Negotiating Bakhram Murtazaliev vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr.: IBF Fight title depends on a financial agreement

The conversations are undergoing a fight between the Junior Junior Junior Champion of the FIB Bakhram Murtazaliev and Vergil Ortiz Jr. The negotiations are still ongoing, but “they are not close” on the financial side of the discussions.

Financial gap

And Rafael He broke the news In Murtazaliev-Ortiz Jr. negotiations he says that money in Golden Boy Promotions/Vergil Ortiz Jr. Side is not close. It is not surprising because Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 kos) is the best known fighter of the two.

If the fight is made, it will be interesting to see what approach Jr. takes Vergil because Murtzaliev is dangerous with any hand, and it is not someone who can be walked by the way Ortiz Jr. tends to fight.

Bakhram (23-0, 17 kos) has caught the attention of fans with his third round of Victoria knockout about former Wbo 154 Libras champion Tim Tszyu On October 19 of last year in the Caribbean Royal in Orlando, Florida. Murtazaiev dropped Tszyu three times in the second and once in the third to get the knockout.

Vergil Jr. had been calling champions Sebastian Fundora and Terence Crawford recently, but without luck. The realistic option for him is Murtazaliev, and it is brave to be taking this patch. It is the only option, but there is no guarantee that Fundora or Crawford fights against him.

Ortiz JR, 26, comes from a unanimous decision victory of twelve rounds over the former ABA medium junior weight champion Israil Madrimov In the billboard of Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitty Bivol 2 on February 22 in Riad. Vergil Jr. beat Madrimov in a more impressive way than Terence Crawford last summer on August 3.

Ortiz Jr. used Pressure to wear Madrimov and dominate him in the second half of the contest. That approach will be risky so that Vergil Jr. uses against Murtazaliev because it is not going to move as Madrimov did. He will stand up and fight.

In the Vergil fight before that, he defeated the interim champion of 154 pounds of WBC, Serhii Bohachuk for a majority decision of 12 rounds on August 10. That fight was much closer to Ortiz Jr. than his victory over Madrimov. Even so, he clearly won both fights, but took many punishments in the competitions.