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 resolution win over Serhii Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) final Saturday evening on the Michelob Extremely Area in Las Vegas.
De La Hoya stated it could be as much as Vergil (22-0, 21 KOs) to determine whether or not to struggle Crawford subsequent, and he has said that he desires that matchup quite 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 appear like Vergil had received, although.
There’s controversy surrounding Vergil Ortiz’s win in opposition to 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 have been the results of slips is immaterial. These knockdowns counted, and Vergil needed to make up a whole lot 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 via 12.
Bohahuk pushed the struggle within the final tail finish of the struggle in opposition to a worn-out, drained, beaten-up-looking Vergil. It’s truthful to say the judges gave Vergil a present based mostly on his higher marketability, however not due to what he did within the ring. It was a Devin Haney vs. Vasily Lomachenko kind of present.
De La Hoya Pushes for Crawford Unification Bout
“I really feel Vergil received. Yeah, we’ll speak about that. We mentioned that with His Excellency. If that’s what Vergil desires, then that’s what we’re going to provide him,” stated Oscar De La Hoya to the media about Veril Ortiz Jr. preventing 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 have 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 evening; he fought the entire evening in opposition to a tricky Bohachuk. I stated it was going to be a Struggle of The 12 months, and it was Struggle of The 12 months. However I did really feel Vergil received,” stated De La Hoya.
Oscar has it incorrect. Bohachuk was “urgent the struggle,” not Vergil Ortiz. He was boxing within the final 4 rounds to maintain from getting knocked out.
