The Rumor Mill: Opponent offered for Vergil Ortiz was rejected?

The super welterweight division has been of interest in these past few months as there have been key fights that have taken place to sort out who would be considered in the top five. One bout that was on the docket was Tim Tszyu vs Vergil Ortiz that was scheduled for August 3rd…however the cut that Tszyu suffered in March scrapped that fight from happening. In an earlier entry on The Rumor Mill, there were two fighters that had been mentioned as potential replacements for Tszyu to be an opponent for Vergil Ortiz – Bakhram Murtazaliev and Serhii Bohachuk. While we know that Vergil Ortiz is not on the card on August 3rd, the latest buzz is that he could have had a bout with one of those fighters.

What has been rumored is that Vergil Ortiz would have been facing Serhii Bohachuk with the WBC interim title on the line but it was shot down. The parties involved seemed to be all in on making that fight happen, but apparently it was blocked and because of that, Ortiz is completely out of the card that will take place at BMO Stadium on August 3rd. Ortiz’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya seemed to post some words in reference to Ortiz potentially being involved in another bout, but that remains to be seen.