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

[DuckAdonis]

10x his biggest payday LMFAO

Coward stuff. But I think the dude is more afraid of failing PED tests than AJ

[Yaconcha]

Think about it dummies, offer, counter offer blah blah...
He will accept ANY offer if he’s screws his loaf.
Just a point to touch on, Tony Joshua has to clean this tough Cuban out before the tenth for those bums over the pond to consider AJ for real. (Nonsense I know) anyway, fack off.

[SchoolTheseCats]

I wonder how long people have been following boxing when they come out with crap like this.

Can you name me one time in history the replacement opponent of a big name fighter got more than the original opponent based on short notice?

I'll wait.

So your argument is he doesn’t deserve what miller was getting, and not even a million more even though he is better known and top 5 in heavyweight division, and should take less actually?

[champion4ever]

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.

Yes, I agree. He has cheated in the past but what is his motive for cheating now; When chances are he is not even in the gym working out or training for a fight or even have one scheduled? I hear people say he has to cycle off first, in order to fight Joshua. Ok that's fair; I get it. However, keep in mind that his last fight was more than seven weeks ago. That is more than enough time for his body to cycle off what's ever is in his system.

[petegrif]

What a joke.

Talk about badly advised.

This guy, who is a good fighter, will likely never make this much money in all the fights he has for the rest of his career.

$5m is a huge offer for a guy who isn't NY, who doesn't speak English and has no following outside the hardcore fight fans.

I feel really bad for this guy.

In fact this is so ridiculous I seriously wonder if the issue is, as others have suggested, that he can't handle the level of testing that AJ's team demand. He has history.

[Guest]

If Joshua generates ten times as much revenue as Wilder
then why is it unthinkable for opponents to demand more
money for fighting Joshua?

Matchroom wants to run their boxing promotion like Walmart

They want to make billions while paying their associates
minimum wage.

The problem is people seem to think like it's them and apply that thinking to their own jobs ignoring market forces. So they think gee, I made 100k, I can't ask for 300k because in normal life that's probably true.

That being said, that was a fair offer. 10M is absurd but 5mil ++ would work for most anyone not in the top 5.

[Removed Now]

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 mean we seen fighters die in and out the ring due to boxing. Ortiz is a older guy, I see nothing wrong asking for more money. AJ has been in camp and Ortiz only gets 5 weeks.

However he is ducking big time.

[kafkod]

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.

Ortiz's best outing is a KTFO loss

Wilder fans are crazy.

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?

Wilder fanboy "logic" is hilarious!

[The Problem Child]

Okay I hate Joshua but this was a duck by Ortiz. What a phgt

[champion4ever]

the dude is more afraid of failing PED tests than AJ

Remember, he's done VADA testing before and passed them against Deontay Wilder.