I had Ortiz up by 2 rounds before the KO, he was clearly out boxing Wilder. Wilder has that equalizer though, when he did have success it was when his power turned the fight is way in rounds 5 and 10. Wilder should be glad he got the KO, had it gone to a decision they would of likely robbed Ortiz and that would of just added more fuel to the fire in regards to Wilder being protected at all costs.
What scares me is I suspect Wilder knew this. He came in light and did absolutely nothing for large parts of the fight - he didn't commit to power punching because of fear of being countered which is smart but his jab was nonexistent and Ortiz walked him down. There is no way Wilder should of been ahead in that fight.
I also had it 86-83 Ortiz. I'm glad Wilder stopped him, as it stopped these corrupt judges from completely ruining a very good fight.
I had Ortiz up by 3 rounds after the 9th and could easily have given him 1 more but took account of Home town judging (or so I thought) The judging should be investigated regardless of them not being needed, it’s a disgrace and/or a fix that they had Wilder ahead.
Agreed. Not a hard fight to score. I gave Ortiz every round except the one he got knocked down in. Maybe two others were close enough to arguably give to Wilder.
Exact score right here.... ^^^^^^^ Wow someone actually knows how to score a fight. Out of curiosity how did you determine the rounds? Just by eye or actually configuring the shots? Not that this was hard to score .
7-2 or 6-3 Ortiz. But I was also juggling the HBO and UFC cards(was 90%+ focused on this) so take my card with a grain.