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Luis Ortiz has a very good record for 30+ fights at heavyweight.
His best win is surely his knockout of Bryant Jennings (Jennings’ first career stoppage loss).
Bryant Jennings was a good heavyweight that had an excellent resume, in my opinion. He troubled peak Wladimir Klitschko more than any other opponent did, avoided that ever-dangerous right hand for twelve rounds, and landed some good punches of his own against a legend who put defense first. Jennings should have been shown a lot more respect for his efforts on the scorecards; even though I believe he lost the fight, it was close.
That said, here comes Luis Ortiz and absolutely demolished him.
Although Ortiz lost twice to Deontay Wilder, the first fight was an old fashioned war that, given a few more well-placed power punches (or no special rest break to “check Deontay was ok”) and we could have a totally different HW landscape today. Even in the second fight, it must not be forgotten how poorly he made Wilder look until that right hand came in between the guard and popped him over. Even Fury didn’t outbox Wilder as well as Ortiz did.
With all this in mind, history will remember that Luis Ortiz lost close fights to someone that will go down as one of boxing’s greatest. He never lost to anyone else. And all this happened at the age of 40+, I’d even dare say he may be over the half-century mark from the way he looks.
So let’s all stand up and applaud Luis Ortiz. He deserves some love and recognition here. I’m serious about this. Who’s with me?
His best win is surely his knockout of Bryant Jennings (Jennings’ first career stoppage loss).
Bryant Jennings was a good heavyweight that had an excellent resume, in my opinion. He troubled peak Wladimir Klitschko more than any other opponent did, avoided that ever-dangerous right hand for twelve rounds, and landed some good punches of his own against a legend who put defense first. Jennings should have been shown a lot more respect for his efforts on the scorecards; even though I believe he lost the fight, it was close.
That said, here comes Luis Ortiz and absolutely demolished him.
Although Ortiz lost twice to Deontay Wilder, the first fight was an old fashioned war that, given a few more well-placed power punches (or no special rest break to “check Deontay was ok”) and we could have a totally different HW landscape today. Even in the second fight, it must not be forgotten how poorly he made Wilder look until that right hand came in between the guard and popped him over. Even Fury didn’t outbox Wilder as well as Ortiz did.
With all this in mind, history will remember that Luis Ortiz lost close fights to someone that will go down as one of boxing’s greatest. He never lost to anyone else. And all this happened at the age of 40+, I’d even dare say he may be over the half-century mark from the way he looks.
So let’s all stand up and applaud Luis Ortiz. He deserves some love and recognition here. I’m serious about this. Who’s with me?
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