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ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΑ! Welterweight Prospects Bryant Perrella & Alex Martin
Square-Off and Unbeaten Featherweight Prospects Stephen Fulton and Adam Lopez Meet in Undercard Matchup
MIAMI (Δεκέμβριος 4, 2017) – Top-rated heavyweight title contender Luis “Κινγκ Κόνγκ” Ortiz θα αναλάβει Ντάνιελ “The Mountain” Martz in an added 10-round featured bout on a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions ΤΡΙΤΗ toe-to-toe για FS1 και Πυγμαχία Τσάμπιονς on FOX Deportes at Hialeah Park in Miami, Φλόριντα στις Δεκέμβριος. 8.
The main event of the card features Ahmed Elbiali λαμβάνοντας για την πρώην παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής Jean Pascal σε μια 10-στρογγυλή ελαφριά βαρέων βαρών περίοδο. Televised coverage of the 2-1/2 hour show begins at 9 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/6 μ.μ. PT with a battle between unbeaten featherweight prospects Stephen Fulton (11-0, 5 KOs) και Αδάμ Lopez (8-0, 3 KOs) and also features welterweight prospects Bryant Perrella (14-1, 13 KOs) και Alex Martin(13-2, 5 KOs) 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,” Ortiz είπε. “I’d like to thank everyone, 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.”
Η 38-year-old Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs), 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. Η southpaw αυστηρή έγινε επαγγελματίας πριν από επτά χρόνια μετά την αποκάλυψη από την Κούβα και έκτοτε σταθερά αναρρίχηση το βαρέων βαρών σκάλα. Ο ίδιος εδραίωσε την ικανότητά του στο τμήμα με νίκες επί βετεράνος διεκδικητές Μπράιαντ Jennings, Tony Thompson and Malik Scott and is currently ranked No. 3 από το 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 KOs), a 6-foot-7 heavyweight from Clarksburg, Δυτική Βιρτζίνια, 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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