Vergil Ortiz Jr. flexes on the weigh-in for his first bout of 2024. Picture by Cris Esqueda-Golden Boy Promotions
Seems to be 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 struggle.
Bohachuk emerged as a possible opponent for Ortiz after former WBO world junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu withdrew from the Ortiz struggle, 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 in opposition to Sebastian Fundora on March 30 has not correctly healed.
The struggle between Ortiz and Bohachuk, who’s rated No. 4 by The Ring at 154 kilos, has been a piece in progress during the last couple of weeks. In an interview earlier this month with The Ring, Tom Loeffler, who promotes Bohachuk, clarified negotiations between the 2 sides have been “ongoing,” correcting a Boxingscene.com article that recommended the struggle had already been signed.
“Simply to be clear, I did an interview (June 6) about that struggle,” Loeffler advised The Ring on June 7. “I mentioned each fighters agreed to struggle 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 struggle. Serhii agreed. From what I understood, the Golden Boy aspect and Vergil Ortiz’s aspect agreed to (the) struggle. Each fighters, each struggle camps, agreed, however there’s no phrases agreed to. There’s nothing confirmed to be on that (August 3) present.
“I believe it’s an incredible match-up, no matter what present that struggle winds up at,” mentioned Loeffler. “Each guys have all their wins coming by knockout. So I don’t know the way you would 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 manner we are able to make that struggle 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 skilled 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 occurred 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 coated 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]
