Vergil Ortiz Jr. flexes on the weigh-in for his first bout of 2024. Photograph by Cris Esqueda-Golden Boy Promotions
Appears to be like just like the proposed conflict between junior middleweights Vergil Ortiz, Jr. and Serhii Bohachuk has a date and placement.
Ortiz and Bohachuk are penciled to sq. off on August 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. ESPN’s Mike Coppinger was the primary to announce the date and placement.
A supply confirmed to The Ring on Monday night time that Las Vegas was the projected location for the combat.
Bohachuk emerged as a possible opponent for Ortiz after former WBO world junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu withdrew from the Ortiz combat, which might have taken place on August 3 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Docs haven’t medically cleared Tszyu, as a lower alongside his hairline suffered towards Sebastian Fundora on March 30 has not correctly healed.
The combat between Ortiz and Bohachuk, who’s rated No. 4 by The Ring at 154 kilos, has been a piece in progress over the past couple of weeks. In an interview earlier this month with The Ring, Tom Loeffler, who promotes Bohachuk, clarified negotiations between the 2 sides had been “ongoing,” correcting a Boxingscene.com article that urged the combat had already been signed.
“Simply to be clear, I did an interview (June 6) about that combat,” Loeffler advised The Ring on June 7. “I mentioned each fighters agreed to combat one another, however there have been no phrases agreed to. They’d approached us when Tim Tszyu was (decided) that he wasn’t in a position to compete (on August 3). They, Golden Boy and TGB (Promotions), had reached out and I mentioned Serhii would take the combat. Serhii agreed. From what I understood, the Golden Boy aspect and Vergil Ortiz’s aspect agreed to (the) combat. Each fighters, each combat camps, agreed, however there’s no phrases agreed to. There’s nothing confirmed to be on that (August 3) present.
“I feel it’s an incredible match-up, no matter what present that combat winds up at,” mentioned Loeffler. “Each guys have all their wins coming by knockout. So I don’t understand how you can get a greater match-up than that. Serhii is the interim WBC (junior middleweight) champion and Vergil has the WBA Gold title. It truly is an incredible match-up, if there’s a method we are able to make that combat occur.”
Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs), who resides in Grand Prairie, Texas, has been promoted by Golden Boy Promotions since his professional debut in July 2016.
The 25-year-old final fought on April 27, knocking out former world title challenger Thomas Dulorme within the opening spherical. The 26-year-old Ortiz is managed by Rick Mirigian and educated by Robert Garcia.
Bohachuk (24-1, 23 knockouts), who now lives and trains in Los Angeles, additionally fought on the identical March 30 card that befell in Las Vegas, defeating Brian Mendoza by unanimous determination. Bohachuk has received his final six fights since struggling the one defeat of his profession by the hands of Brandon Adams in March 2021.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
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