Loma returns on Saturday – World Boxing Affiliation

towards a skilful undefeated 

Ukrainian southpaw Vasyl Lomachenko, former featherweight and light-weight world champion and one of many prime 5 135-pounders of the second, will return to motion on Saturday at Madison Sq. Backyard Theater, New York, after a 16-month voluntary relaxation to face the little-known Jamaine “El Técnico” Ortiz. 

Lomachenko is a veteran and difficult fighter who has a report of 16 wins, two losses, no attracts and 11 knockouts and is rated as the most effective newbie boxer in historical past, based mostly on the next abstract:

Loma, as he’s identified, was featherweight and light-weight Olympic champion (Beijing-2008, London 2012) and made the leap to skilled boxing with High Rank, who was captivated by his newbie report, Loma gained 396 of his 397 fights, his solely loss was earlier than a factors defeat in 2007 to Albert Selinov, from whom he took revenge in two subsequent fights. He was additionally European and world featherweight champion on the 2007 World Championships, whereas he was world light-weight king in 2009 and 2012.  

9 YEARS OF SUCCESS

When Lomachenko entered the skilled ranks 9 years in the past, he did it combating 12 rounds, on October 21, 2013 in a combat for the WBO worldwide belt and defeated American Jose Ramirez. His second combat was for the WBO 126 lbs. belt towards Orlando “Siri” Salido from Sonora (who misplaced the belt on the scales), who surprisingly beat him on factors.

He then defeated Gary Russell for the WBO featherweight title, equaling the historic report of Thailand’s Saensak Muangsurin, “The Satan’s Shadow”, who was tremendous light-weight king with solely three fights, on July 15, 1975 in Bangkok with a KOT8 over Pedro “Perico” Fernandez from Aragon.

After three defenses of that belt, Loma knocked out Puerto Rican Roman “Rocky” Martinez in 5 and was topped WBO 130 lbs. tremendous featherweight champion. He added to his report 4 profitable defenses of that belt and on Could 12, 4 years in the past, he confronted Venezuelan Jorge “Niño de Oro” Linares for the WBA light-weight crown, a troublesome battle during which he recovered from a sixth spherical knockdown with a KOT within the tenth, during which Linares fell in the course of a melee. 

Linares was adopted by Puerto Rico’s Jose Pedraza (DU12) and England’s Anthony Crolla (KOT4), after which beat WBA and WBO belts and the unowned WBC belt.

However all three belts had been short-lived for Lomachenko: he misplaced them to Honduran-born American Teofimo Lopez, who gained an upset resolution in October two years in the past. After the setback Lomachenko bought again on observe with a win over Ghana’s Richard Commey (DU12) and in his October 2021 outpointed Japan’s Masayoshi Nakatani by a 9-round knockout. This final victory consolidated him among the many greatest lightweights on the earth alongside Lopez, the undefeated Gervonta Davis (WBA champion) and the additionally undefeated Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney, who’s the undisputed WBC, WBO, IBF, The Ring and World Affiliation tremendous champion.

It’s with this report that the Eurasian southpaw shall be going through the younger American Jamaine Ortiz, nicknamed “The Scientist” for his ability and quick motion – 26 years outdated – this Saturday, 8 years youthful than the enemy-virtues which have allowed him to go undefeated (definitely towards opponents of little or no notoriety) in 16 fights of which he has gained half earlier than the restrict, which reveals him as able to overcoming obstacles by any route and of whom there may be not far more to say as a result of there aren’t any identified names on his report. Ortiz, who was a carpenter as a young person and who plans to check drugs when he retires (he has stated he won’t be in boxing for much longer), will certainly put all his efforts and sources to overturn the forecasts that time to him as a positive loser towards an opponent of Loma’s stature, a lot superior in principle, we emphasize.