By Edward Chaykovsky

At New York's Madison Square Garden, undefeated heavyweight contender Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz (23-0, 20 KOs) of Cuba scored a third round knockout over Matias Ariel "El Matador" Vidondo (20-2-1, 18 KOs) to claim the vacant WBA interim-heavyweight title.

Ortiz dropped Vidondo in round two and finished him with another knockdown in the third stanza.

The fight was part of the undercard to the Gennady Golovkin-David Lemieux HBO Pay-Per-View card.

Ortiz believes WBO/IBF/WBA/IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko is avoiding him.

The Cuban fighter will have to wait on a very long line to get a shot at Klitschko. Next month, Klitschko will defend his title against WBA mandatory challenger Tyson Fury. The IBF's mandatory challenger Czar Glazkov would likely be up next in early 2016.

Ortiz would also have to get past the WBA's "regular" heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev, and he owes a mandatory defense against Australian contender Lucas Browne. If Chagaev wins that, he might have to rematch Fres Oquendo.

If Ortiz is lucky, Klitschko will select him for a voluntary defense.

"I deserve this win and deserve to fight the best," said Ortiz. "Vidondo did hit hard but he wasn't good enough to face me. Everyone can see that I dominated the fight. I want to fight the best and I want Golden Boy Promotions to keep its promise and get me the best. I am ready for Klitschko, I know he is running from me.  I am going to come after him. I am just ready to become the heavyweight champion of the world."