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Mike Coppinger
Marc Raimondi
Vasiliy Lomachenko returns to the ringing for the archetypal clip since his December triumph implicit Richard Commey, facing Jamaine Ortiz successful the main lawsuit of a Top Rank boxing paper astatine the Hulu Theater wrong New York's Madison Square Garden connected Saturday (ESPN+, 6:25 p.m. ET).
Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs), 34, a two-time golden Olympic medalist and erstwhile unified lightweight champion, was scheduled to look George Kambosos Jr. successful June for the lightweight championship, but Lomachenko decided to crook down the combat to enactment with his family erstwhile Russia invaded his location state of Ukraine successful February. Lomachenko joined a territorial defence battalion successful Ukraine until August, erstwhile helium returned to the U.S. to resume his boxing career.
Ortiz (16-0-1, 8 KOs), 26, of Worcester, Massachusetts, defeated erstwhile champion Jamel Herring successful Las Vegas successful May.
In Glendale, Arizona, astatine the Gila River Arena, YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul takes connected erstwhile UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva successful an eight-round cruiserweight bout successful the main lawsuit of a paper that besides includes erstwhile NFL moving backmost Le'Veon Bell against UFC seasoned Uriah Hall successful a airy heavyweight fight.
Paul (5-0, 4 KOs), 25, of Cleveland, is coming disconnected an awesome TKO triumph implicit Tyron Woodley successful December. After failed attempts to look Tommy Fury and Hasim Rahman Jr. earlier this year, Paul picked MMA fable Silva arsenic his adjacent opponent.
Silva (3-1, 2 KOs), 47, of Brazil, defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. successful June 2021 and stopped erstwhile UFC airy heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz a twelvemonth agone successful boxing matches.
Stay present for unrecorded results and investigation from Mike Coppinger and Marc Raimondi.
Watch the Lomachenko-Ortiz combat here
Fight successful advancement successful New York: Nico Ali-Walsh vs. Billy Wagner, 6 rounds, middleweights
Still to come:
In New York:
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Jamaine Ortiz, 12 rounds, lightweights
Robeisy Ramirez vs. Jose Matias Romero, 10 rounds, featherweights
Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Ahmed Hefny, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Duke Ragan vs. Luis Lebron, 8 rounds, featherweights
Tiger Johnson vs, Esteban Garcia, 6 rounds, inferior welterweights
Troy Isley vs. Quincy LaVallais, 8 rounds, middleweights
In Arizona:
Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
Le'Veon Bell vs. Uriah Hall, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Ashton Sylve vs. Braulio Rodriguez, 8 rounds, inferior lightweights
Chris Avila vs. Mikhail Varshavski, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Antonio Nieves vs. Alexandro Santiago, 10 rounds, bantamweights
Shadasia Green vs. Ogleidis Suarez, 8 rounds, women's ace middleweights
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