Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz, Nov. 4 in NY officially announced

Picking Wilder by decision, I can see him running like Scott did.
Plus I don't trust Haymon and NYSAC.

 

Great. Didn't think deontay would risk it

 

Great news. This doesn't fully justify or rectify the standard of wilder's previous opponents but a win would undoubtedly consolidate either man as one of the top 2 in the division. God bless 2017.

 

Terrific fight, i'm rooting for my boy Deontay BOMB SQUADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.

 

Cool. Wilder's first credible opponent. Should be fun.

(PS - He does know Ortiz was bust for peds years ago, right? Not that it gets to a week to the fight and he 'finds out' and dumps Ortiz for an accountant )

 

I can't believe this. This is like Adonis Stevenson voluntarily fighting Beterbiev.

Can't wait!

 

Good competitive fight. I think is is 55-45 in Wilder's favour. I expect Ortiz to outbox Wilder for the majority of the fight.

 

credit to wilder for steping up.. even though its a old Ortiz. I still rate Ortiz as a top 5 guy . Ortiz by ko

great couple months for heavyweights. got parker/fury this weekend. aj/pulev late October then this the weekend after. exciting times

 

Sounds great. I expect Ortiz to stop Wilder if the fight ends up happening. Even though it has been made official I won't be putting too much belief into this happening unless there is a week or so before the bout and someone hasn't suddenly gotten injured, or Ortiz hasn't mysteriously tested positive for something.

I still don't think Wilder should get much credit for this. Fact is he's held the division back for 2 and a half years or so by choosing easy voluntary fights. If this fight does indeed happen and Wilder ends up losing then it confirms what he and his team evidently believed - that he would be beaten by a top opponent.

 

I'm not going to get too excited because there's plenty of time for pulls outs, injuries ect.

 

Wilder 8/11

Ortiz 11/10

Was planning on betting Ortiz before I seen the odds, thinking he would be a significant underdog. Having seen the stingy 11/10 I actually like Wilder now. 50/50 fight pretty much but you have to think Wilder will get the benefit of any doubts as he is younger and american. Really looking forward to this, you can't beat a big heavyweight showdown.

 

I'm ~55-45 to Ortiz, maybe slightly more - SO glad this is happening, should be a cracker

 

I take it this means Ortiz loses his WBA mando position, which in turn means AJ can fight who he wants after Pulev?