Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz (18-2-1, 9 KOs) obtained again to his successful methods with a blistering fourth-round knockout of veteran Cristian Mino (24-10-2, 17 KOs) of a scheduled ten-round contest on Friday evening on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
The large-looking Ortiz dropped Mino 4 occasions within the battle, knocking him down in every spherical. Within the fourth, Ortiz backed Mino up in opposition to the ropes and unloaded a lightning-fast barrage of photographs, ending with two left palms that put his opponent down.
The referee then stepped in and halted the competition. The official time of the stoppage was at 2:00 of spherical 4.
Jamaine Ortiz, 28, had misplaced his final battle to WBO gentle welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez by a controversial 12-round unanimous on February eighth in a battle that many boxing followers felt he did sufficient to win.
Tonight, Ortiz wasn’t going to depart it to the judges, as he went after Mino in spherical one, unleashing a flurry of punches to place him down on the canvas. The final two punches the Massachusetts native Ortiz had Mino with have been rabbit photographs, however the referee didn’t say something.
In spherical two, Ortiz dropped Mino with a sledgehammer punch to the physique. Ortiz regarded like a smaller model of Sonny Liston with the shape that he confirmed with that physique shot. It was stunning that Mino was in a position to stand up from the punch.
Ortiz knocked Mino down with a left to the pinnacle in spherical three. Apparently, Mino landed a proper hand as quickly because the motion resumed. He loaded on the punch, hoping to catch Ortiz abruptly, which he did, however there wasn’t sufficient energy on it to harm him. The way in which that Mino was making an attempt to show the battle round with a single punch was attention-grabbing.
Within the fourth spherical, Ortiz shouldered Mino to the canvas. The roughhouse tactic angered Mino, who picked up Ortiz and body-slammed him on his again in a wrestling transfer that Olympic gold medalist Dan Gable would have been pleased with.
The referee stopped the motion and penalized Mino some extent for the foul, which was an inexpensive factor to do. He ought to have penalized Ortiz as effectively or his shouldering and rabbit punching, however he didn’t select to with the A-side fighter.
Moments later, Ortiz completed off Mino with two lefts to the pinnacle that put him down on the canvas for the fourth time. The referee then stopped the battle.
After the battle, Ortiz known as out 140-lb champions Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela, Liam Paro and Teofimo Lopez. He took a shotgun method by calling out three of them. Teofimo in all probability desires nothing to do with Ortiz after the issues he gave him final February. I watched that battle and had Ortiz successful 117-111. It wasn’t even shut.
If Ortiz can’t get a title shot in opposition to any of these champions, he ought to contemplate transferring up in weight to 147 or 154. Ortiz regarded sufficiently big tonight to battle at 154 simply. He was big within the ring in comparison with the tiny Mino and regarded like he didn’t belong combating somebody that small.
It’s comprehensible why Ortiz wouldn’t wish to transfer as much as 154 as a result of these guys can punch, and he wouldn’t be capable of get as a lot mileage out of his profession as he can at 140, combating smaller guys.
Hopefully, Ortiz will step up the extent of his opponents as a result of he’s too good to be combating veterans like Mino. Contemplating how effectively he had carried out in that battle, he didn’t want that stage of opponent after his controversial loss to Teofimo. Ortiz didn’t want a confidence booster after that loss. If something, it was Teofimo who wanted one, which is why High Rank matched him mushy in his final battle.
