Vasiliy Lomachenko is set to make his return against Jamaine Ortiz on Saturday at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York (ESPN+).
The former pound-for-pound king is 2-0 since he lost a unanimous decision to Teofimo Lopez in October 2020, which cost the Ukrainian his undisputed 135-pound championship.
Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) hasn’t fought since last December before of the war in his country.
Ortiz (16-0-1, 8 KOs) is coming off the biggest victory in his career, a unanimous decision over former titleholder Jamel Herring this past May.
Boxing Junkie will post live round-by-round analysis and then the final result. Simply come back to this post after each round and at the end of the fight.
We also will post results of other featured fights on the card.
And, finally, full coverage — a fight story, photo gallery and more analysis — will follow on separate posts.
