Luis Ortíz vs. Charles Lee Martin & Frank Sánchez Faure vs. Criștian Ciocan RBR

Who the hell is Olaskov Brian? It's GLAZkov.

 

I love Ortiz, but I have a bad feeling that those two quite brutal KO losses have taken a toll on his durability and his age is finally going to catch up to him here. I think he'll start gassing around the 6th, Martin will take over and stop him late. Martin's chin is better than advertised, he wasn't even really hurt against AJ, it was more the angle of the punches, AJ's punches naturally having a ton of force behind them and his pisspoor stance and balance which led to both KD's occurring, and the older Ortiz gets, the less his power has been a factor. Also, this is southpaw vs. southpaw, Ortiz won't have his usual advantage of an awkward extreme southpaw stance to give him issues, and Martin's athleticism, defense and speed, which was on full display against Washington, has improved greatly under Manny Robles, and I think that form will carry over here. I think Martin will play it safe for the first half, and go all out in the second half. Much like what he did against Kownacki, who he'd have probably stopped had it been a 12 rounder.