Wilders best win too afraid to step in the ring with Joshua.

[Robbie Barrett]

Ortiz rather take less and fight Wilder than get in the ring with Joshua. FACTS.

He was mandatory to Joshua and chose to fight Wilder for 500k instead.

Now he's turning down 5 mil for an agreed Wilder fight later this year (which also shows Wilder isn't interested in fighting Joshua anytime soon). He's not going to make anywhere close to 5 mil fighting Wilder.

The real boogeyman at HW is Joshua.

[brettWall]

It would seem Wilder is the easier fight for him.

[Larry the boss]

amazing how you somehow slam Wilder for Ortiz turning down the fight

[Robbie Barrett]

amazing how you somehow slam Wilder for Ortiz turning down the fight

The HW fighters themselves know Wilder is far inferior to Joshua and will take a pay cut to fight him instead.

Dillian Whyte is trying to do the same thing.

[boliodogs]

Damn right Ortiz is afraid to fight AJ. Ortiz is demanding 10 million to fight AJ knowing that will never happen so he is pricing himself out. I lost all respect for this bragger who won't back up his own words.

[daggum]

they are not afraid. they are not being allowed to fight off of pbc. every pbc fighter is not this stupid and its insulting to think that. haymon is blocking them from fighting in his network war and they are trying to spin it publicly as best they can but there is no way so many pbc fighters could be this stupid. its illogical. blame haymon. hes not doing what is best for his fighters but what he thinks is best for his network and if that means costing them millions so be it. its a cutthroat business.

[Toffee]

Ortiz knows Joshua would be his retirement fight. So he's trying to maximise it.

There's undoubtedly collusion in the Heavyweight ranks. They all sing "lowball" in unison, straight off the same hymn sheet. It's not coincidence - they're talking about numbers that are multiples of what they can get anywhere else

[Phenom]

Ortiz knows Joshua would be his retirement fight. So he's trying to maximise it.

AJ Is no killer his stoppages are usually courtesy of polite English referees

[Robbie Barrett]

AJ Is no killer his stoppages are usually courtesy of polite English referees

He's a far better boxer than Wilder. The HW's know they can outbox Wilder. Not so with Joshua. Joshua has very good power also.

[Ray*]

I don’t think they are afraid, but I think it’s a combination of not being allowed to take any fight outside of PBC and wanting 20 times whatever their highest payday is to take a Joshua fight, they put more value in the money than the chance of competing for the HW crown.