Haymon/PBC might prevent the AJ vs Ortiz fight from happening.

[Jubei]

Just texted with Luis Ortiz, who tells me he could be ready for @anthonyfjoshua if his manager instructs him to...don’t get the sense from @premierboxing that they’ll allow this...

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) April 17, 2019

wont be him, their team made it known that 7 weeks wasn;t enough.. https://t.co/tmGlVnTD2M

— Steve Kim (@StevESPNKim) April 17, 2019

Now that Miller got busted, AJ called out Ortiz and people were hoping the fight was going to happen but will it?

News just came out and it seems like Ortiz might not take the AJ fight, or that PBC/Haymon wont allow the fight to happen.

So werent certain people telling us that Ortiz is the bogeyman and AJ is ducking him? Whats happening now? Lets hope the latest news are just wrong.

[bballchump11]

I don't care what Steve Kim has to say. Pugmire is very credible though.

[rolshans]

Smfh...so much for being a bogeyman...

[Jubei]

Smfh...so much for being a bogeyman...

Ortiz better take the fight. I mean thats the chance of a lifetime.

[Phenom]

Ortiz better take the fight. I mean thats the chance of a lifetime.

Ortiz wasn't even offered the fight calm your tits

[Jubei]

Ortiz wasn't even offered the fight calm your tits

Says who? If that was so, Ortiz would have come out already, but the guy remains strangely quiet, probably Haymon told him not to say anything.

[Madison Boxing]

A lot of these bigmouth fighters/promo teams change there tune when they get offered a fight for real. Its been a real tough 12 months for the pbc fans though so dont be too hard on them, most their fighters have either lost or been exposed as cowards, oh well at least they got claressa shields to cheer on now

[Rip Chudd]

If Ortiz is indeed offered the fight without options for the same money Miller was going to make or more because of the short notice and he doesn't take it or his management tells him not to, then he needs to fire those fools and take the fight. He won't make that money anywhere else and his management isn't looking out for the best interests of the fighter. Point blank.

Or maybe like a lot of people have been saying these guys are cycling on/off PEDs and aren't ready to be drug tested on such short notice.

[Ray*]

I was one of the people praying for Ortiz to get this sort of opportunity because of his daughter's medical issues, massively disappointed that they removed their name from the hat, don't really want to hear from this guy anymore when it comes to Joshua. Win or lose you should have pushed for this fight, the money alone is the reason why, whether he had 22 weeks or 7 weeks to prepare he wouldn't be the favourite going into that fight, so why don't you just take the money? He usually is vocal AFTER Joshua has a signed fight....SMH

[ShoulderRoll]

Lance Pugmire is a real professional...reaching out directly to Luis Ortiz like you're supposed to.

I'd like to hear more from Ortiz personally. As well as from his management. Boxing media should be on the case.