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

[Curt Henning]

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.

lets not act like ortiz, turned down AJ, and then had nothing...he was met with the same payday and another crack at a world title.........when he turned down AJ its likely he knew he was promised this fight by haymon.....i dont think it just happened blindly.......theres a reason his pay for the aj fight is being matched(its reported to be actually more...how much i do not know)

and yes...ruiz's life was/has changed....and by guess who? it was arum that dumped him and haymon that grabbed him and got him a crack....

[Adamsc151]

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.

Probably the PED's thing, he probable has to stop taking certain "heart meds" (masking agents) for a while so they don't show up in the tests. Being a bit chunky and possibly unfit didn't stop Ruiz Jr, but he may just be a bit braver than Ortiz.

[Chrismart]

lets not act like ortiz, turned down AJ, and then had nothing...he was met with the same payday and another crack at a world title.........when he turned down AJ its likely he knew he was promised this fight by haymon.....i dont think it just happened blindly.......theres a reason his pay for the aj fight is being matched(its reported to be actually more...how much i do not know)

and yes...ruiz's life was/has changed....and by guess who? it was arum that dumped him and haymon that grabbed him and got him a crack....

I remember Ortiz's trainer saying how pissed Ortiz was with his manger when the offer from Hearn came and went.

I imagine the option for a Wilder rematch was on the cards all the while and Ortiz team knew that, and I imagine the Joshua offer ended up putting a few extra dollars on to Ortiz's Wilder purse.

The offer from Hearn was still there though, Joshua was willing to fight Ortiz if Ortiz wanted it. Which renders Wilder's claims that he is the only HW willing to face Ortiz as untrue.

[Chrismart]

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.

Yep, the peds cycle rumour could be a reason for sure.

[DaNeutral.]

PBC blocks ortiz v Joshua and then gets wilder to say nobody will fight ortiz. These gimps are fooling nobody and they just saying the same crap as last time to try convince ppl of the size of that fight.