“You would expect him to get a bigger fight or to try to get a bigger name,” Jamaine told MillCity Boxing about Keyshawn taking a smaller fight.
“But I think he wants his comeback and he wants to beat him and not have that no contest.”
“Some fighters do that,” Ortiz said.
“They have one hard fight, take two light fights. One hard fight, take two light fights. That’s the way you kind of stay relevant but stay in the game a little bit longer.”
Ortiz also suggested that the rematch for Keyshawn could be more difficult than people expect because Albright already has experience against him from their first meeting in October 2023.
“To be honest, I’d give the slight edge more to Albright,” Ortiz said.
“I do think Keyshawn is going to win, but I think Albright is going to do better than the first time.
“Being there with Keyshawn the second time, knowing him a little bit, probably going in there a little more comfortable, being able to take a little more risk.”
Ortiz also shot down the idea that Keyshawn physically overpowered him during their fight earlier this year.
“He wasn’t fast, and he wasn’t powerful,” Ortiz said.
“He did everything we trained for and what we thought he would do. I just couldn’t manage it.
“He had good timing, and I couldn’t adjust or fix any of it.”
“I thought he was going to be stronger,” Ortiz said.
“He was not stronger.”
The rematch gained more attention later Friday after Keyshawn arrived at the weigh-in over the contracted 140 pound limit.
