[Boxing- USA] 1.1/ 23:00 L.Ortiz- Ch.Martin

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[Boxing- USA] 1.1/ 23:00 L.Ortiz- Ch.Martin

This is a seriously good card to start the year off. The main event between Ortiz and Martin is a really intriguing matchup and I think it’s tough to pick a certain outcome. However the one pick I think should come through is the over rounds.

There’s questions to be answered on both sides in this fight. Is Ortiz too old at this point? Can Martin compete against a top heavyweight fighter? Will inactivity affect either fighter? And this is what makes it such a good matchup.

Coming into this fight most people have Ortiz winning comfortably, however he’s now 42 years old (although likely older then that) and has fought just 1 round in two years. The Cuban doesn’t start that aggressively and isn’t really a one-punch ko artist. Charles Martin has also only fought once in the last two years and since his embarrassing loss to Anthony Joshua, he’s showed he actually does have decent boxing ability. Like with Ortiz, Martin isn’t ultra aggressive in his approach and can go through large periods of a round without throwing anything meaningful.

This fight is huge for both as it could be their last chance of getting closer to a world title shot and i think we’ll see that tension throughout the early stages. I see the fight being a chess match for at least the first half of the fight, with both fighters having their moments. If age hasn’t completely caught up with Ortiz then I expect him to beat Martin either via late stoppage or points, however if Martin is seriously up for this and judging by the weigh in he is, and age has caught up with Ortiz, then I see a decision win for Martin or a late stoppage victory for him. But overall I don’t think either guy will be able to win early and I think we’ll see the fight go past the seventh round.

over 7.5 rounds @1,90 Bet365