Former WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk weighed in at 153.1 pounds, while his replacement opponent Ishmael Davis came in at 153.6 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in for their 12-round co-feature bout this Saturday, 21 December, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, live on DAZN.
British domestic fighter Davis (13-1, 6 KOs) is fighting at world level for the second time after stopping junior middleweight contender Josh Kelly in his previous fight on September 21 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Ishmael is not the ideal opponent, but according to promoter Eddie Hearn, Turki Alalshikh is high on him; So Davis (29) is used as the replacement opponent for Bohachuk rather than a top-15 contender.
Weights:
Serhii Bohachuk 153.1
Ishmael Davis: 153.6
“This is a man who fights in slow motion. He is very dangerous. He doesn’t have the fastest feet, but he’s so good with his timing and how to close that range,” commentator Sergio Mora told DAZN Boxing about Serhii Bohachuk.
“He has great power and always goes for the knockouts. But that power is not behind speed. It is behind timing. This is a dangerous Ukrainian in ‘Flaco’, and I’m telling you now. This fight is not going far.”
“Ishmael Davis is coming into this fight on late notice. It was supposed to be Israil Madrimov,” Ade Oladipo said of Davis coming into this fight as a replacement opponent after Madriimov pulled out with an illness.
