Talks are underway for a fight between the IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev and Vergil Ortiz Jr. The negotiations are still underway, but they are ‘not’ on the financial side of the discussions right now.
Financial gap
And rafael broke the news On the Murtazaliev-Orthiz jr. Negotiations. He says the money on Golden Boy Promotions/Vergil Ortiz jr. Side is not close. This is not surprising, because Ortiz jr. (23-0, 21 CO’s) is the better known fighter of the two.
If the battle is fought, it will be interesting to see what approach Vergil jr. Because Murtzaliev is dangerous with any hand, and he is not someone he can walk in the road in the path that Ortiz Jr.
Bakhram (23-0, 17 COs) got the attention of fans with his third round victory over the former WBO 154-Pond Champion Tim Tszyu On October 19 last year at the Caribe Royal in Orlando, Florida. Murtazaev dropped Tszyu three times in second place and once in third place to get the knockout.
Vergil jr. Champions Sebastian Fundora and Terence Crawford recently proclaimed, but without any luck. The realistic option for him is Murtazaliev, and it is brave that he takes this patch. This is the only choice, but there is no guarantee that Fundora or Crawford will ever fight him.
Ortiz Jr. (26) comes from a unanimous decision of twelve round over former WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Israil Madrimov On the bottom map of Artur Betterbiev against Dmitty Biblical 2 on February 22 in Riyadh. Vergil jr. Beat Madrimov in a more impressive way than Terence Crawford had last summer on August 3.
Ortiz jr. Use pressure to carry Madrimov and dominate him in the second half of the competition. The approach will be risky for Vergil jr. To use against Murtazaliev because he is not going to move around like Madrimov did. He will stand and fight.
In Vergil’s struggle for this, he defeated the WBC-TUs-Engineer 154-Pond Champion Serhii Bohachuk with a 12-round majority decision on August 10. The fight was much closer to Ortiz Jr. As his victory over Madrimov. Yet he clearly won both fights, but took a lot of punishment in the competitions.
Last updated on 03/10/2025
