It’s exhausting to write down a few fighter you’ve been following for a very long time and see them lose for the primary time. Though Vergil Ortiz Jr. was given a 12-round majority resolution victory over WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk final Saturday evening in Las Vegas, for my part, Vergil misplaced 7-5. With these numbers, Ortiz couldn’t even get a draw.
My card gave me a results of 111-115 in favor of Bohachuk. Rounds 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 have been for Serhii Bohachuk, and rounds 2, 6, 10, 11 and 12 have been for Vergil Ortiz Jr.
After spherical 9, Vergil Jr. wanted to punch to complete the combat. He went out desperately, attempting to get to Bohachuk to attain a knockout shot, however couldn’t do it. Bohachuk stood as much as all of the photographs from Ortiz Jr. over the last three rounds, 10 by way of 12.
In current weeks, we’ve seen fighters transfer up in weight, however only a few have carried their energy to the subsequent division. Others have had severe issues taking the facility of their opponents in these weight lessons.
I’m apprehensive of fighters who transfer up in weight, significantly once they weigh greater than 140 kilos. It wouldn’t be simple to win three or extra world titles in numerous weight classes if the weigh-in have been moved to the identical day because the combat, for my part.
Vergil Ortiz and Terence Crawford won’t be as dominant in 154 as they have been each in 147.
Lengthy earlier than their most up-to-date fights, there was speak of a potential Crawford vs. Ortiz combat. In my opinion, followers received’t be as excited by that combat as they have been once they have been at welterweight.
It’s a disgrace that Vergil Jr. and Crawford received their final victories in 154 controversially. If the outcomes of their fights have been hooked up to what occurred within the ring, the combat we must see subsequent could be Serhii Bohachuk vs. Israil Madrimov.
Nevertheless it didn’t occur that method as a result of the curiosity of those that management boxing didn’t have of their plans the names of the 2 fighters, Bohachuk and Madrimov, born exterior of the U.S. That’s the unhappy actuality of boxing as of late.
Bohachuk is from Ukraine, and Madrimov is from Uzbekistan. They’ll’t promote within the U.S.
Regardless of all this, I need to admit that Vergil Jr. and Bohachuk delivered, for my part, which till immediately is the Battle of The Yr. The followers have been supporting Vergil Jr., as typical, and Ortiz didn’t disappoint. He gave every thing he had and achieved by way of playing cards, a victory that, as an alternative of serving to him, presumably ended up spoiling his legacy.
If they will’t comply with make the Crawford vs. Ortiz combat, I think about a rematch with Bohachuk could be the obvious factor for Ortiz. The followers have been left with many doubts. Whether it is potential to make a rematch at the start of 2025, it might be the combat all of us wish to see.
