In 13 days, Vergil Ortiz Jr. will problem WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk on August 10 on the Michelob ULTRA Enviornment at Mandalay Bay Resort and On line casino in Las Vegas. The 2 fighters will headline the cardboard, which begins at 5:00 p.m. ET and might be dwell on DAZN.
Bohachuk’s Spectacular Rise
It’s tough to foretell the winner of Ortiz vs. Bohachuk as a result of each have appeared spectacular lately. Bohachuk, 29, is coming off a greater win. He beat Brian Mendoza to seize his WBC interim junior middleweight title on March thirtieth on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
In distinction, Vergil has a few wins over journeymen Fredrick Lawson and Thomas Dulorme, who’re nowhere close to top-level fighters.
Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) sounds assured that he’ll defeat Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) after which struggle for the world title towards the winner of the match between WBC 154-lb champion Sebastian Fundora and Errol Spence.
“I needed to struggle towards him as a result of I needed to face towards the perfect. That’s my aim. I wish to be the perfect,” mentioned Serhii Bohachuk to Golden Boy Boxing about why he needed to struggle Vergil Ortiz Jr. on August tenth.
If Bohachuk’s aim is to change into fashionable quickly, combating Vergil Ortiz is the way in which to go. If he’s victorious towards Ortiz Jr., particularly if he knocks him out or dominates, he’ll get loads of consideration from followers.
“I sparred with him earlier than, however sparring is sparring. You’re studying. The struggle is totally different. I do know this man. He’s sturdy, good, and has a very good punch,” Bohachuk mentioned about Ortiz Jr. “He has good conditioning. He’s a very good fighter, however I’m higher.”
Bohachuk doesn’t say when he sparred with Vergil. It gained’t imply a lot if the sparring occurred years in the past, and it sounds prefer it did. Ortiz Jr. is 26 now and has fought solely twice within the final two years as a consequence of his medical issues. He’s modified loads and gotten older with out combating high-level opposition.
Bohachuk’s Sport Plan
“I wish to present my followers a very good struggle. I’m not all for simple boxers,” mentioned Bohachuk. “It’s not attention-grabbing for me, and for folks. It’s my aim to point out my pals and folks a very good struggle. I believe it’s going to be the perfect struggle of the yr, as a result of I do know Vergil. He’s sturdy, and I’m sturdy. It’s not a struggle. It’s battle within the ring.”
Bohachuk is fortunate to get this struggle as a result of many fighters would wish to keep away from him after what he did to Brian Mendoza. If he’s victorious towards Ortiz, it will be nice if Bohachuk might proceed to get attention-grabbing fights, however that’s not more likely to be the case.
“I do know his model earlier than, however he’s modified. He has extra abilities,” mentioned Bohachuk about Vergil Jr. “Now he understands he must be prepared for this struggle 100%. I’m sturdy too. The final time I sparred him, I used to be in fine condition, however now I must be higher as a result of he is aware of me. He modified. I believe he might be sooner for this struggle. It gained’t extra energy punches. He’ll be smarter,” mentioned Bohachuk.
I don’t assume Vergil Jr. has modified. He’s simply gotten larger now that he’s combating at 154, as he’s not killing himself to make weight anymore now that he’s not combating at 147. He ought to have moved as much as 154 way back as a result of he was means too large for the welterweight division.
It’s comprehensible why Vergil Jr. stayed at welterweight so long as he did as a result of that’s the place the cash fights have been. He needed to struggle Terence Crawford, Errol Spence, and Shawn Porter. Sadly, well being issues prevented him from staying wholesome lengthy sufficient to get any of these fights.
