Comments Thread For: Luis Ortiz Waiting For WBC To Make Ruling on Whyte Fight

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He only knows that he is going to fight soon and that he will be involved in a final eliminator, but heavyweight contender Luis "King Kong" Ortiz now faces some uncertainty about his next opponent, because Dillian Whyte may have chosen another path.
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[A.K]

I can’t wait till Ortiz knocks whyte out of the ring on hearns lap

[Phenom]

Explain to me why Whyte wants to go the IBF route again

[chepboxingking]

Explain to me why Whyte wants to go the IBF route again

Because pulev is 10000% easier right than ortiz. Do not let the wilder fight fool you, ortiz is still the 3rd beat HW behind wilder and Joshua. Besides, so on. Either wilder or Joshua will have all the belts. So it doesn't matter which route to take to face them.

[Redd Foxx]

Everyone knew Whyte was going to duck him. Some just didn't want to admit it.

[juggernaut666]

Everyone knew Whyte was going to duck him. Some just didn't want to admit it.

There seems to be lack of intelligence on here ?


Why would Whyte chase a NON mandatory when Pulev gets him Joshua ?

You're another idiot i would spark out and actually show it on this forum you fcking idiot !

[352]

Everyone knew Whyte was going to duck him. Some just didn't want to admit it.

Absolutely dumb statement! Whyte is justifiably mad at being the number 1 ranked contender and then being told he has to fight, yet again, for a SECOND mandatory spot behind the number 2 ranked contender, who has been gifted mandatory status by the imbecilic WBC.

To recap, Whyte won the WBC Silver Heavyweight Belt and, with it number 1 ranking. He then defended the belt by knocking out 25-0 Lucas Browne. Dominic Breazeale fought (now banned) Eric Molina in what the WBC described as an eliminator (but in a letter to Eddie Hearn, confirmed was NOT a FINAL eliminator), implying Whyte's position as mandatory was preserved. Fast forward to Luis Ortiz v Deontay Wilder, with the former being knocked out. Ortiz is number FOUR on the WBC list (or was.)

All of a sudden, the muppets at the WBC CHANGE THEIR MINDS and make Breazeale the mandatory for Wilder and force their number one ranked fighter and Silver Belt champion, to face their number 4 for what is billed as "second mandatory" position (ie still behind Breazeale, who is behind Whyte in the rankings.)

The WBC had NO TROUBLE taking big sanctioning fees from Whyte for both his fight against Helenius and his fight against Browne. It's like a protection racket.

Whyte, himself, would have no trouble facing Ortiz. He has said so himself BUT, he wants what is rightfully his. If he beats Ortiz he wants to be rightfully returned to the position of Wilder's mandatory.

In his words:

“Deontay Wilder doesn’t want it,” Whyte told iFL TV.

“He keeps coming up with excuses, he keeps trying to put barriers in-between me and him.

“Let’s break this down for the people. He just fought Ortiz, voluntary defence. Ortiz is ranked way below me. You knock him out – how can he just get knocked out in a voluntary defence and automatically he’s back in title contention again? No. When you lose for a world title, you go all the way down. It’s a normal process. When you lose you have to build back again."

If the WBC forces him to take part in the eliminator, Whyte cautions that he will batter and hurt Ortiz.

However, he will only face Ortiz if the WBC stipulates that Wilder must face the winner in a mandatory fight.

“But like I say, if Ortiz wants it, he can have it. But only if Deontay Wilder agrees to fight me next and nobody else. I’ll fight Luis Ortiz and I’ll run through him," Whyte said.

“He’s an old man, I’ll dismantle him. He’ll get tired and I’ll leave him in a bad way. A bad, bad way.”

There is absolutely NOTHING in his words to suggest that he would be afraid to face Ortiz. I'm not saying he'd win. I'm not saying he'd lose. What I AM saying is that it is ludicrous to suggest he is afraid - when his REAL emotion is one of justifiable anger at what that rank amateur organization, the WBC, has done (in the absence of contrary evidence) to protect Wilder from Whyte, coming off the back of his close call with Ortiz, which was, after all, only a voluntary defence.

[Ray*]

Explain to me why Whyte wants to go the IBF route again

Because the WBC are protecting Wilder from Whyte? They have made the Ortiz/Whyte winner a Secondary mandatory. Basically blocking the winner path to Wilder for another 2 years. Only a ****** would go through that route.

[Ray*]

Because pulev is 10000% easier right than ortiz. Do not let the wilder fight fool you, ortiz is still the 3rd beat HW behind wilder and Joshua. Besides, so on. Either wilder or Joshua will have all the belts. So it doesn't matter which route to take to face them.

I actually think Ortiz is the easier fight for Whyte, he loses both IMHO. But Ortiz just got KO, and he is older than his real age. Pulev is a very very good fighter. Moreover beating Pulev gets him a quicker shot at the belts, a better payday and his rematch against AJ, beating Ortiz means waiting another 2 years as Wilder is in a witness protection created by the WBC for him to duck Whyte.... He already ducked Whyte with the 4m dollars offer.

[Ray*]

Even Team Ortiz are asking for it to be a final eliminator not a Secondary mandatory.