Comments Thread For: Luis Ortiz Fails Drug Test, Deontay Wilder Fight in Doubt

[Clegg]

Or, maybe he has high blood pressure. Easy enough to do blood pressure checks over a week and find out. As for Wilder, right now all the guy can do is whine his guts out over and over. Fight SOMEBODY? Or whine?

Well his next fight isn't until Nov 4th either way, not like he can fight before then so what do you mean 'fight somebody'? He's going to on Nov 4th, and he just heard his opponent is a cheat after going through weeks of negotiating and paying Stiverne step-aside money. Seems reasonable he's allowed to whine just a little bit in the meantime considering the effort he's putting in.

[PunchyPotorff]

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Or, maybe he has high blood pressure. Easy enough to do blood pressure checks over a week and find out. As for Wilder, right now all the guy can do is whine his guts out over and over. Fight SOMEBODY? Or whine?

Well his next fight isn't until Nov 4th either way, not like he can fight before then so what do you mean 'fight somebody'? He's going to on Nov 4th, and he just heard his opponent is a cheat after going through weeks of negotiating and paying Stiverne step-aside money. Seems reasonable he's allowed to whine just a little bit in the meantime considering the effort he's putting in.

Sure he's allowed to complain. It just that I'm not alone when I say he's playing the card past its expiration date IMO. And by 'fight somebody', I mean just that. Get Stiverne or Whyte signed if Ortiz DOESN'T have high blood pressure, or if VADA says no go, no matter whether he has it or not.

[PunchyPotorff]

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"Ortiz and his camp are adamant that his positive test is a direct result of taking Losartan/HCTZ (Hydrochlorothiazide). Losartan is a drug typically prescribed to treat high blood pressure and kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes."

If that's it, then why is it a banned substance? Seems kinda strange. I mean, don't they make exceptions in a case like this? Just asking.

Still, kinda sux for all parties involved.



Or, maybe he has high blood pressure. Easy enough to do blood pressure checks over a week and find out. As for Wilder, right now all the guy can do is whine his guts out over and over. Fight SOMEBODY? Or whine?

LOL pathetic that you're blaming Wilder for this.I can't take people like you seriously.

You're jumping to conclusions. IMO too many unanswered questions right now, but 4-5 weeks will be here in no time. So let em find out if Ortiz has or doesn't have high blood pressure. If he doesn't, get Stiverne or Whyte signed. If he does have it, VADA needs to chime in on their decision.... whether or not they even allow a fighter to fight on those prescribed meds.

Lighten up, friend.

[PunchyPotorff]

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"Ortiz and his camp are adamant that his positive test is a direct result of taking Losartan/HCTZ (Hydrochlorothiazide). Losartan is a drug typically prescribed to treat high blood pressure and kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes."

If that's it, then why is it a banned substance? Seems kinda strange. I mean, don't they make exceptions in a case like this? Just asking.

Still, kinda sux for all parties involved.

There is nothing"strange" about a masking agent being on a banned substance list. You're trying to find a way to blame Wilder lol.

See my other comment to you.

[jaded]

Does anybody know when the final decision about the status of this fight is supposed to be decided?

[Combatsports400]

I had GGG winning by 3 rounds

[Combatsports400]

I think Canelo won the first 3 rounds pretty easy but once he got tired in the 4th the fight changed and Golovkin just outworked him from there.

[JRB123]

... I just don't care about Wilder's opponents... but this Wawrzyk... where was he at???... in terms of "ranking"...

I'm thinking that he wasn't in the top 10 for the WBC at the time

[Someone88]

Argh not again! Ortiz just couldn't stop it seems, Wilder would be so frustrated. Let's see how it plays out.

[JRB123]

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Or, maybe he has high blood pressure. Easy enough to do blood pressure checks over a week and find out. As for Wilder, right now all the guy can do is whine his guts out over and over. Fight SOMEBODY? Or whine?

What's crazy about this whole VADA thing is that the website still has Ortiz on there for completing the testing before his fight against Bryant Jennings.