{"id":348033,"date":"2026-06-09T11:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=348033"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:31:46","slug":"boots-aint-knocking-xander-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/boots-aint-knocking-xander-out\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBoots Ain’t Knocking Xander Out\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYeah, I\u2019m favoring Xander 100%,\u201d said Ortiz to MillCity Boxing. \u201cI just see his work ethic, and he got an excellent coach, too. I feel he\u2019s going to have the ability to tug it off.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, yeah, I fought Boots, too. That was an extended time ago, but he\u2019s definitely savvy as well and crafty within the ring. So, hopefully he\u2019s capable of. We\u2019ll see if he gets to land any of those shots on Xander.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel numerous people underestimate Xander\u2019s abilities. I feel they\u2019re going more for the flashy stuff, what they see with Boots, and so they\u2019re putting more weight on the flashiness than the actual efficiency of Xander.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Many observers have predicted an Ennis victory by stoppage, but Ortiz doesn\u2019t see the fight ending that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no way. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to finish in knockout. No, Boots ain\u2019t knocking Xander out. I\u2019ll inform you that without delay,\u201d said Jamaine. \u201cHe\u2019s an enormous kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ortiz said Zayas\u2019 physical development since turning skilled is being neglected by some fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou talking about 16, those are your growing years. Men, you continue to grow till you\u2019re like 26, 28. He\u2019s still young. He\u2019s still going to continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The previous lightweight contender also pointed to Zayas\u2019 technical foundation as a significant strength heading into the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel he\u2019s actually capable of move lots and have good pivots and stuff like that,\u201d said Ortiz. \u201cThe flashiness of Jaron is overshadowing all of Xander\u2019s work. You understand while you just see all this style, it takes away from the basics. His fundamentals are spot on.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked for his final prediction, Ortiz didn\u2019t leave much room for doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to say unanimous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ennis and WBA and WBO junior middleweight champion Zayas are scheduled to satisfy on June 27 on DAZN PPV in one among the yr\u2019s most anticipated fights, with the unbeaten rivals set to collide after years of fan demand for the matchup.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah, I\u2019m favoring Xander 100%,\u201d said Ortiz to MillCity Boxing. \u201cI just see his work ethic, and he got an excellent coach, too. I feel he\u2019s going to have the ability to tug it off. \u201cAnd, yeah, I fought Boots, too. That was an extended time ago, but he\u2019s definitely savvy as well and crafty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":348034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[11867,10777,16805,12709],"class_list":["post-348033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-aint","tag-boots","tag-knocking","tag-xander"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348036,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348033\/revisions\/348036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}