His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has added Serhii Bohachuk to the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk II card on December twenty first in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bohachuk’s opponent hasn’t been revealed but, however he’s anticipated to be a highly-ranked contender.
The previous WBC interim junior middleweight champion Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) misplaced his title to Vergil Ortiz Jr. by a twelve-round majority choice on August tenth in a really shut battle in Las Vegas. Vergil Jr. determined he didn’t want to give Bohachuk a rematch.
Turki’s Fame for Aggressive Fights
Turki’s playing cards contain aggressive match-ups, so Bohachuk ought to get somebody good. Bohachuk could have scared away a variety of the attention-grabbing choices within the high 15 at 154. Nonetheless, if Turki can supply good cash to one of many highly-ranked contenders, Bohachuk ought to have the ability to get somebody good.
Ideally, Vergil would change his thoughts and conform to face Bohachuk, however he in all probability received’t. He desires the Terence Crawford payday, and if he faces Bohachuk once more, he may lose.
“I don’t suppose it’s going to be a gimme opponent. Bohachuk deserves to be on these massive playing cards. I’m completely satisfied to see Turki Alalshikh take discover of Serhii Bohachuk as a result of I believed that was a very shut battle with Vergil Ortiz,” stated Paulie Malignaggi to the ProboxTV YouTube channel, reacting to Serhii Bohachuk being added to the December twenty first Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk II card in Riyadh.
The Ortiz Rematch That By no means Was
“I actually thought a rematch could be so as. If a rematch isn’t going to be made, Bohachuk being placed on these massive occasions retains him rolling and retains him within the combine for the massive fights. Who’s he going to battle? I believed the Ortiz rematch would have been probably the most logical factor in the event you weren’t attempting to push so onerous for this Crawford-Ortiz battle, which I don’t suppose does rather a lot for anyone.”
It doesn’t seem like Crawford shall be dealing with Vergil subsequent. Nonetheless, Vergil nonetheless received’t take the battle with Bohachuk as a result of he lastly fought somebody that he couldn’t knockout, and he wasn’t snug getting hit again.
Because the saying goes, ‘You may dish it out, however you’ll be able to’t take it. Vergil Jr’s face seemed crushed, and he clearly didn’t need a second serving to of that.
“Bohachuk-Ortiz would have been an important frequent sense transfer. Who do you do it now? Do you do a battle between the 2 guys that misplaced shut, aggressive fights, Madrimov vs. Bohachuk?” stated Malignaggi. “I can’t see Turki Alalshikh placing Bohachuk in a stay-busy battle.
“He’ll reward you by getting you on these massive platforms in Riyadh Season. Clearly, these rewards include a catch. You bought to battle a troublesome battle, and that’s sometimes what he’s finished and there’s been a variety of upsets on these reveals.”
Matching Bohachuk in opposition to the just lately crushed Israil Madrimov could be a great battle if not one of the different top-tier contenders wish to battle him. It could be a battle between two guys arguably coming off theft losses, and that may make it extra attention-grabbing.
“I anticipate finding out who Bohachuk goes to battle as a result of I’ve little question it’ll be a strong match-up,” stated Malignaggi.
