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

[Noelanthony]

asking for 10 mil is wild...too much

but not getting a 6.5 is also a slap in the face...he is worth at least what miller was and that's the market price that hearn set

both sides faulty on this one

Maybe but who will regret their decision more?

[W1LL]

$5 million, or ten times what Luis Ortiz made fighting Deontay Wilder? Wow.

[Squ□redCircle34]

King Kong needs to take it, he would get stopped worse against Wilder in a rematch!

He would have the advantage in a sense that AJ has been specifically training for a husky hulk orthodox fighter!

Go for It and if he beats AJ then he’s a Cuban legend and but if he loses then he and his family could
Be set if he invests right

[LacedUp]

No, King Kong is clean. How can anyone honestly think that Ortiz could be currently juicing when he has no reason to? How is it even plausible when he is not even in the gym training or have any fights scheduled? So there is no reason for him to be juicing now.

In addition, it's been more than seven weeks since his has last fight. So, if anything he's probably cycled off and clean by now. So he can sign the fight with AJ if he wants to. What it sounds likes to me is that he has been coaxed or instructed not to.

hmm let's see

https://www.******.com/518732-luis-o...lder-in-doubt/

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...ilder-canceled

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...iled-drug-test

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxing/news/luis-king-kong-ortiz-suspended-failed-drug-test-wba/c97fa4jom17u1pkkkr3c1hzdx

Why would we suspect anything I just don't know.

[TheCell8]

AJ has all the advantages in this situation.

Maybe Ortiz wants a full training camp so he actually has a chance to win?

Hand over the money bag or forget it. Ortiz gets a full training camp vs. Wilder!

Full training camp? He's over 40! He doesn't have any time to get better lol.

To turn down $5M at that age is pure ******ity.

[DaNeutral.]

Whats this HEARN SETS MARKET PRICE nonsense? So does this mean every boxer in the division now by rights get 6.5 million everytime they fight until somebody is paid more? Is this a new rule or have you made it up Curt?

Surely DAZN was offering Wilder $40m for the Joshua fight. Thats the market Price. I think Dave Allen and Lucas Browne need to be knocking on some doors they have been ripped off.

[b Murphington]

Kind of in a tough spot. Short notice for a fight, but at the same time, 5 mil is a good offer.

I really don’t know what I would’ve done. You’re not given a lot of time to prepare and you’re probably gonna lose the fight, but, 5 mil

[Squ□redCircle34]

Hearns pay him 7.5-8mill and bring out the Latin crowd an celebs and watch A good
Fight with big fireworks!

GGet it done Edwards! Skipper is watching!

[leeroy84]

Anyone defending Ortiz is a troll, no one with genuine working brain cells would defend this blatant duck.

He has a single decent win over Jennings for god sake, he's the boogeyman of Wilder fans imaginations and nothing more.
He looked PATHETIC versus Hammer and hardly landed anything flush or concussive, feather fisted Fury made Hammer quit in the 8th!!

$5 mill for Ortiz is being over payed by 3X and that's being generous due to the "magnitude of the fight"
Fighters are ALL pricing themselves out of this title shot, so why????

Ortiz is either on a cycle, scared or ****** to believe the BS he's being fed about his "Wilder fight in his pocket" and its value.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

So you are saying Ortiz has better resume than Miller because he was stopped by Wilder?

There are many guys that were stopped by Wilder. They have good resume because of that?

You mention the stoppage result without acknowledging the
exciting fight that took place leading-up to the stoppage.
Ortiz fought well in a losing effort to a man regarded among
the top two heavyweights in the world. Ortiz reputation did
not suffer the way some are suggesting. He is still regarded
among the top contenders, and is much more well-known
than Miller.