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Serhii Bohachuk (25-2, 24 KOs) looked powerful in dispatching Ishmael Davis (13-2, 6 KOs) by a sixth-round TKO in their WBC junior middleweight title eliminator on Saturday night in Riyadh
Bohachuk’s power screen
The fight was stopped after the sixth round by referee Hector Afu after Davis’ corner opted to stop the bout. With the hard shots Bohachuk had hit him with in rounds five and six, Davis wouldn’t have made it to the seventh without being knocked out. The official stoppage time was 3:00 in the sixth round.
Over four rounds, the fight was at times competitive, with Ishmael having brief moments, but mostly getting pounded by Bohachuk. In the fifth and sixth, it was one-sided with Ukraine’s Bohachuk playing Davis at mid and short range.
Bohachuk vs. Davis Punch Stats
– Ishmael Davis: 65 of 223 shots for 29.1%
– Serhii Bohachuk: 135 of 414 for 32.6%
Most of the shots Bohachuk landed in the fight were power punches, which explains why he quickly wore Davis down to get his stoppage in the sixth round. Bohachuk connected on 108 power punches and 27 of the 414 punches he threw in the fight. He had excellent accuracy on his power shots, hitting 41.1% of them. That’s a high number for a fighter with Bohachuk’s kind of power.
Davis passed
Surprisingly, Davis thought he could fight Serhii on the inside. what a mistake Bohhachuk’s short punches resembled the shots thrown by light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev. They don’t look powerful, but they hurt. It was interesting that Davis didn’t try to adapt by walking away, but it probably wouldn’t have mattered.
Davis’ promoter Eddie Hearn looked sad in the crowd after seeing him go down to a left hook from Bohachuk in the second round. The 29-year-old Ishmael had fought well in the first round, landing a looping right hand that momentarily backed up former WBC 154-pound interim champion Bohachuk.
Davis nailed Bohachuk with a nice right hand in the fourth round, but it wasn’t enough to put him back. Serhii kept pressing him, hitting him hard and not letting him breathe much between attacks.
Davis’ movement wasn’t enough to stop Bohachuk from cutting off the ring and continuing to pound him with GGG-esque power punches. The punches weren’t thrown with much velocity, but man, were they wearing Ishmael down.
Bohachuk is now the WBC mandatory for 154-pound champion Sebastian ‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora. Unfortunately, he won’t be getting a title shot anytime soon. Fundora will next defend against Errol Spence, and then may choose to fight someone else in a money fight, such as Terence Crawford.
An interesting fight I would like to see is against Bohachuk Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. However, given Boots’ decision to stay at welterweight in an attempt to unify the division, he would likely turn down a dangerous fight against Bohachuk, no matter how much money Turki Alalshikh offered him. It would be fun to see how Ennis would do trading power shots against Bohachuk.
With Jaron’s porous defense, Bohachuk would have a field day against him, landing at will and having an easier time than he did against Davis. Boots is promoted by Hearn. He would probably balk at the idea of Ennis fighting Bohachuk, knowing it wouldn’t end well for him.
