Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder Knocks Luis Ortiz Out in Seventh

[QueensburyRules]

The two best opponents Wilder has beaten are still an old Ortiz and an old Stiverne. That's some achievement for a guy who has 43 fights + who has been world champion for 4 and a half years.

- -U mean to Deyonce!

[OldTerry]

Round was ending....why not let him fight?

Referee reached the ten count so it didn't matter if Ortiz could still fight. Rules are rules.

[OldTerry]

In instances when that happens, they hold the bell until the fighter beats the ten count.

That’s why before the fight they say that a fighter can only be saved by the bell in the final round. They mean it literally.

Never knew that. Thanks for explain!

[QueensburyRules]

Referee reached the ten count so it didn't matter if Ortiz could still fight. Rules are rules.

- Hear'd it was 8-9 count like Big George in Zaire.

Fools is fools by any other name-Billy Shakes---

[OldTerry]

Same, EVERY fking time. In fact, I was typing some thing on here about how I would like to see Ortiz get his moment in the sun and then I look up and see him on the ground dazed, like an infant who just saw a scary clown.
Me; "Of course..." (holds backspace key)

Similar here, I turned away from the TV just briefly (surely I wouldn't miss anything) and then hear all the pandemonium, look up and Ortiz is being counted out. Did a quick rewind and saw the punch from the back of Wilder. It was so straight and fast it was still hard to tell what happened.

[OldTerry]

Fight is long over but Wilder is still wearing his gloves

He didn't want anyone to see the "Dynamite" he had in them.

[OldTerry]

Rightfully so. Ortiz was out boxing him no question.

The truth is that Wilder's strong point is not boxing skills. He is a decent boxer but certainly not world class and absent the knockout factor would lose to most of the top heavyweights. He acknowledges this and it shapes his approach to how he fights. He is not there to win on points but to win by knockout and that is working.

[KING5TWENTY]

Wilder is underrated in the boxing department, he doesn't get hit much and slowly finds his distance. World class stuff

[OldTerry]

They don’t say that. Bell can’t save you in any round if you’re on the floor.

I'm not sure that's correct. When the fight rules are stated before the fight I have heard them say "a fighter can only be saved by the bell in the lase round." I've never heard it added but only if he's not on the floor.

[CubanGuyNYC]

slow and predictable? lmao too many online couch keyboard experts and analyst i swear.

Lol I know. I read that and chuckled. Didn’t even bother to reply.