Serhii Bohachuk (25-2, 24 KOs) is ready for his scheduled junior middleweight fight against Mykal Fox (28-4, 5 KOs). The main event headlines tonight’s Hollywood Fight Nights card at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, streaming live on DAZN (10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 a.m. UK).
The former WBC interim 154-lb champion Bohachuk is coming off a sixth-round stoppage victory over Ishmael Davis on December 21st in Riyadh.
Being matched against the former welterweight Mykal Fox seems like a waste of time. Fox had struggled at 147, losing three straight fights shortly before moving up to 154.
He’s beaten a couple of no-name, lower-level fighters since moving up, but he’s nowhere near the level of Bohachuk. For Fox to go from fighting 3-5-2 level opponents to taking on Serhii, it’s not going to end well for him.
Mykal Fox’s Last Six Opponents
Yainel Alvarez
Donald Ward
Egidijus Kavaliauskas: Loss
Gabriel Maestre: Loss
Luke Santamaria: Loss
John Arellano
In Bohachuk’s previous fight, he’d lost a controversial 12-round majority decision to Vergil Ortz Jr. on August 10th last year in a contest he appeared to win. Not surprisingly, Vergil Jr. wasn’t interested in giving Bohachuk a rematch, and you can’t blame him. With the punishment he took in that fight and the gift decision, it’s wise that he not rematch him.
Bohachuk is one of those types of fighters that contenders and champions avoid. He’s not ever going to have an easy time getting fights unless he can work his way into a mandatory spot and capture a world title.
As we saw in his loss to Vergil Jr, the judges aren’t going to do him any favors. He’s going to have to knock out the popular A-side fighters. If he can get a title shot against Fundora, it’s almost a given that he’d need to knock him out to win.
Fight Card & Weights
- Serhii Bohachuk 159.4 vs. Mykal Fox 154.4
- Omar Trinidad 125.8 vs. Alexander Espinoza 128.4
- Mizuki Hiruta 114.6 vs. Carla Ayelen Merino 114.2
- Abel Mejia 130.6 vs. Antonio Dunton El Jr 130.8
- Guadalupe Medina 104.6 vs. Maria Micheo Santizo 105
- Eduardo Diaz 150.8 vs. Michael Meyers 149.4
- Pablo Rubio Jr 126.4 vs. Alfredo Cruz 127.8Jocelyn Camarillo 107.4 vs. Qianyue Zhao 106.8