The Ukrainian would be happy to fight Virgil again
Ukrainian boxer in the first middleweight Sergey Bogachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) shared his thoughts on a possible rematch against the WBO International belt holder and interim WBC world champion in the light middleweight division Virgil Ortiz (22-0, 21 KO).
“They will be afraid to give a rematch. That’s my prediction. I saw him after the fight. No one has ever given him such a fight. I had a feeling that he would quit after this fight. It was so hard for him that I don’t think he will have the courage and spirit to agree to this fight again.”
“I thought he was stubborn. We’ll see how it goes. But I think he’ll look for other ways – to get around it, to get away from this fight. I’m interested, but I don’t think he’s interested. I’d enjoy this fight again, but I don’t think he’ll enjoy it again.”
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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