The Ukrainian knocked his opponent down twice
In Las Vegas, at the Michelob Ultra arena, a fight in the first middleweight division took place between the WBC world champion in the first middleweight division and Ukrainian Sergei Bogachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) and the WBO International welterweight title holder Virgil Ortiz (22-0, 21 KOs). Ortiz celebrated the victory by majority decision.
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.
AND THE NEW…Vergil Ortiz 🥇#BohachukOrtiz pic.twitter.com/vNFh8IEnbC
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) August 11, 2024
Source: Sportarena
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