Comments Thread For: Wilder: I Don't Want to Hear Luis Ortiz Is Old After I Beat Him

[GMAN SUPREME]

oritz is old that's fact bum squad.

[Califire209]

Sorry to say but you know for a fact that there's haters already planting seeds on what they're going to say about Wilder next,, Clowns that are calling the man Bum Squad are guaranteed to be daydreaming about AJ's nuts in their mouth.

[GMAN SUPREME]

i just want to know his real age

lol ortiz is closer to 50 than 40.

[All in]

Is 48 years old enough?

50 is the new 40

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

That's all you'll hear Deontay. That's all they're talking about already.

Fact of the matter is:
1) Wilder accepted his mandatory shot vs. Bermane Stiverne when everybody questioned whether his chin would be able to stand up against a massive puncher that dented Arreola's chin twice and took his soul.
2) Wilder not only accepted a fight against Alexander Povetkin, but flew to Povetkin's home country to fight, even though he was the beltholder. Povetkin's repeated drug usage was the only reason that fight got canned.
3) Wilder has now accepted a fight against the most feared man at heavyweight, if not the entire sport of boxing, Luis Ortiz.

Haters will continue to hate, but Wilder has proven time and time again that he is not only willing to fight the best, but demands it. Win or lose, he has shown no fear.

Wilder HAD TO accept fight against Povetkin or give up the title.. and he had no choice but to fly to Russia bc Haymon lost the purse bid to the Russian promoter!! Don't make like Wilder deserves props for that!

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

Or you can look at this way... 31 yrs old - only took up boxing 11 years ago - fighting his second top-3 ranked HW during his reign (Stiverne, Ortiz) ... and two others reached the top 10 after they lost to him (Duhaupas, Molina).

Haymon's most protected? Stop trolling. If he was protected he would be fighting his mandatory (Stiverne) instead of the most feared man in the heavyweight division.

lol!! Molina and Duhappas top 10?? That's hilarious!! B4 or after fighting Wilder!

[Sledgeweather17]

Ur seriously making wilder out to be something he's not. Worse fighters then Ortiz have given wilder problems. And 37 y.o Lennox Lewis is a better name then anything wilder's got

Why do you guys count losses as if that somehow elevates a certain fighter? Even worse Vitali got KTFO by old man Lewis.

[Kiowhatta]

I will finally give Wilder some credit for firstly taking a fight most thought he wouldn't. I will give him some more credit if he beats Ortiz convincingly.

But trying to reframe justified criticism from well-informed fans as 'haters', 'nut jobs' and idiots shows that his trainer is engaging in tu quoque, or just clouded by bias.

The criticism of Wilder is justified, as are some of the excuses for wilder not living up to expectation.

I must insist that he seek out an image consultant because he looks like an acid-tripping 70's pimp in that get-up. ( Now that's ad hominem).

[Dean_Razorback]

Why do you guys count losses as if that somehow elevates a certain fighter? Even worse Vitali got KTFO by old man Lewis.

i wouldn't call that getting KTFO, it was an awful cut. but vitali was still there. szpilka got KTFO for example

[Sledgeweather17]

Wilder HAD TO accept fight against Povetkin or give up the title.. and he had no choice but to fly to Russia bc Haymon lost the purse bid to the Russian promoter!! Don't make like Wilder deserves props for that!

You better not be one of them clowns defending Kovalev's decision to pull out of a fight against Stevenson that he HAD to fight because he was Stevenson's mandatory. You better not be defending him for pulling out of the purse bid either and using that as an excuse to duck Stevenson.

Also, let me not catch you defending Canelo for dropping his belt to avoid GGG even though, in your words, 'HE HAD TO' fight GGG because it was his mandatory challenger.

Don't let me catch you giving Brook credit for fighting Spence either, since you know, he had no choice because Spence was the mandatory.

If you fall into one of those three categories then you know what a hypocrite you are right?

Since that is your stance on the Wilder