Luis Ortiz: record, next fight and profile →
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is not planning to retire any time soon. Fury had previously mentioned the plan of retiring after two to three more fights, but now he wants to continue fighting for much longer than that.
When Anthony Joshua was asked about his boxing bucket list, he didn’t hesitate to reveal what tops it. “Become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world,” Joshua said to Sky Sports’ Anna Woolhouse in a video interview posted Saturday to the British network’s YouTube channel.
Heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz of Cuba will be 41 years old in a few days, but that is an insignificant number according to his way of looking at life. Ortiz has other choice but to wait for a fight, due to the lack of a real opponent. The man known as 'King Kong' is hoping that a new opportunity will come around to prove his worth in the ring.
Heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz still has nothing on the horizon. He knows he's coming back in July, but he doesn't know his opponent's name. Because of that, his coach Germán Caicedo keeps him ready, waiting for someone willing to take a look at King Kong. Caicedo has seen how Ortiz evolved over time to become a big risk - despite his two knockout losses to Deontay Wilder. At the moment, nobody is running to face the dangerous Cuban.
Dominic Breazeale wants to face another former heavyweight champion in his first fight since a first-round knockout defeat to Deontay Wilder. Breazeale told FOX’s Kate Abdo during the network’s weigh-in coverage of the Adam Kownacki-Robert Helenius card that he has targeted Andy Ruiz Jr. as his next opponent. The 6-feet-7, 260-pound Breazeale also mentioned Kownacki and Luis Ortiz as potential opponents, but he made it clear who he wants to box above the others he mentioned.
On the heels of Deontay Wilder’s first career loss, boxing fans can relive the former heavyweight titlist’s most recent win. Fox Sports has announced plans to launch an exclusive rebroadcast of Wilder’s repeat knockout win over Luis Ortiz, which will make its cable premiere on Sunday, March 1 at 10:00pm ET on FS1. The airing comes more than three months after their rematch originally aired live on Fox Sports Pay-Per-View last November from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The heavyweight division is currently on fire with some of the recent fights like Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz. There is a battle of unbeatens coming up in April, when rising heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce collide in the ring.
Las Vegas based strength and conditioning coach Larry Wade helped top heavyweight contender Luis Oritz prepare for his showdown against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in November.
Earlier this week rumors leaked of a potential Andy Ruiz-Luis Ortiz heavyweight showdown ticketed for the late spring. However, BoxingScene.com has been advised that it is more likely that Ruiz will face former title challenger Chris Arreola instead and that the Mexican-American battle could potentially end up happening in the coming months.
boxing legends, world champions, celebrities and more shared their predictions for the highly anticipated rematch between unbeaten WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder and undefeated lineal champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury ahead of the historic, mega PPV event this Saturday, February 22 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.