The Ukrainian is sincerely disappointed with the judges’ decision
Ukrainian boxer in the first middleweight Sergey Bogachuk (24-2, 23 KO) shared his thoughts regarding fight against the WBO International and WBC Interim Light Middleweight Champion Virgil Ortiz (22-0, 21 KO).
“It’s a circus. Okay, a close fight, but I’m the champion, I got two knockdowns. I didn’t even think that it could happen that they wouldn’t give it to me, and then it was a bummer. I think I won this fight. I don’t understand. How could he have been given this fight? What did he do that he could be given a fight with the champion?”
“He did nothing at all, and even got two such assholes. What can we talk about here? When did Leffler ever talk about this so openly? He is very calm, reserved, and here he just broke out, he started talking specifically.”
“Everyone was really angry. Everyone thinks I’m the champion. And I think so. The fact that he pushed me – yes, it’s cool, but that’s not wrestling, that you have to push me out of the circle. That’s not sumo, that’s boxing. I think I was more accurate, I got two knockdowns. I was smarter in that fight. Why they sent me there, I don’t understand. And I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand.”
Let us recall that Sergey’s fight with Vergil Ortiz took place on the night of August 11 in Las Vegas. The fight was equal and as close as possible. During the confrontation, the Ukrainian knocked his opponent down twice, although Vergil himself does not think so.
However, the judges’ decision was in favor of the local boxer: one referee counted it as a draw in his notes (113:113), while the other two gave a minimal advantage to Ortiz (114:112, 114:112).
One way or another, this result means the following: Ortiz took the WBC interim champion title from Bogachuk and remained undefeated in the professional ring.
Robert Garcia, Ortiz’s trainer, believes that the Ukrainian “definitely deserves a rematch.” The likelihood of a repeat fight is not zero, especially if the American’s side fails to agree on a fight with former absolute champion in two weight categories Terence Crawford.
The Ukrainian’s promoter Tom Loeffler said that his protégé could have his next fight on the undercard of the second fight between the WBO/WBA/IBO/WBC heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and former WBC champion Tyson Fury.
In turn, former world champion and now analyst Paul Malignaggi called on the Chairman of the General Authority of Entertainment of Saudi Arabia, Turki Al ash-Sheikh, to arrange a rematch of the fight between Bogachuk and Ortiz.
Source: Sportarena
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