“You would expect him to get a bigger fight or to try to get a bigger name,” Jamaine said to MillCity Boxing about Keyshawn taking a smaller fight.
“But I guess he wants his get back and he wants to beat him and not have that no contest.”
“Some fighters be doing it,” 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 last a little bit longer at the game.”
Ortiz also suggested the rematch could become more difficult for Keyshawn than people expect because Albright already has experience against him from their first meeting in October 2023.
“To be honest, I’ll give the slight edge more to Albright,” Ortiz said.
“I do think Keyshawn’s going to win, but I do think Albright is going to do better than the first time.
“Being in there the second time with Keyshawn, knowing him a little bit, probably going in there a little bit more comfortable, being able to take a little bit more risk.”
Ortiz also downplayed the idea that Keyshawn overwhelmed him physically during their fight earlier this year.
“He wasn’t fast, and he wasn’t powerful,” Ortiz said.
“He did everything that we trained for and what we thought he was going to do. I just wasn’t able to pull it off.
“He had good timing, and I wasn’t able to adjust or fix any of that.”
“I thought he was going to be stronger,” Ortiz said.
“He wasn’t stronger.”
The rematch later picked up more attention on Friday after Keyshawn came in over the contracted 140-pound limit at the weigh-in.
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