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ОЩЕ! Welterweight Prospects Bryant Perrella & Alex Martin
Square-Off and Unbeaten Featherweight Prospects Stephen Fulton and Adam Lopez Meet in Undercard Matchup
MIAMI (Декември 4, 2017) – Top-rated heavyweight title contender Luis “Кинг Конг” Ortiz ще поеме Daniel “The Mountain” Martz in an added 10-round featured bout on a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions Палеца до петите вторник на FS1 и Боксови Champions on FOX Deportes at Hialeah Park in Miami, Флорида на Декември. 8.
The main event of the card features Ахмед Elbiali поемането на бившия световен шампион Жан Паскал в 10-кръг полутежката мач. Televised coverage of the 2-1/2 hour show begins at 9 p.m. И/6 p.m. PT with a battle between unbeaten featherweight prospects Стивън Фултън (11-0, 5 Нокаута) и Adam Lopez (8-0, 3 Нокаута) and also features welterweight prospects Брайънт Perrella (14-1, 13 Нокаута) и Alex Martin(13-2, 5 Нокаута) in undercard action.
Ortiz is returning to the ring one week after the World Boxing Council lifted a sanction that it had imposed against the Cuban heavyweight contender in October. Ortiz was pulled from a match against world champion Deontay Wilder scheduled for Nov. 4, after Ortiz failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association drug test. Last week the WBC ruled that Ortiz had failed to disclose two medications that he was taking, which triggered his positive test. He was fined $25,000 for failing to make the disclosure, and re-instated into the organization’s rankings.
That cleared the way for Ortiz to return to the ring, and he will waste no time doing so with a match that he hopes will help propel him toward another world title shot in 2018.
“I’m just thankful to be back in the sport I love so much. I can’t wait to get some action and feel that ring and those gloves tight on my wrist,” Ортиз каза. “Бих искал да благодаря на всички,, especially my loyal fans, who stood by me and supported me through this rough time. I don’t think it would have been possible without you guys. I’d like to thank the WBC and Mr. Sulaiman for being humane enough to take time for their investigation, and my entire team who never lost faith in me. But most of all I need to thank God because without him there wouldn’t be anything worth living for.”
38-годишният Ортис (27-0, 23 Нокаута), of Camaguey, Cuba now resides in Miami, Fla., and will be fighting Martz in a 10-round bout in front of his adopted hometown crowd. SouthPaw The трудно потегля обърна про преди седем години след бягството от Куба и оттогава непрекъснато се изкачва по стълбата в тежка категория. Той циментира мястото си в дивизията с победи над ветерани претенденти Брайънт Дженингс, Tony Thompson and Malik Scott and is currently ranked No. 3 от WBC. Ortiz hasn’t fought in almost a year, having scored a technical knockout victory over David Allen at Manchester Arena in England on Dec. 10, 2016 in his last fight.
Ortiz-Martz replaces the Chad Dawson-Edwin Rodriguez light heavyweight bout on the card. The match was cancelled after Dawson suffered an injury in training camp.
The 27-year-old Martz (16-5-1, 13 Нокаута), a 6-foot-7 heavyweight from Clarksburg, Западна Вирджиния, has taken on world champion Joseph Parker and contender Bryant Jennings during his five-year professional career. He is coming off a second round technical knockout victory over Tim Washington on Nov. 17.
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