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Michael WoodsIf Vasiliy Lomachenko is in shape, un injured and Father Time hasn’t snuck in and siphoned off an egregious amount of elements which have made the Ukrainian five-star ring general elite for decades, then he should beat Jamaine Ortiz handily Saturday night.
Odds are that the 34 year old Lomachenko will handle business at the former Felt Forum in NYC, but one never does know until the scene is enacted.
Lomachenko moves better than Jason but the Friday the 13th killer hits harder
Prediction 1
Loma to Win
-2000
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Prediction 2
Ortiz to Win
+900
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The 26 year old Ortiz is a New England fighter, which often means that his story is one which persistence plays as large of a role in his successes as anything else. The boxer, expertly promoted by NE OG Jimmy Burchfield Sr, holds a 16-0-1 record, comparable to the ledger for Loma, 16-2. Apart from that on-paper similarity, well, wins over Joseph Adorno, Nahir Albright and Jamel Herring won’t have prepped the Rhode Islander for the skill set he will meet Saturday. Unless…
Unless Lomachenko comes to NY as a lesser version of his typical majestic self. This is why we tune in to a “rust shedder” contest such as this, fashioned as a precursor to a legit challenge, like, say Devin Haney.
Per BetMGM, Vasiliy Lomachenko is the favorite at -2000, and Jamaine Ortiz is the underdog at +900.Draw: +2500
Main event ringwalk time could change due to the length of the undercard fights.
.@VasylLomachenko explains his decision to fight for his country.
Full episode of Battle Lines: Lomachenko ➡️ https://t.co/eCDKzQN4qQ pic.twitter.com/ATakvLFc6w
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 24, 2022
Editor/publisher Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the thought to be impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist Woods has covered the sport since then, for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, ESPN New York, RING, and he was editor of TheSweetScience.com from 2007-2015. Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live since 2017. He now does work for PROBOX TV, the first truly global boxing network.