Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya gave his quick response to Vergil Ortiz’s majority determination win over Serheii Bohachuk and says whereas he believes it was an in depth battle, he does suppose Ortiz deserved the win. Take a look at a few of what he needed to say down under.
De La Hoya on the Bohachuk vs Ortiz battle
“I stated this was going to be Combat of the Yr and it was Combat of the Yr. I imply, come on, this was a struggle. It was an in depth battle. Vergil attacked your entire evening. Bohachuk clearly deserves all of the credit score on this planet, however Vergil gained.
“He was urgent the battle…Vergil Ortiz pressed the entire evening, fought the entire evening towards a troublesome, robust Bohachuk…I did really feel Vergil gained.”
On if he expects Ortiz to go straight in the direction of a Crawford battle subsequent
“We’ll discuss that. We simply mentioned it with Your Excellency and if that’s what Vergil needs, that’s what we’re going to provide him.”
On if there ought to be a rematch between Ortiz and Bohachuk
“Vergil is within the hospital, Bohachuk is within the hospital. Let’s respect that and as soon as they get higher we’ll focus on it once more and make one thing occur.
“Look, each guys are okay, thank God. They’re each okay, they’re damage — I imply it’s actually just like the Rocky film, Apollo Creed and Sylvester Stallone within the hospital, robust battle. Let’s allow them to relaxation after which we’ll reconvene.”