THE hotly anticipated August 3 super-welterweight showdown between Tim Tszyu and Vergil Ortiz Jr is off.
Tszyu, who resembled a scene from a horror movie after his bout in opposition to Sebastian Fundora on March 30, can not compete because of the horrendous lower suffered in opposition to the 6ft 5ins Californian. The damage added to Tszyu’s distress having misplaced his WBO 154lbs strap on a cut up resolution. Fox Sports Australia boxing commentator Ben Damon tweeted earlier at present (May 31) that the lower hasn’t healed in time and due to this fact can not spar for the following six weeks taking Tszyu as much as the second week in July.
The information comes as a blow to Tszyu who – after shedding to Fundora – was supplied the prospect to get again into a giant struggle on August 3 in opposition to Ortiz Jr on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Terence Crawford will problem Israil Madrimov for the Kazakh’s WBA super-welterweight title in the principle occasion that includes a supporting forged of Andy Ruiz, Isaac Cruz, David Morrell and Andy Cruz. The Tszyu-Ortiz Jr bout was a sure-fire crowd pleaser and potential Fight of the Year candidate however will now must happen at a one other time a lot to the chagrin of struggle followers.
Ortiz Jr, who had plenty of struggle dates in opposition to Eimantas Stanionis fall by in 2023, might nonetheless characteristic on Turki Alalshik’s first American promotion. ESPN have reported that the unbeaten 26-year-old might face Ukrainian Serhii Bohachuk as an alternative. Bohachuk put himself into world title competition on the Tszyu-Fundora card by beating Brian Mendoza emphatically to turn into the WBC Interim belt holder.
The super-welterweight division as a complete is continuous to evolve as one of many hardest divisions within the sport. Recent studies Stateside recommend new unified champion Sebastian Fundora might face former a number of welterweight title holder Errol Spence within the second half of 2024. Spence has been out of the ring since his heavy defeat to Terence Crawford in July 2023 when ‘Bud’ turned undisputed welterweight champion after stopping his nice rival within the ninth spherical.
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