Comments Thread For: An Interlude, Then Go Heavy

[factsarenice]

Ortiz is a very old man that was hand picked to go down, possibly during the ring walk.

BTW, what you wrote is not an opinion, it's a simple cut and paste advertisement.

True boxing fans realize that Wilder-Ortiz II is a great fight. Casual fans are intrigued because Wilder is a knockout specialist. His fights are always exciting and the arenas are always full. If you haven't seen him fight in real time, you're missing out on something special...

[P4Pdunny]

I'm looking forward to both fights

[DaNeutral.]

They said all this before the last wilder flop. Well not flop as such, broke even. But before that we were being told how massive it was going to be.

This time they have already had to massively slash the ticket prices cuz they ain't selling well. Not a good start is it.

[doom_specialist]

They said all this before the last wilder flop. Well not flop as such, broke even. But before that we were being told how massive it was going to be.

This time they have already had to massively slash the ticket prices cuz they ain't selling well. Not a good start is it.

$24M in PPV is a flop? I know it's not Mayweather level, but... flop?

[davefromvancouv]

Ortiz is a very old man that was hand picked to go down, possibly during the ring walk.

BTW, what you wrote is not an opinion, it's a simple cut and paste advertisement.

A very old man everybody is scared to look bad against. Except the one fighter in the division who gave him a shot in the first place. Then Joshua refused to fight him because he didn't want to pay him and ended up hand picking Ruiz instead for a much smaller price. But Joshua ended up paying a bigger price for lowballing Ortiz, didn't he...

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

Lol!! True boxing fans know that Ortiz is even older and slower this time around !! Wilder should have showed some balls and gave him an immediate rematch ....Ortiz looked terrible in his last fight!!

[IRONCHINHAGLER]

A very old man everybody is scared to look bad against. Except the one fighter in the division who gave him a shot in the first place. Then Joshua refused to fight him because he didn't want to pay him and ended up hand picking Ruiz instead for a much smaller price. But Joshua ended up paying a bigger price for lowballing Ortiz, didn't he...

AJ didn't low-ball Ortiz....was a career high- payday that Ortiz management turned down without Ortiz knowledge!!

[davefromvancouv]

AJ didn't low-ball Ortiz....was a career high- payday that Ortiz management turned down without Ortiz knowledge!!

Joshua and Hearn take the lion's share in every fight. Then turn around and offer peanuts to Joshua's opponents. Ortiz was offered $5 million to Joshua's $30 million, less than a 15/85 split in purses. Ortiz's management were then offered $7 million, but knew they were already getting more than that for the Wilder fight.

For the Ruiz rematch in Saudi Arabia, Hearn snagged a $40 million site fee for himself and Joshua is slated to get about the same. Ruiz is only getting $10 million, a 20/80 split for the UNIFIED CHAMPION!

[johnbook]

Marinating dog....

Wilder-Fury II didn't need marinating. Very dumb not to do that next after their first fight when everyone was stoked. Now...

[kafkod]

In the US it's "Ruiz vs that British guy"

To the rest of the world it's "Anthony Joshua vs that fat Mexican guy"