked out.
