Top 10 Heavyweights according to ring magazine 1)Oleksandr Usyk 2)Anthony Joshua 3)Deontay Wilder 4)Joseph Parker 5)Dillian Whyte 6)Andy Ruiz 7)Luis Ortiz 8)Joe Joyce 9)Filip Hrgovic 10)Frank Sanchez Obviously he just lost to Tyson Fury.
Tyson Fury couldn't have been more wrong for him. He has a chance against everyone else to varying degrees. I'd still back in him from #3 down
I think he goes somewhere between 1-8 and 3-6. I'm sure he would beat Ortiz, maybe he'd beat Parker again and maybe he could knock Ruiz over.
Ortiz has a brutal uppercut with either hand, superior skills, heart, Whyte's got zero southpaw experience and has been KO'd cold by a shot old man once before. I can understand Whyte being favourite in that matchup but it would be a dangerous fight even now.
It's mostly that I think Ortiz is too old. He has the power to put Whyte out, but Whyte surely punches at least as hard as Martin, and Ortiz's punch resistance/speed will likely be worse than his last time out. If Whyte catches clean at this age, it's hard to imagine Ortiz getting back into the fight.
Whyte's been KO'd by uppercuts three times now (and KD'd by Rivas) the last one wasn't even flush. Just as Ortiz will be worse next time he fights in terms of chin and athleticism (although he's more active now) Whyte will be worse in terms of chin. Whyte could put Ortiz down early but Ortiz could still get up to end the fight with one shot. The skill, experience, stance and momentum (Ortiz has won his last 2 by KO, Whyte's lost 2 of his last 3 by KO) factors would all favour Ortiz. I can't see how it would be a "sure" thing, even if Whyte was favoured 70-30 or whatever.