Jamaine Ortiz is aware of what has been said and written about his chances of upsetting one of the best boxers of this generation Saturday night.

The 26-year-old Ortiz just hasn’t paid it much mind.

The lightweight from Worcester, Massachusetts believes he has what it takes to beat Vasiliy Lomachenko. To the unassuming Ortiz, that’s all that matters.

“A lot of people probably doubt me,” Ortiz told BoxingScene.com. “You know, they see a lot of flaws or whatever they see. I let it be that way, you know?”

What his detractors don’t see, according to Ortiz, is how “The Technician” has improved over the course of his six-year professional career, all with the thoughts of earning high-profile fights against Lomachenko and Devin Haney in the back of his mind. If Ortiz (16-0-1, 8 KOs) knocks off the skilled Ukrainian southpaw, he will at least become a potential opponent for Haney, assuming the undefeated undisputed lightweight champion remains in the 135-pound division.

Ortiz’s defeat of former WBO junior lightweight champ Jamel Herring on May 21 in Las Vegas encouraged Ortiz to take what figures to be a more difficult fight against a three-division champion who has long been considered one of the best boxers, pound-for-pound, in the sport. Though his 10-round, unanimous-decision defeat of Herring (23-4, 11 KOs) at Resorts World Las Vegas was impressive, Ortiz realizes he isn’t a completely polished product.

“I know that I’m on the right path and I’ve still got work to do, you know, because I’m always hard on myself,” Ortiz said. “But I’m here and I’m gonna show the world that I’m here to stay. That’s gonna be my job October 29th, when I face Lomachenko and I beat him. They’re gonna be like, ‘Well, it wasn’t what we thought it was.’ I’m gonna shock the world that day.”

Beating Lomachenko certainly would shock the boxing world. Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) is consistently listed as no less than a 25-1 favorite in what is generally regarded as a tune-up fight that should lead Lomachenko toward a showdown with Haney (29-0, 15 KOs), the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBC lightweight champ.

Ortiz feels that the 34-year-old Lomachenko, and virtually everyone else, are in for an unforgettable surprise in a 12-round main event ESPN+ will stream from Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York (10 p.m. ET).

“Besides it being meant to be, I just feel like this is a young man’s sport,” Ortiz said. “I’m not saying he has mileage on him, because he’s a very good fighter and I don’t feel like he’s taken any damage like these older fighters. He turned pro at a later age (25), so it’s hard to say that about him because he’s not like these fighters who turned pro early and he’s 34. He’s a young 34, a fresh 34-year-old fighter. That’s how I see him, body-wise. But it’s hard to say. I can’t say I’m too big, I’m too strong because he’s beaten bigger and stronger fighters before. It’s just gonna be different with me.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.