Comments Thread For: Luis Ortiz Turned Down $5M, Asked For $10M To Fight Joshua 6/1

[minemax]

What an idiot am pretty sure this is more than what he got paid fighting Wilder...

The official purses were:
Wilder $2.1 million,
Ortiz $500,000.

[Noelanthony]

I get that you want to try and get all you can but asking for $10 mil under the circumstances is taking advantage of the situation and being greedy AF IMO.

I don’t even mind that I would ask for 20 million but at the end of the day there is no way I’m leaving that negotiation table without securing the bag.... Furthermore I don’t think Ortiz is that stupid, the fight will be announced Saturday.

[Mammoth]

That's 10 times what he got to fight Wilder. I'm an Ortiz fan but I can't defend that.

[Pennsauken1]

This where John Skipper needs to step in and make the deal and fight we all want to see in NYC

[JakeTheBoxer]

eddie should just cancel this card, let Joshua fight Ruiz in England in june, and Whyte -Rivas winner latter this years.

[Noelanthony]

NONSENSE. Ortiz's stock has skyrocketed since that great fight with Wilder.

Then plummeted when he went 12 rounds with Kauffman. Who are you anyway his great grandson?

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Ortiz has a better resume than Miller? It's literally exactly the same.

Equally crap.

Ortiz fought the WBC heavyweight champion, producing an
exciting and talked-about fight which helped both of their
stock, especially Wilder's, to skyrocket. That fight is still
fairly fresh in people's memory. In contrast, Miller had never
been involved in a world title fight, is much lesser known,
and the most accomplished opponent that he had faced
was an old, over-the-hill, blown-up former cruiserweight
champion. Yes, Ortiz has a better resume and a better
reputation.

[Pennsauken1]

You idiots are so clueless and think you know about purses, regardless of what any fighter made in the past, Wilder is now worth over $100 million, get a clue, lolllllllllll

[Eff Pandas]

I get that you want to try and get all you can but asking for $10 mil under the circumstances is taking advantage of the situation and being greedy AF IMO.

Idk man. Isn't that called negotiating? Guy tries to offer you $4k for your used car that you feel is worth $6k & you counter his $4k offer with a "nah I need at least 8". Are you being greedy or strategic? I guess you'd be greedy if he agrees to $8k, but your attempt was one of tactics in my example.

This is a free market sport unlike any other where deal making is a larger part of the business for all parties. Guys should be lowballing & highballing back n forth coming to a middle ground if you ask me. But for sure the nature of the beast is promoters are trying to pay fighters less money & boxers are trying to get more money.

[Clegg]

The official purses were:
Wilder $2.1 million,
Ortiz $500,000.

Yeah but I heard Ortiz got a Haymon sidecheck of $4.6M so still more altogether than Hearn is willing to offer.