Israil Madrimov may find it difficult for him to come back from his latest defeat against the WBC -Tussentage junior middleweight champion, Vergil Ortiz Jr. Last Saturday night.
Former WBA 154-pound Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 COs) suffered its second consecutive loss and lost a unanimous 12 round decision to the unbeaten Vergil jr. (23-0, 21 COs) on the venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ortiz jr. Win with the scores 115-113, 115-113 and 117-111. This is a fight that Madrimov could have won if he fought smartly and went healthy in the game. He Vergil jr. Still exposed as a flawed fighter who does not go any further before he was beaten.
Strategic errors
Whatever the chance Madrimov, 29, had to win, he threw it out the window by getting less than 100%in the fight, and he said he had weakened him. Afterwards, Madrimov must have canceled the fight, but he did not want to miss this opportunity.
He made things more difficult for himself by moving uninterrupted in the first six rounds, which made him gas to the center. Madrimov seems to be 5-1 ahead of six, but the judges assigned to the fight did not give him credit to dominate the Ortiz Jr. early.
This defeat will make it difficult for Madrimov to get important battles unless Turki Alalshikh can help. He is too good to be used by other promoters trying to develop their fighters as a B-side opponent. He has Terence Crawford and Vergil jr. Almost beat, which makes Madrimov basic milker be avoided.
“Where is Madrimov going? He has now lost two battles in a row, ”Simon Jordan said Talksport Boxing About former WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Israil Madrimov, after his defeat last Saturday night against Vergil Ortiz Jr. In Riyadh.
Without Turki, Madrimov will have to take his way through the contender, probably being ignored by one of the top ten guys and forced to fight under -feeders. To fight these kinds of guys, it will be extremely difficult for Madrimov to push the rankings quickly unless his promoter, Eddie Hear, can push him hard for him as he does with the other fighters he wants.
“It’s hard because he’s a tough man to beat, and that’s the problem,” Spencer Oliver says about Madrimov. “If you look at the prospects that come through, the kids (or their promoters) are going,” really? I don’t want any of this. “He’s a difficult guy to pin.
“He has that European style where he just keeps beating, and the miles he should have done in that ring were, by the way, insane. He was uninterrupted all the time. Tactically, he had the place, but it would be a difficult road for him.
“No one will want to go close to him, because it’s the kind of style that makes everyone look bad, and you don’t want to go there unless you have to go there. Credit to Ortiz Jr. For the fight for the fight, because it would always be difficult, and I thought he excelled, ”says Oliver.
Last updated on 02/25/2025
