WBC interim super welterweight champion Serhii “Flaco” Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) and WBC #2 Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) faced off at the final press conference for their clash on Saturday night at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Ortiz Jr. refused to shake hands with Bohachuk after the face-off.
Vergil Ortiz Jr: “I just feel like boxing is what I was made for. We put in all this hard work, it all goes back from that day after kindergarten til now. This Saturday, I will be a world champion.”
Serhii Bohachuk: “Big fight coming up. I’m ready for this fight. I hope Vergil is ready too. This Saturday will be hard, come and see.”
Vergil by ko
Ditto that. Ortiz wants Crawford, bad.
That’s when the real fun starts. 2025.
They could have been fought Crawford. His team dont want the fight.
It’s going to happen. Watch the demand build up in the next 6-8
months. I’m thinking by end of 2025.
Money talks. It will happen.
They know each other well since they have sparred a lot against each other.
I think the better boxer wins the fight. Vergil moves his upper body better, guards better, is less predictable and I think has a higher ring IQ than Serhii.
In the long run, I think it weighs in Vergil’s favor, as long as he doesn’t run into something he shouldn’t.
Looking forward to this one.
I’m starting to look forward to this one. I checked out Bohachuck’s one loss and he got caught with a couple of left hooks from Adams. The left is Vergil’s best punch so maybe that is something. Vergil has been inactive and maybe Bohachuck can force an exhausting fight. Should be a good one.
I just wonder about the quality of Virgils past opponents. If it’s a hand picked fast track job ,he might be in trouble when facing real quality. I can’t pick a winner.
Well Ortiz quality opposition won’t change his power and boxing skills
Whoever is good is good against good ones and bad ones
Vergil quality opposition. Won’t change his punching power
Yes, in fact it does. The guys with limited skills don’t have the experience nor the physical preparation of an elite fighter to weather the storm and counter to keep him honest. That’s why there are levels to the sport and many fail when they get to the top.
Good point
According to Ortiz jr record he has only fought one world ranked fighter in 2022 ,,,, remember what happened to America’s next best heavyweight last week?
I was at both of their last fights. Ortiz had an easy one-rounder, courtesy of ref Tony Weeks; whereas Bohachuk gave Brian Mendoza an absolute beating over the distance. A friend of mine spars with Bohachuk, and he says it’s a pick-em fight. Btw, does anyone know why Vergil refused to shake hands with Bohachuk?
Yea, i talked to Vergil on it yesterday. There was some strong words from Bohachuk and his camp that Virgil didnt appreciate and he finally got fed up with it. He was about to shake his hand and changed his mind.
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154 is getting stacked with great talents and possible great matchups, we already saw one, then this one and later on Tszyu vs Murtazaliev
The way that negro crawford fought last week, Virgil KOs him. Many say the negro got a gift.
– Loser Pan…..
Un necessary bro, unnecessary!
Thats right! The negro got a god given gift. And he was able to use it and make himself very successful, rich, and popular.
So he got gifted twice.
1. from God.
2. from the judges last week.
he still just another ngr.
This will be a easier fight than what people think for Ortiz, tko rd 5, you can quote me on that.
I’ll respond AFTER the fight.
Well, your prediction was way off. How would you like that crow cooked?
More Negroes in the Hall of Fame than any fighters of other ethnicities, Pan. How does that make you feel? Your ex left you for a soul brother, I’m presuming? Sucks being short, with a huge head, no athleticism, no creativity, and a little wee-wee, doesn’t it?
They are great athletes. But, other than that, as a whole, they have been going backwards in every which way. Tell me, as a whole, as a group, what have they done in the last 40 years? They are 13% of the population yet they commit 50+% of all crimes. Family wise? No daddy around. High school drop out and teen pregnancy? They take the price. Abortions? ……. should i continue?
I would love to meet some of the posters on here. If I’m ever on the East Coast, I’ll try to hit up Gary G. I’m also kinda curious as to who Pan and DMV are, although I’m not sure it’d be a good idea to have them both in the same room together. I’d also like to have a sit down with respected poster Bruce Kielty. And, I’m still wondering if Carlos is somehow related to Mauricio Sulaiman.
I have a basic mental profile of some of the posters here and it’s generally good with a few exceptions that are obvious. Carlos in my opinion IS Mauricio Sulaiman.
VIRGIL GOT’S THIS IN A BUCKET!
Mark my words.