Comments Thread For: Ortiz: I Almost Had Wilder - If There Were a Few Seconds More!

[stellen]

Just imagine what luis ortz in his prime would have done to birdlegs lol.

[SinderellaMan]

And for those of you that say AJ would have KO'd Wilder in the 6th, Wilder would've KO'd AJ when Wlad let him off the hook.
Ortiz is much more versatile than Wlad or AJ. For the small amount of amateur experience Wilder has in comparison to most fighters, I take my hat off to him for remaining calm because I thought it was over for Wilder in rounds 6-8.
Great fight & Ortiz is still the dark horse of the heavy weights.

[alexguiness]

I'd suggest that Wilder has better punch resistance than AJ.

When the fight it won't go past 5 rounds, whoever lands a bomb first wins.

They are both pretty limited in pure boxing ability and conditioning.

Stay humble.

[Deus]

Realistically if Ortiz was simply a bit stronger he would have had Wilder out of there, irrelevant of additional time. Ortiz didn't have the size/strength to push Wilder off of him when Wilder was using him to stay up right. But alas that is just if's and but's now.

[N/A]

Reereee inexplicably gave Wilder an extra few seconds to recover before the 8th round as well.

Ref had nothing to do with it. NY is super strict ever since the legal settlement. The doctor demanded to check Wilder before letting him continue.

[vitali1999]

Ya that was the best heavyweight title fight I've seen in a very long time and the best I've ever seen in person. Joshua vs. Klitschko I had to watch on a tablet on a long car trip and I didn't care who won, so I wasn't as emotionally invested, but that was a great fight too.

Joshua and Wilder seem destined to fight a trilogy.

Bet it was even better in person

[vitali1999]

That was not even one third of Joshua Vs klitschko, there's was like 2 rounds were neither wilder or ortiz did anything but slap jab , and then wilder rushing in with messy punches, ...both Joshua and klitschko knew how to tough it out while using technique

We'll have to agree to disagree

[ippo]

just like when wlad they payed the price for letting the younger guy recover.Man if these guys were just a few years younger.

[P4Pdunny]

Couldnt put foot on the gas and really make him pay, its a younger mans sport.

[sterling]

just like when wlad they payed the price for letting the younger guy recover.Man if these guys were just a few years younger.

that was what i was thinking. Ortiz did not disrespect himself though.