WBC Didn't Allow Ortiz To Fight Wilder, But Allowed Morales To Fight Garcia?

[HanzGruber]

Didn't they only find out like a day before the fight? Not a month ahead.

[boliodogs]

The WBC has never been consistent and they make many bad decisions.

[Ray*]

I don’t blame them, you learn from the past.

[Kigali]

WBC would have obviously discussed it with Wilder before coming to a decision. I'm guessing Wilder would rather cry than fight the guy.

This dumb ass b*tch

So the WBC should let a guy they busted fight anyway??

[garfios]

As many recall, Eric Morales tested positive for a PED prior to the Danny Garcia rematch. With Garcia in agreement, the WBC allowed the fight to go ahead. Unfortunately, in perhaps a fight which created far more public interest, they decided not to allow Ortiz to go ahead with the Wilder fight, despite Wilder stating publicly that he'd still like to retain Ortiz as his opponent.

Could it have been the different substances involved, perhaps Ortiz' history of using performance enhancing substances previously, or did Wilder change his mind behind the scenes and decide that he didn't want to fight Ortiz afterall? Or, one strong possibility is the fact that it was for the prestigious heavyweight title and if they had allowed the fight to proceed it might have set a dangerous precedent in quite a prolific fight - a decision which could tarnish the image of boxing?

wbc is based in mexico and founded by a mexican...

[Larry the boss]

i cant imagine wilder put up much of a protest to be honest... fight could and should have gone ahead. If it was some moral thing of wilders to take a stand against PED users, he probably shouldnt have signed up to fight a recent PED user as a replacement.

Stiverne is his "MANDATORY"!!!!

[Metho_4u]

The problem is that even if you believe Ortiz's lame excuse, it then means that Ortiz has been hiding a serious health condition that calls into question whether he should be competing in high level professional athletics. So of course the WBC is going to require Ortiz to undergo medical evaluations before determining whether it is safe for him to fight with such a severe blood pressure issue.

Yeah, it's called testosterone use

[Outwest Exp 355]

Didn’t Ortiz’ manager just come out and say they held him out due to medical issues. And that Ortiz won’t lose his number 1 contender spot.