Promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to social media to angrily defend his fighter, Vergil Ortiz Jr., over his theft victory in opposition to WBC interim Junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk final Saturday evening. De La Hoya tagged Vergil Jr. in his venomous put up.
Nonetheless reeling over the backlash his fighter Vergil Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) is receiving from the boxing world over his controversy, De La Hoya posted an image of the CompuBox Stats, which didn’t painting a flattering view of Ortiz Jr’s combat.
Stats Don’t Lie
The stats affirmed what followers had seen from the combat: Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) had gotten the higher of Vergil Jr. however was shafted by the judging crew from Nevada.
“You don’t know [blank] about boxing!! And the brand new!!!!!!
@VergilOrtiz,” stated De La Hoya on X, reacting to the CompuBox stats.
De La Hoya’s lashing out at CompuBox doesn’t make a lot sense as a result of it’s stats, and it’s not their fault that they don’t flatter Vergil to make him appear to be he gained the combat. Even when they did, the followers noticed what occurred that evening and overwhelmingly considered Bohachuk because the true winner.
After the combat, De La Hoya and Vergil’s coach, Robert Garcia, stated that they need Terence Crawford subsequent for Ortiz Jr. In the event that they select to do this with out doing the correct factor and operating it again in opposition to Bohachuk, the PPV numbers for the Crawford combat gained’t be good.
Having Vergil Jr. again right into a combat in opposition to Crawford after a controversial choice would damage the occasion’s gross sales as a result of followers would see it as a tainted combat. This isn’t solely due to Vergil’s controversial win but in addition due to Crawford, who’s coming off of a questionable 12-round choice in opposition to WBA Junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on August third in Los Angeles.
Madrimov landed the more durable, cleaner pictures in each spherical of the combat and had Crawford trying outdated. All Crawford might do was throw Jabs, and it wasn’t almost sufficient to outweigh the correct arms he was getting hit with by Madrimov. These pictures had been snapping Crawford’s head sideways.
The Name for a Rematch
As an alternative of De La Hoya getting mad at CompuBox, he ought to do the correct factor by having Vergil give Bohachuk a rematch to clear up the controversy. If De La Hoya believes Vergil gained and is the following famous person, he ought to do the rematch. If Vergil can’t beat Bohachuk with out the judges’ assist, he gained’t go far within the sport.
He can’t win controversial choices each time, and he could have many issues in opposition to the opposite high fighters at 154 as a result of he’s simply an on a regular basis run-of-the-mill slugger.
As considered one of our writers talked about, Vergil Ortiz Jr. is a modern-day Alfredo Angulo, and that’s the fact. He’s a weaker model of a younger Angulo as a result of that man might punch when he was younger.
