Virgil suffered two knockdowns during the fight but won by majority decision
Newly crowned WBC interim light middleweight champion Virgil Ortiz (22-0, 21 KO) commented on the victory over the Ukrainian Sergei Bogachuk (24-2, 23 KO).
“Listen, I don’t think they were knockdowns. The second one, for sure. I’m not making excuses. Either way, I feel like I’ve done enough. I proved everyone wrong who said I couldn’t do anything, had never fought at 154, and couldn’t go the distance. It just fueled me.”
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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