Home Fight Hearn: Injury or upset could derail Madrimov-Ortiz Jr Fight Hearn: Injury or upset could derail Madrimov-Ortiz Jr By fight - December 5, 2024 23 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp By Boxing News – 12/05/2024 – Comments Promoter Eddie Hearn admits that WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov could injure or lose Serhii Bohachuk in their December 21 fight and miss out on facing Vergil Ortiz Jr. in their scheduled match on February 22. Hearn claims that His Excellency Turki Alalshikh asked Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) if he was interested in fighting WBC interim 154 lb champion Vergil Jr despite already being scheduled to fight Bohachuk (24- 2, 23 KOs). ) on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 on December 21st. Turki asked Madrimov if he would take the fight with Ortiz Jr. if he won, and said: “Yes.” Madrimov’s ambition “You could get cut, you could hurt your hand, or you could lose it,” said Eddie Hearn KO Artist Sports about the possibility of Israil Madrimov not making it out of his December 21 fight against Serhii Bohachuk to face interim WBC junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. on February 22. “It wasn’t like Madrimov didn’t push that fight with His Excellency. ‘Yes, report me.’ His Excellency said, “If you win, do you fight?” ‘Yes.’ That fight is a couple of weeks away (Madrimov vs. Bohachuk). So, we’ll see on the 21st, but Madrimov wants all the smoke at 154. If it goes to Crawford, Bohachuk and Ortiz, that’s a pretty impressive run. The guy deserves a lot of credit,” Hearn said. Boxing News 24 » Hearn: Injury or upset could derail Madrimov-Ortiz Jr Last updated on 12/05/2024
