Sergey knocked his opponent down twice during the fight
Ukrainian boxer in the first middleweight Sergey Bogachuk (24-2, 23 KO) commented on the results of the fight against the holder of the WBO International belt and the newly-minted WBC world champion in the first middleweight division Virgil Ortiz (22-0, 21 KO).
“I can say one thing. People saw this fight today. And anyone who understands boxing knows what happened today.”
“I feel great. I feel like I won the fight today.”
“I’m happy because I felt good in the fight. It was a great fight. I feel like I won. I got two knockdowns, guys, stop it.”
In the first and eighth rounds, Bogachuk knocked his opponent down, but after all 12 rounds, the judges were adamant in their decision.
One of the referees scored the fight a draw (113:113) in his scorecards, while the other two gave a minimal advantage to Vergil Ortiz (114:112, 114:112).
Thus, Ortiz continued his unbeaten march in the professional ring, but for the first time he finished the fight without a technical knockout of his opponent.
Now Vergil Ortiz has taken over the WBC interim light middleweight title, which was previously held by Sergey Bogachuk.
Source: Sportarena
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