Former world heavyweight boxing challenger "King Kong" Luis Otiz is back, and he will play former world champion Charles Martin on January 1 next year, when the match will be staged in Hollywood, Florida. Boxing columnist Michael Coppinger, who reported on the news, revealed that two exciting but inactive boxers had reached a match deal.
The 1.96-meter-tall Martin (28-2-1, 25KO) has not appeared on stage since knocking out Gerald Washington last February, and when he finally competed with Ortiz, he was almost away from the stage for two years, so the form will be unknown.
Otiz (32-2, 27KO) is now 42 but about to turn 43, and his last game was 14 months ago, when he beat Alexander Flores, the match took only 45 seconds, and it is estimated that Otiz won without sweating.
Five years ago, in January 2016, Martin had a lucky victory when he competed with Vyacheslav Grazkov for the vacant IBF heavyweight title, due to grazkov's knee injury in the game, he withdrew from the confrontation in the 3rd round, Martin became the new boxing champion, some people think that if it were not for Grazkov's injury, according to Martin's rough technique, it would not be easy to win, and even more so, by the end of the war, Grazkov seemed to perform better.
Martin was ousted from the throne just 3 months after he reached the top of the championship, and he was knocked out of the throne by Joshua in the 2nd round, in fact, according to Martin's performance and the difference in strength between the two sides, Joshua could have solved the battle in 1 round.
Compared with Martin, the 1.93-meter-tall Otiz is obviously sharper, the Cuban star twice challenged the "Bronze Bomber" Deonte Verde, twice in the case of good performance suffered a reversal, in short, he is not very lucky, and in order to treat his daughter, a large number of years old still play on the field, winning more people's affirmation and respect.
The battle between Otiz vs Martin is bound to be fierce and a contest between left-handed people. Otiz's technique will make Martin unbearable, personally think that the game will not have much suspense, Otiz has the ability to knock down and win, Martin not only has mediocre technique, lax defense makes him too easy to be hit, and the jaw does not look very hard, for Otiz, Martin will be his ideal opponent.
At first, it was rumored that Andy Ruiz Jr. might choose Otiz, and the potential confrontation between the two sides was noisy for a long time, but with The comeback of Ruiz in May this year to defeat the "nightmare" Chris Areola, the situation changed, probably in view of the poor performance with Ariola, Ruiz became cautious about the battle against Ortiz, and due to the knee surgery, the confrontation between the two sides was not put on the agenda, according to the speculation of columnist Copinger, Ruiz does not rule out the confrontation against the next victor of Otiz vs Martin, if this is the case, then the quality and influence of the war will undoubtedly be greatly improved.