Does anyone think that maybe the Ortiz fight took a lot out of Wilder?

No, he's in his prime at 33. He took very little punishment in the fight he basically had 1 hard round, compare that to Bowe/Holyfield or Lewis/Vitali or even Joshua/Wlad in terms of punishment taken and it really doesn't compare.

 

No. It added to Wilders experience and credibility.

 

Ortiz isn't taking souls.
Wilder spent at least half that fight just watching and waiting for the counter.
It's just his sugar-shell mandible that made Ortiz's asthmatic flurry look like a beat down.

 

What an embarrassing thread if you think that after he went life and death with a 40 yr old guy who came out of hibernation with a heart condition.

 

Old grandpa Ortiz needed his zimmer frame to get to the bronze bomber. So fortunately, Deontay got by with his health intact.

 

Not at all. You could argue that Fury had more gruelling fights with McDermott and Cunningham

 

Not even a little bit.

 

And his confidence.

 

lol a safe staybusy old guy fight took a lot from him? God forbid that he ever fights an actual prime contender.