Vergil Ortiz Jr. and WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk have reportedly agreed to a struggle on a date but to be decided. It’s nonetheless unclear whether or not the Ortiz Jr.-Bohachuk struggle will likely be added to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s card on August third on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Boxingscene experiences that Prime Rank promoter Tom Loeffler has revealed that the matching between the unbeaten Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) and Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) have agreed to a match.
Potential Addition to Alalshikh’s August third Card
Ortiz Jr, 26, had been scheduled to face former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu on the undercard of the August third card, headlined by Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov.
Sadly, Tszyu pulled out as a result of the minimize he sustained in his final struggle on March thirtieth wasn’t healed sufficient for him to make a fast return by August third. If His Excellency can add the Ortiz Jr.-Bohachuk struggle to the cardboard, it will be nice, as that struggle would curiosity many boxing followers.
Bohachuk, 29, is coming off a formidable twelve-round unanimous determination win over Brian Mendoza final March.
Ortiz Jr.’s Resurgence at 154
The previous welterweight contender, Vergil Ortiz Jr., has regarded excellent since transferring as much as 154 earlier this 12 months, scoring a pair of first-round knockouts knockouts over Fredrick Lawson and Thomas Dulorme.
Ortiz Jr. seems like a unique fighter than the one who was draining himself to struggle at 147 and had well being points within the final two years. Hopefully, Ortiz Jr’s well being issues are a factor of the previous, and he can compete for a world title at 154.
Many followers on social media needed to see Ortiz Jr. substitute Madrimov in the principle occasion because the opponent for Crawford to struggle, however that wasn’t going to occur as a result of he didn’t have a world title that might curiosity the Nebraska native.
Ortiz Jr. has obtained to maneuver shortly to get in line to struggle for one of many belts earlier than Crawford leaves the division to maneuver as much as 168 to try to struggle Canelo Alvarez. It could be fascinating for boxing followers if Ortiz Jr. grinds the Crawford practice to a halt, ruining his desires of a Canelo struggle earlier than he retires.
