Israil Madrimov was not impressed by the unbeaten Vergil Ortiz JR’s performance in his last battle against the WBC Tus interesting junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk, and he felt he had to lose after falling twice in the Las Vegas competition have.
Did he really win?
Ortiz JR (22-0, 21 CO’s) received an unpopular majority decision of 12 round to win the WBC-TUs-TUs 154-pound belt, and he will defend it against former WBA champion Madrimov (10-1-1 , 7 COs) On February 22 in Riyadh. The event is displayed directly on Dazn PPV.
It would have been better than Vergil jr. The right thing did and volunteered to give Bohachuk an immediate re -broadcast to clean up the controversy. After the punishment that Ortiz Jr. Received in that battle and how the game ended, it is not surprising that he did not want to take the risk of taking out or getting the judges ready.
Ortiz jr. Against Madrimov, on the bottom map will fight for the Artur Betterbiev vs. Dmitry Biscvol 2 Rematch. Interestingly, the Vergil-Madrimov bot is among these two: Daniel Dubois against Joseph Parker and Carlos Adames against Hamzah Sheeraz.
It is believed that the reason why these two battles are so high on the bottom map to create interest from British audiences rather than fans of the rest of the world. These two games do not move the needle for American fans, who consider Parker as boring and Hamzah as a hype course.
Madrimov, 29, also did not look good in his last fight, losing against Terence Crawford with a 12-round unanimous decision on August 3. The Uzbeks born Madrimov spilled too much of the fight with Feints and did not throw a lot of push. He made older, weaker, smaller Crawford win by surpassing him.
When Madrimov let his hands go, he became the better of him and made him look 37. He just wasn’t busy enough and spent too much time with his feints. Vergil jr. Of course, he has chosen Madrimov because he has a chance to work out if he fights as he did against Crawford.
“I think it’s a difficult fight for both fighters. I think it comes down to who has the better game plan, who listens better to the corner and who makes the better adjustments, ”Xander Zayas said Seconds About the Israel Madrimov for Vergil Ortiz Jr. Fight on February 22.
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