The November 23 rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz will land on Fox PPV. Showtime has invested heavily in Wilder, carrying the Bronze Bomber’s last four fights and seven of his ten world championship fights overall. But Fox PPV, which is also distributing this weekend’s Spence-Porter PPV, locked up Wilder-Ortiz 2 when Showtime pulled out of negotiations.
Deontay Wilder’s Championship Fights
Dominic Breazeale (Showtime)
Tyson Fury (Showtime PPV)
Luis Ortiz (Showtime)
Bermane Stiverne (Showtime)
Gerald Washington (Fox)
Chris Arreola (Fox)
Artur Szpilka (Showtime)
Johann Duhaupas (NBC)
Eric Molina (Showtime)
Bermane Stiverne (Showtime)
Capt. Contradiction a legend and top draw heavyweight in his mind only. Joshua gets the belts back watch him backtrack and the belts lose their importance……..Again!!!
I love how everyone thought Joshua was going to plow thru Ruiz and win….LOL….. Like it or not, Joshua got exposed. Joshua’s mind is feeble over this KO loss and I bet Ruiz will push his offense even more this time and history repeats itself. Joshua’s chin was his downfall, not his boxing skills…… Joshua cherry-picked his fight cards for many fights til he got cracked on his glass chin by Ruiz. Joshua would be a better body builder than a boxer……
Cherry picked? The only fighter he actually has avoided is Wilder. The truth in that is the fight was marinating and his loss took it off the stove. You can’t say he was ducking Fury, because people actually accused Wilder of cherry picking someone coming off a long layoff and hadn’t been in a real fight since his return.
The simple truth is the Heavyweight Division is pretty awful, but due to clear flaws in the people at the top and the nature of the Division it’s still interesting. And the good news is the youth/prospect movement looks pretty exciting. AJ got clipped behind the ear by a guy with good power. The fact that the fight went on for several more rounds should show you this guy has heart. He may still be the best of the current lot, but we’ll have to wait and see how he is psychologically and where Ruiz is. Time will tell, but in the mean time go look at his resume to this point.
well said
So Wilder had over 19 more fights 5 more years extra experience and has 90% cherry picked fights. Hasn’t been promoted right up until the attempted acquisition from rival promotion DAZN. Clearly lost to Fury. Is probably the most vulnerable champion with the most crippling power today but people find time to criticize a guy who has accomplished more in a shorter period of time. Personally the HW division is nothing special with the top three guys being vulnerable on different levels.
well said sir
For awhile I thought this fight wasn’t going to happen. It’s been quiet and no official announcement still. This time Ortiz will have a full training camp. He has to know that this will be his last shot at a title and he needs to capitalize. He most definitely can outbox Wilder, but we all know once Wilder lands it changes or even ends the fight. Ortiz had him hurt in the first fight though so I’m hoping he can do it again and close the show. Let’s go Ortiz!!! BUUUMMMM SQQQUUAAADDDDD!!!!
Wilder will catch him again and it will be over by KO. Ortiz looked slower in his last fight and his age is showing now. Wilder will push the KO harder this time to make a statement.
Lol what statement? Oh yeah that he could beat a guy he already ko’d who has only gotten older since their first fight. I don’t understand why Ortiz has been given a second shot when he hasn’t beaten anyone of note since his loss. The guy was a cheat and not only gets a slap on the wrist but gets undeserved title shots back to back. Don’t me wrong he’s the most skilled boxer in the HW scene but he’s definitely past his prime
PPV?!? NO WAY IN HELL!
Damn!!!! I was definitely interested until I had to pay for this fight. Him sounds like a 29.99 ppv if anything. Anything more than that is robbery lmao
I don’t know why they even do PPV anymore when it will be uploaded on the web hours after it’s over….. PPV is a joke unless you have nothing else to waste your money on……
With its overly inflated pricing for second tier fights the PPV concept needs to disappear. It’s taking a beating from UFC, Bellator, Top Rank, GB promotions, Match room and small promotion companies that joined streaming giants like ESPN+ and DAZN.
Fox and ESPn now have marginal PPV. Spence vs Porter and Wilder vs Ortiz are not ppv worty. Neither was ESPN card that showcased Crawford, Lopez and Stevenson. PBC had better fights on free network tv when it first started
Spot on !!!! Boxing is becoming a pay to watch sport , DAZN, ESPN+ , Fox ppv , ESPN ppv . I have been a boxing fan for 40 years and now it’s almost unwatchable for the most part , these fight aren’t even close to being ppv .
You guys complaining about PPV must never have heard of the internet or firestick lol. I haven’t paid for a fight in years and never will again. I can’t even remember the last PPV I ordered that had me say “damn, that was totally worth the money”. I watch them for free every time on my tv thanks to firestick.
You do realise that millions of free streamers are looking after the big advertising companies. They want people to do this so more see their advertisements. They dont care about the promotion or the fighters
How do you do it with firestick ? Share the knowledge!
What you are telling us is nothing new……….Wake me up when you get creative with your posting…….
I like Wilder in the rematch. He has the clear psychological edge. He knows he can survive Ortiz’s power and that Ortiz can’t take his. This won’t take more than 3 rounds.
As for PPV, this fight wasn’t controversial the first time and has Ortiz really climbed the ladder enough to justify another shot. I bet he pops positive again and Wilder either settles for late sub or misses the date.
This has to be a joke, PPV for a fight with a old, tired Luis Ortiz. Do Wilder’s promoters think that Deontay is such a draw that we’ll pay to see him against a mop, this is why boxing is disappearing!!
I agree but if you want to watch the best its ppv
football is pretty much ppv $200.00 yr to watch the season dazn is 100.00 year whats the difference?
PPV really? There hasn’t been good reason for an overpriced PPV fight cards for the last few years.
This shouldn’t be a PPV, they will net very little.
No he isn’t. This fight will not do well on PPV. I’m thinking 300,000 ppv sales.
Wilder is the Heavyweight champion. I dont care who holds more belts, its more about who has he beat and who has he defended too. Wilder has had the bigger fights and a couple close ones. No matter what you say about Ortiz he was avoided by many. He had the background, skill and chin to win and came close. Before the Breazeale match people were saying it was going to be hard because he did well against AJ. the longer Wilder goes the better hes getting. I know Im one of the few who was fine with the Draw vs Fury, but thats because I dont think clowning around wins you the round. At the 12th I had Fury up and thought he won before it became a 10-8 for Wilder. Doesnt matter what I think its in the record book as a draw.