Comments Thread For: Wilder: I'm Only One in Top 5 To Give Luis Ortiz The Opportunity

[Bullrider]

According to Mike Coppinger, Luis Ortiz will make more money for fighting a rematch with Wilder than he would have made for fighting Anthony Joshua.

Porter and Spence made $2 mil each in their fight, which is a far bigger fight than this Ortiz rematch.

Fox is not DAZN you idiot.

[STREET CLEANER]

Ortiz should had taken the AJ fight. He would definitely gotten a fight for a title for a lot of money. He is getting this fight now but there is no guarantees in boxing.

His gabled worked out and he is getting paid for the rematch. Wilder can'c say that Ortiz was not given an opportunity when he had an offer whether it was legit or not.

After the AJ deal got rejected Ortiz was not to happy with his team

[Chrismart]

Aj only offered ortiz a fight after wilder beat him...and it was on short notice as a replacement.....

why wouldnt AJ go and approach ortiz as an opponent in the first place? ortiz was still considered a top 5 HW by everyone....

There's people in the sport crying out to be picked as a stand in opponent. That is the nature of boxing. History has been made in such circumstances.

When you turn down a bumper pay day, money you haven't came close to seeing before, and a shot at winning 3 world titles, that's when your boogeyman status disappears.
Wilder can't say that no one else has given/offered Ortiz a shot and risked facing him, as that's simply not true. He was offered a second shot at a title, and said no.

It would of been a risky fight for Joshua too. Ortiz didn't want to take it, Ruiz did. Ruiz stepped up, took the risk, took the big money and took the belts. His life changed and now he gets to do it all again as a rematch came as part of the deal.

Ortiz was given the call before Ruiz was.

[Jkp]

thats not true. ortiz/his camp tunrned down AJ. thats how ruiz got there.

Was too Short notice.
No one has a chance against AJ without a full training camp.

Oh wait....

[Jkp]

There's people in the sport crying out to be picked as a stand in opponent. That is the nature of boxing. History has been made in such circumstances.

When you turn down a bumper pay day, money you haven't came close to seeing before, and a shot at winning 3 world titles, that's when your boogeyman status disappears.
Wilder can't say that no one else has given/offered Ortiz a shot and risked facing him, as that's simply not true. He was offered a second shot at a title, and said no.

It would of been a risky fight for Joshua too. Ortiz didn't want to take it, Ruiz did. Ruiz stepped up, took the risk, took the big money and took the belts. His life changed and now he gets to do it all again as a rematch came as part of the deal.

Ortiz was given the call before Ruiz was.

There were clearly reasons ortiz couldn't take the fight.

Probably peds related.

Wilder is much more frightening than AJ will ever be. And much less reward.

[Jkp]

Ortiz rejected the opportunity that Ruiz Jr grabbed with both hands. He could have been putting the final touches onto a different rematch altogether right now, and then looked to fight Wilder with all the belts on the line - arguably being the A-side due to having more titles. Oh well life is all about decisions, and Ortiz isn't the only one who should be thinking "what if?" Apparently up to 16 different fighters were looked at, I wonder how many of them turned down an offer like Ortiz did before Ruiz pleaded his case? Let's not forget Miller either, he must wondering why he was such an idiot.

No fighter turns down a title fight unless they are too young, too pedded up, or too unfit. I suggest 1 of the last 2 for ortiz.

[BoZz]

That's nice of you Deountay but have you thought about that maybe the other fighters don't feel like fighting a guy who's ready for the retirements village?! This guy is so proud of fighting an old man

[BoZz]

Btw who the fk names his kid Deontay?

[Angeljuice]

Was too Short notice.
No one has a chance against AJ without a full training camp.

Oh wait....

Would be funny if Ruiz hadn't had 12 weeks training (according to Ruiz).

He had a full training camp, fought a fight that didn't tax him at all and then kept training for AJ.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Only Wilder and his delusional fans are hyping old guy whose best wins are Thompson and Jennings long time ago.