Unbeaten lightweight Jamaine Ortiz (16-0-1, 8 KOs) gave former WBO super featherweight champion Jamel Herring (23-4, 11 KOs) a rude welcome to the 135lb division in the Alimkhanuly-Dignum co-feature on Saturday night at Resorts World Las Vegas. Ortiz took over the fight midway and won by ten round unanimous decision. Scores were 96-94, 97-93, 97-93. Ortiz wins the NABF and USBA titles.
“He was just quicker on the trigger,” said Herring afterward. “He had a better output. I wasn’t tired or anything. He just beat me to the draw.”
As for his future, Herring stated, “I have to think about it, but tonight, I don’t think I am where I need to be. Jamaine was just the better man. Maybe this is it.”
Ortiz commented, “I still got a lot of work to do. I’m just growing and going at the pace I’m going. I gotta learn quick. I gotta pick things up a little bit. I’m not afraid of challenges, and I’m here to prove I’m the best to myself, not anyone else.
“I feel like I could’ve done a lot better, a lot cleaner {of a} performance. I’m hard on myself. I’m always going to be hard on myself. I’m always going to be hard on myself. Much respect to a former world champion. That was an achievement I wanted to do in my career. I think I may move up to 140, but if there’s a big fight for a championship or a big name, I may stay at 135.”
Olympian welterweight Tiger Johnson (4-0, 3 KOs) scored a third round KO over Agustin Kucharski (8-5-1, 3 KOs). Johnson dropped Kucharski twice in round three to end it. Time was :54
Featherweight U.S. Olympic silver medalist Duke Ragan (6-0, 1 KO) outpointed Victorino Gonzalez (5-3, 2 KOs) over four 40-36 3x.
Former junior featherweight world champion Jessie Magdaleno (29-1, 18 KOs) returned from a nearly two-year layoff to sweep past Edy Valencia (19-7-6, 7 KOs) in an eight-rounder by scores of 80-72 3x.
Featherweight Adam “Blunose” Lopez (16-3, 6 KOs) came off the canvas twice but still got the unanimous decision against William Encarnacion (19-3, 15 KOs) in an eight-rounder. Scores were 76-74, 77-74, 77-74.
Unbeaten lightweight Giovanni Cabrera (20-0, 7 KOs) topped Elias Damian Araujo (21-5, 8 KOs) over eight. Scores were 79-72, 78-73, 77-74.
Kucharski looked like he had been 6 tough rounds after about 40 seconds.
What a robbery Lopez vs Encarnacion. Lopez is knocked down twice and yet wins by 3 points ? These judges have no shame.
agree terrible judges encarnacion was the clear winner
In fact, even if Lopez had been knocked down a THIRD time, Encarnacion would still have lost the fight ! Unbelievable. Boxing needs a body to investigate and sanction such “judges “.
Boxing is just a means for promoters, managers, match makers, trainers, betting houses to exploit boxers and attempt to fool the public into thinking it is a legitimate endeavor. It is a criminal operation run by thugs.
Time for my ol’ U.S. Marine (Herring) to retire, but he tried. Herring’s mind was probably saying do A-B-C, but his body definitely objected by saying NOPE…I will only do A. Best wishes to Herring.
Congrats to Ortiz, but I know the young gun/lion was expecting to win by TKO or KO. Ortiz should work on less jumping/bouncing while sitting down on his punches more. Ortiz is physically solid, but he may have try 140 (soon).
He announced his retirement on Twitter.
Good luck to Herring for his future lif.e