Comments Thread For: Joshua's New Opponent To Be Announced Next Week, Says Hearn

[Boxing Scene]

No way no how Ortiz accepts this fight. He's fine making chump change not training and getting older.

[Boxing Scene]

They're passing on Ortiz. The easy narrative is AJ wasnt training for a southpaw. They will continue to stay FAAAAR away from Ortiz.

Thanks for the comment Ortiz. You know good and God damn well you aren't ever fighting anyone good again..

[P4Pdunny]

foh p4pdummy. thats the lamest asinine excuse so far.



still no response from Ortiz, his team....NADA. His twitter is quiet, his ig, hell, his phone. Sounds pretty weird, especially for a cheerleader like you when his man's is silent...

where's the excuse you 40 year old piece of crap. I'm making an observation, I'm actually more of an AJ fan than I am for the rest of these heavyweights. Another idiot going on the block list.

[Bmore18]

He's fought plenty of ELIMINATORS, hell, he won the ELIMINATOR belt ('bc silver). wtf else does he have to do to fight wilder? Only reason, imo why the fight hasnt happened is 3fold..
1. Haymon/PBC are lining fatmans pockets to no make the fight.
2. Whyte is a legit threat to Wilder.
3. Haymon/PBC dont want to get into a bidding war with Hearn/Matchroom, because you know DAZN has more money than Show/PBC and the fight WILL go to DAZN.

If Hearn wins that bid-war, will Wilder be told to ditch the title? Thats the big question

The WBC silver belt is not an eliminator to make you mandatory. Chisora/Parker etc arent eliminators. Yea IMO he got screwed with Breazeale/Molina but you gotta play by WBC rules to get to be mandatory. #1 ranking doesnt mean mandatory which is ******, but remember this is boxing lol. Everyone is a legit threat to Wilder, and while I think Wilder KOs Whyte, anything can happen. We all bashing these guys for turning down fight against AJ, but Whyte has turned the AJ fight down again for 3 belts.

[otrocubiche]

From what I've heard from people closevto Ortiz, he's ready and willing, he'll sign the minutevthey get a contract, but i will be very surprised if he gets the fight, ususally promoters dangle the better names in our faces and then go for the easy tomato can; I really don't think Ortiz would have more than a punchers chance in the first 4 rounds, after that it would be downhill, but Hearn has way too much money invested in AJ to ignore that risk, no matter how small it'd be

[ShoulderRoll]

Luis Ortiz should jump at the chance. I'll be very disappointed if he turns this down.

[Bill Hodge]

Stop promoting the IBO you bunch of NOVICES.

[Bill Hodge]

Ortiz in Facebook King Kong promo

Luis Ortiz should jump at the chance. I'll be very disappointed if he turns this down.

Did anyone see that. Really impresive promo. Will be a definite turn up. And if Miller was gonna receive 6.5 M. which was about 4.3 overpay...then..Ortiz aught be easy for 10 or 11 m.

[REDEEMER]

I wonder how long they knew about this failed test, wouldn't surprise me if the opponent was set a few weeks back

The athletic commission is immediately notified when VADA releases the details so basically the same time the fans do when news breaks out of a failed test. How could an opponent be set that far back when no one wants the fight who are top guys ? Ha

[Nightfall]

Translation they are ducking Ortiz. Not that Joshua is scare but they are truely ducking that fight.🥊