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Vasiliy Lomachenko will face Jamaine Ortiz on Saturday night with the goal of beating Devin Haney.

VASILIY LOMACHENKO (16-2, 11 KOs) VS. JAMAINE ORTIZ (16-0-1, 8 KOs)

• Day: Saturday, October 29
• Time: 10pm ET / 7pm PT (main event after show)
• Where: Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York
• TV / Stream: ESPN+
• Cost: $9.99 per month or $99.99 annually
• Assignment: Light (135 pounds)
• Under threat: No main title
• Pound-for-pound rating: Lomachenko No. 8
• The odds: Lomachenko 13-1 favorite (multi-store average)

• Also on the card: Robeisy Ramirez vs Jose Matias Romero, featherweight; Richard Torrez Jr. and Ahmed Hefny, strong contenders; Duke Ragan vs. Luis Lebron, featherweight; Nico Ali-Walsh vs Billy Wagner, the middleweights

• Guess: Lomachenko UD
• Story: Lomachenko, the WBC’s No. 1 contender, must beat Ortiz to keep his place challenging undisputed 135-pound champion Devin Haney. The 34-year-old Ukrainian has not fought since he was easy pointed out Richard Commey Last December 11, more than 10 months ago. It was a ninth-round knockout match against Masayoshi Nakatani the previous June, his first match since he lost the lightweight title to Teofimo Lopez by a unanimous decision in October. 2020. Ortiz will have a decisive unanimous victory over Jamel Herring in May, which Herring retires from and puts Ortiz in everyone’s sights. The 26-year-old from Worcester, Massachusetts, is a brilliant amateur. He fought in the 2016 US Olympic Challenges and is said to have ended his career unpaid with a 100-14 record. He has led 2-0 since he drew with the likely Joseph Adorno last April, the only flaw on his record.