On the night of October 29-30, Vasily Lomachenko returns to the ring in New York. After a break of ten months, the Ukrainian will face American prospect Jamaine Ortiz. Therefore, I propose to talk and figure out how this fight will go, and what will be the return of Lomachenko. Get comfortable - it will be interesting.
Now Lomachenko will start the path, of course, not from the beginning, but from the middle of the path for sure. Ahead, at least, a young avenue. As a maximum - a duel for the absolute championship against an extremely difficult opponent.
What do we know about Jamaine Ortiz?
Jamaine Ortiz, 26, has no losses and only one draw against fellow but younger prospect Joseph Adorno. Visually, his record even looks better than the record of a future opponent.
Plus, Ortiz knows Lomachenko. And not because they took pictures or talked somewhere. The fists of the Ukrainian reached the face and body of the American and vice versa. In preparation for the last fight against Richard Commey, Lomachenko sparred with different prospects: they were from other weight classes, significantly taller or with much longer arms. Among them was Jamaine Ortiz, exactly the same height as the boxer from Ghana, but with slightly shorter arms - five centimeters (175 cm for an American versus 180 centimeters for a Ghanaian).
It turns out that the American met Lomachenko not so long ago and has an idea about the capabilities of the Ukrainian athlete. Just like Vasily, he understands exactly who he will box against. True, after the fight with Richard Commey, the Ukrainian did not rise to the ring. Moreover, Vasily suffered the fate of other Ukrainians - a war broke out in the country, and this is a huge moral blow and the possibility of losing physical fitness compared to what it was before.
Ortiz, on the other hand, successfully held the most high-profile confrontation of his career so far. On May 21, 2022, Jamaine outboxed Jamel Herring, the former captain of the US boxing team and former world pro boxing champion. Of course, Herring is no longer the same. By the time of this fight, the American was not so long ago severely beaten by Shakur Stevenson and the transition to lightweight did not work out. So much so that, after losing ten rounds, Jemel decided to retire from boxing altogether.
Ortiz on the rise. A few months after he effectively ended his career as a solid boxer, the number one fight of his career is on the way. This victory it will give Jemaine title chances and great opportunities, and losing won't come as a shock.
It turns out that there are zero risks, and dividends can be received, without exaggeration, ten times more.
