This week, former WBC interim super welterweight champion Serhi Bohachuk got the bad news that the team of Virgil Ortiz Jr. spoke out – there will be no more rematches! Last week, Bohachuk faced Ortiz in Las Vegas, and Bohachuk lost by a narrow score after two knockouts.
After the bout, Bohachuk's promoter Tom Rueffler appealed that he wanted a rematch with Ortiz given the controversial results, and there were rumors that the WBC might consider a rematch between the two sides.
Regarding Bohachuk's request for a rematch, Otiz's father and coach Virgil Otiz Sr. said that in the initial negotiations, Bohachuk made a lot of "unreasonable demands", especially promoter Lueffler, so he will not give the opponent a rematch now.
Otiz Sr. wrote on social media: During the negotiations, Lüfleur asked for a million things, and the exchange was that if they wanted so many things, there would be no rematch, guess what they chose? I don't think they will tell you the truth. Now, I'm sleeping well, and Luffler should go to sleep too, stop crying.
Probably feeling annoyed, the elder Ortiz wrote on social media again: Look at you trying to get something that didn't have a rematch, you gave up the rematch for more money, did you forget? All your ridiculous stuff is allowed, just to replace the rematch, want more money in exchange, keep crying.
The author said before that if Bokhachuk wants to rematch, whether there is a rematch agreement is crucial, and now it seems that there is no relevant agreement, according to the old Ortiz, because Bohachuk did not ask for a rematch in the initial negotiations, in order to get more benefits, if what the old Otiz said is true, Bohachuk will not be able to complain about others, who told you that you did not sign a rematch agreement in the first place?
While the elder Ortiz is "well-founded", he doesn't touch on something deeper, which is the hope that there won't be a game that could be lost before taking on Terence Crawford.
Before Otiz and Bohachuk clashed, they said that they would try to fight Crawford after winning, but it was just that the victory was too difficult and even they felt embarrassed. Ortiz's refusal to rematch with Bohachuk is understandable, as a rematch is risky and rewarding, and he was very lucky in the first match, which is not necessarily the case. Many fans felt that Ortiz's victory was aided by a potential commercial advantage, as the fight against Crawford was more compelling than the fight between Bohachuk and Crawford.
Ortiz's team knows very well that even if they can't defeat Crawford, they will get what they want, so it makes sense to give up the rematch with Bohachuk, you can say that he is cowardly, or that he is cunning, in short, now the initiative is in the hands of Ortiz, as for Bohachuk, maybe at this time he regrets not signing the rematch agreement, but what can be done?