Why do some feel Wilder has a tougher defence than Joshua next?

This. Pulev was no competition against Wlad at all. Ortiz would run through Pulev easily. Pulev has no power, very predictable, and is robotic.

 

But who exactly has Ortiz beaten?

At this moment in time both Pulev and Ortiz are on a similar level, just completely different styles.

 

Chisora didn't look better against Scott than Ortiz did. He got by with a premature stoppage in a fight he was losing, meanwhile Ortiz won every second of the fight against Scott.

 

Because Wilder sucks more than AJ, making Ortiz a stiffer test for him than Pulev is for AJ. Pulev and Ortiz are about the same level now

 

This.

 

He didn't. You don't look better against aomeone after getting outbox for 6 rds and winning by a questionable stoppage in comparison to a guy who won every second of the fight against the same Fighter.

Chisora and Scott looked to be on the same Level when they fought, Ortiz and Scott didn't.

And since you don't mind triangle theories, how about Pulev\Thompson\Ortiz?

 

You mean like how you failed to note in your triangle theory how Scott was running for dear life against Ortiz and was losing every second of the fight whereas he was clearly beating Chisora until he got stopped by a lame,premature stoppage? Gotcha.

Oh, I got another one For you: Pulev gets annihilated by Wlad, a few months later, Jennings faces Wlad, easily Goes the distance and steals some rounds, and then Ortiz destroys Jennings.

 

Pulev has a nice jab, and that's about it. Leaves himself open, chin isn't brilliant, isn't a big hitter, hasn't got much punch variety, hasn't got very good footwork.

Ortiz on the other hand, despite being a bit slow of foot and not really going through the gears at times, perhaps even on the slide, has a decent defence, lots of power, an accurate puncher who throws good combos & can counter punch well. In addition, he's a southpaw who can provide stylistic difficulties to opponents.

I'm not sure why Wilder chose Ortiz. Ortiz is a high risk, low reward opponent anyway and combined with the fact that Wilder & his team over pretty much his whole career have been reluctant to fight anyone good & take any kind of risk, makes me unsure why he choose him.

Perhaps Wilder wants to prove a point or something. If the fight does actually end up happening on the day it's supposed to happen, and Ortiz fights like he can do, then Ortiz should really stop Wilder, who has demonstrated how poor he really is in his last few defences.

On the other hand, Joshua should steamroll Pulev. He may struggle with Pulev's jab early on but all that will do is frustrate Joshua and cause him to shift through the gears and stop him probably in the 4th round. Also I think Joshua would like to stop Pulev earlier on than Klitschko did purely from a competitive standpoint.

Combine the fact that Joshua is a considerably better fighter than Wilder, and that Ortiz is better than Pulev, and you can only come to the conclusion that Wilder's defence will be much more difficult. I don't even favour Wilder to win, although he has that puncher's chance against almost everyone.

 

lol

 

Partially because Wilder is not nearly as good as Joshua

Therefore Ortiz is seen as a bigger threat



Ortiz to beat Wilder!!!