Comments Thread For: Bernstein: Who Knows Ortiz's Real Age, But He's Wilder's Best Foe

[CubanGuyNYC]

I'm not saying they are wrong or you are wrong, I am saying it's not that farfetched for people to think this. Same way I said with baseball players from DR.

In my post I acknowledged it’s possible to cheat. I think it’s fine suspecting Ortiz is older, but some guys are convinced, as if they have proof. Baseball players have great motivation to lie about their age. A young athlete is much more attractive to prospective buyers.

[TheBigLug]

I think he's about the age he says he is.

His face looks a bit old sometimes, but plenty of other people do too. Tyson Fury could pass for 10 years older than he is. Ortiz has a good head of hair, no real signs of greying or anything, his body and skin doesn't appear to be that of a much older man, no major wrinkles or anything and more importantly his amateur career seems to tie in about correctly with his age.

He has no signs of being over 40 apart from his face looks old sometimes, but even then i don't think he looks that much older than 38.

I think it's just a rumour that got out of hand. It wouldn't surprise me if he was a couple of years older but the story of him being almost 50 is absurd. Go look at your average 50 year old guy, he looks way older than ortiz.

[ShoulderRoll]

I'm more worried about him cheating with PEDs than I am about him lying about his age.

[b Murphington]

he's 165 years old! wilder gets no credit. the mofo has blood pressure problems hes so old. never heard of a boxer with bp issues.

all jokes aside ortiz shouldn't even be licensed to box at this point. how many times does a mofo have to cheat to get punished. he doesn't deserve this opportunity. hoping for wilder to flatten him early.

The blood pressure problems could be attributed to genetics/dietary issues. I don't think its that farfetched.

[mlac]

hes definitely not 38.

honestly if it came out he was 50, i wouldnt be THAT shocked... i'd say he was was around mid 40's

[skelva]

How come no one questions Pretty Boy Floyd TBE claims after testing positive for PEDS about 4x and cheating in the Pacquiao fight?

[JSN006]

hes definitely not 38.

honestly if it came out he was 50, i wouldnt be THAT shocked... i'd say he was was around mid 40's

There's videos of him at the boxing world cup in 2005 where he definitely looks 26YO, so I dont think its a big deal that he is 38yo now .... some ppl's face just age quick or the opposite, dont seem to age at all. Mike tyson in the Danny Williams fight also looks 50.... but he clearly wasn't. And its not so easy to forge birth certificates.

[Madison Boxing]

Think about it, if he was really pushing 50 like some morons would have you believe, he could use it to his advantage if anything.

They could market him as the new George Foreman/Bernard Hopkins and push the Wilder fight as a Ortiz's attempt to make history and become the first ever 50 year old heavyweight champ lol.

yeah but the problem is if he admitted it now it would mean he likely lied about his age when he was fighting kids as an adult as an amatuer

[GMAN SUPREME]

pretty pathetic that beyonce's best opponent is a 50 plus year old geezer lol.

[New England]

How come the American public cries RACISM only when Americans are the 'victims'?

Yes, I'm saying it, assuming Cubans fake their age is not based on facts but on prejudice and stereotypes.


Ortiz, just like Rigondeaux and most other professional boxers from Cuba had a long amateur career. He looked like a boy when he won his silver medal at the World Cup in Moscow 2005.


When do you think he changed his age? When he was 5? They made him -5 years old when he was 5? Come on, gtfo with your imperialist racist bull****.

https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-15-athletes-who-lied-about-their-age/

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/feb/21/nigerian-football-age-old-problem

surely you udnerstand why it would be easier and more common for this to happen in a third world country, right? it's happened with american athletes as well, it's just not as easy given our standard of living, our ability to keep records, scholastics, etc.