Comments Thread For: Luis Ortiz vs. Charles Martin Tops Fox Sports Pay-Per-View, January 1

[baroidi]

wtf is this PPV? This match up is undercard quality

[killakali]

Definitely ordering this pay-per-view. Kind of an odd main event for a PPV, but five heavyweight fights for $39 feels like an old Don King or Cedric Kushner show. Have always liked King Kong and Prince Charles. With the winner guaranteed a title shot, I'm very interested. With a few buddies coming over, it's worth the $10 each to not have to watch commercials.

I can’t believe you are back. Defending this rubbish isn’t surprising tho but it yogurt you had a wrestling tournament

[mawoodhouse]

Interesting match up! Actually wouldn’t surprise me if Martin beats Ortiz. To me, Ortiz is way overrated and slow and doesn’t hit as hard as people make out. He looks like crap in some fights, I’m gonna say Martin wins this by UD.

[WBC WBA IBF]

Haymon doesn’t seem to understand how PPV or programming works

His fighters have sold more pay-per-views than any manager in history.

[mawoodhouse]

You guys all complaining about PPV like you have never heard of streams! Lol….I haven’t paid for a PPV in at least 10 years now, refuse to. Yeah this shouldn’t be PPV, but whether it is, or isn’t makes no difference to me…I’ll be watching it for free!

[WBC WBA IBF]

Defending this rubbish isn’t surprising

What is there to defend? Charles Martin wants a title shot. Luis Ortiz wants a title shot. The only way they're going to get a title shot is by winning a final eliminator. Dillian Whyte could learn a thing or two from them.

[WBC WBA IBF]

If a fight between ortiz vs martin, a senior citizen who isnt a draw and an underwhelming fringe contender requires to be on PPV, it says a lot about pbc FOX's budget.

FOX is a free channel available to essentially every American at no cost. Boxing is a niche sport in America. Prince Charles is a former world heavyweight champion and King Kong is a former interim world heavyweight champion. It's an IBF final eliminator with the winner guaranteed a shot at the heavyweight championship of the world. King Kong has headlined a successful $75 PPV previously.

King Kong and Prince Charles are both going to want large purses for this fight. The economics make it impossible to just give the fight away for free. It's a budget PPV at $39, aimed at heavyweight fans. There are enough heavyweight fans out there to support a card like this. If it doesn't interest you, don't buy it. Heavyweight fans are a special breed. Boxing history is littered with these quirky budget heavyweight PPVs. It's a boxing tradition. Fight gets announced. Heavyweight fans are excited. Everyone else complains. It's been going on for decades.

[BoxOfficer]

The article didn't say Martin/Ortiz is a final eliminator. It's just an eliminator. The IBF don't fool around, and are not the WBC.

[WBC WBA IBF]

The article didn't say Martin/Ortiz is a final eliminator. It's just an eliminator. The IBF don't fool around, and are not the WBC.

It wasn't an article, it was a press release. PBC press releases rarely if ever clarify if an eliminator is final or semi-final. Prince Charles already won an IBF eliminator. If he wins another, he becomes mandatory.

[BoxOfficer]

It wasn't an article, it was a press release. PBC press releases rarely if ever clarify if an eliminator is final or semi-final. Prince Charles already won an IBF eliminator. If he wins another, he becomes mandatory.

Believe whatever you want. This is not a final eliminator. IBF final eliminator will be between Hirgovic and anyone who accept to fight him down the rankings. If Martin earlier turned down that chance, he's out of the picture as far as IBF is concerned. Miller and Whyte suffered a similar fate in the past when called to face the top-ranked guy in Pulev. Again, unlike the WBC, IBF don't fool around. There will be no final eliminator without Hirgovic.