Bogachuk: "Ortiz is afraid of me."

Interim WBC interim world middleweight champion Sergiy Bogachuk shared his impressions of his staredown fight with Vergil Ortiz Jr.

"What did I feel? Honestly? Fear. He's afraid of me. Sparring is sparring and fighting is fighting. They're different things. A duel of glances is a battle. He's already sensed that it's about to get hard, it's about to hurt. I honestly saw the fear. Not that I want to hypo, no. I'm just saying what I saw.

Do I often see fear in my opponents? Yes, very often. It didn't always end in knockouts. One time it ended in a knockout for me. I saw fear at the weigh-in, I knew he was afraid of me. But there's a saying: fear is the friend of a smart athlete. There are people who do things like that because of fear... They just turn on the instinct of self-preservation, and they do strong things," - said Bogachuk in an interview with YouTube channel SNOWQUEENLA.

Recall that the fight Bogachuk vs. Ortiz will be held on August 10 in the U.S. Las Vegas.