Comments Thread For: Wilder vs. Stiverne Rematch Ordered By WBC, Luis Ortiz is Out!

[jaded]

What a load of crap...and Stiverne to boot. Who's going to watch that?

[BoxerDood]

This is crap, but at least we can get it out of the way. Unless Wilder unified immediately after, we would have gotten it anyways.

He needs to destroy Stiverne in 6 so we never have to hear his name with a title fight ever again.

[BWC]

I've been a massive Wilder detractor for a while, and the criticisms I've had up until this point still stand - Luis Ortiz failing this test does not re-write Wilder's path so far.

But in this case, it is all on Ortiz. What a ****ing idiot. He FINALLY got the big break he was looking for - no more boogeyman, put up or shut up time. And he blew it.

Ortiz isn't an idiot, he's just a caught cheater, plain and simple. His masking agents were slick enough..

[SN!PER]

Diddy Kong,

Get yo ass back in line, clean yo self up, and I see you next year.

Just another Shannon Briggs. Cheatin ass old man. I'ma smash yo face in.

[Eff Pandas]

Fair points. Don't you think Wilder will need another name sandwiched between any potential fight with Joshua for the fight to happen in the US?

I'd really like an opportunity to see that one live.

If they fight next, it's definitely going to be in the UK.

Yea for sure I'd have rather seen Ortiz or some other more highly considered guy besides Bermane before Wilder vs Joshua and I'd imagine that's the go to opinion with most fans. Can't do nothing about that now since Ortiz effed that up.

I do tend to think there will be another fight for both guys between their next fights and them fighting each other so I suspect there is still the opportunity to see Wilder show us more.

But I think Joshua can fight anywhere. I suspect they could have that fight in Vegas and get a record number of UK cats flying over. And if you can sell in Vegas you aren't going to need to sell anywhere else unless you want to cuz Vegas prices will beat the revenue of any other city to put the fight on at.

Granted Joshua isn't all the way there yet and fighting in Vegas next vs Wilder might be throwing away money by not marinating Joshua's star appeal a lil more in the US first, but I think something as simple as a co-headlining fight with Joshua and Wilder in 2018 = a sold out show in Vegas in Summer/Fall.

[mxtali]

Good ole boxing. even in one of its best years it reminds us that it’s still, well, boxing.

[j0zef]

That's effing lame. Bleh.

[Lopez_Boxing]

Sooooo is my ticket price going to go down? That's the real question

[redmish]

No blame goes to wilder for this. Hopefully he deals with stiverne again and we can get the big one early next year.

[Ake-Dawg]

Fight should have went on, ortiz had a legit reason and prescription the whole time whether he listed it or not. its not wilders fault but i swear he keeps catching these breaks.

At this stage I would say Ortiz team is just dumb. If indeed they weren't cheating and the prescription is legit, why not list it on the sheet. If they were indeed cheating, why not go get the fake prescription from a crooked doctor ahead of time to cover your tracks. Sounds like they got caught with their pants down while cheating.