WORCESTER, كتلة. (تشرين الثاني 17, 2020) – Undefeated lightweight prospectJamaine "فني" أورتيز (13-0, 7 كوس), the reigning World Boxing Youth World champion, hopes to steal the show on the November 28^عشر Mike Tyson-Roy Jones, الابن. بطاقة الدفع مقابل المشاهدة, presented by Tyson’s Legends Only League, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The 24-year-old Ortiz, القتال من ورسستر, ماساتشوستس, will fight on the undercard against Maryland southpawسليمان زقعوا (13-2-1, 4 كوس) in an 8-round bout for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) USNBC (الامريكى) lightweight title.

“I feel good and I’m ready,” Ortiz said. “I’m privileged for this opportunity to fight on the Tyson-Jones card and get good exposure. I hope to steal the show. As a kid, I followed them both, especially Jones. I tried to imitate him”

Like all fighters, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected his career, although he has managed to train, albeit in various gyms and mostly by himself.

“It wasn’t too bad,” added Ortiz, who is an apprentice carpenter. “Not all of the facilities I use to train were open. Early on, I trained by myself, and did a lot of running. We were quarantined until late June, early July, but then I was able to get good sparring. So, شامل, it wasn’t too much of a change.”

Ortiz is promoted byجيمي بيرتشفيلد (Classic Entertainment and Sports) and advised byRichard Shappy وEddie Imondi. 

“We’re happy our fighter, Jamaine أورتيز, will be getting such great exposure and he will show the world what we already know here in New England,” Shappy commented. “Jamaine ‘The Technician’ Ortiz is a force that will have to be reckoned with.”