Undefeated rising star Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (20-0, 15 KOs) will make the first defense of his WBA super bantamweight title against former champion Julio Ceja (32-4, 28 KOs) while undefeated Mexican power-puncher Luis Nery (30-0, 24 KOs) battles Emmanuel Rodríguez (19-1, 12 KOs) in a matchup of former bantamweight champions on the November 23 Wilder-Ortiz PPV from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Rodríguez had previously been scheduled to face former champion Rau’shee Warren before Warren withdrew due to injury.
The previously announced fights are WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder against Luis “King Kong” Ortiz and Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz against Miguel “El Michoacan” Flores for the WBA super featherweight championship.
I can’t really see Ortiz winning this fight. First fight was exciting but in the end, Wilder destroyed him when he stopped him. This fight may not even make it past then the first round. Wilder by KO.
Yeah. Wilder gets help from the communism when he gets buzzed. Ortiz get zero help after he gets dropped. Hmm… #Corruption
Wilder and all fighters are allowed their 1min uninterrupted rest between rounds. If they want a look they have to wait. Ortiz got koed during the round. Also no one helped wilder when ortiz was wailing on him
You can fix them at by not getting dropped lol
I agree Arturo. Wilder knows what adjustments he needs to make now and can sense Ortiz is physically aging. Wilder knows deep inside that some folks will tune into this fight since Ortiz may get lucky and throw that one punch that upset the apple cart. However, I think Wilder will make it boring for a few rounds and land that one right cross to set up the collapse of Ortiz’s arsenal. I think ten years ago, the outcome would be flipped the opposite as Ortiz is the better skilled southpaw, but age is a factor in this case.
Decent undercard, could have been better if Santa Cruz weren’t facing a hand picked fighter. Brandon Figueroa vs. Julio Ceja is a hell of a good matchup, despite Ceja having a streak of 2 ko losses. Don’t be surprised if Ceja stops Figueroa. Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Luis Nery is another great matchup. Too soon and hard this fight for Rodriguez returns, after the badly trashing Inoue applied on him. I believe Nery won’t be kind on him either. Nery by ko before 7 .
I hope Ortiz last enough to give Wilder a run for his money, seriously I doubt it. I see Ortiz flattened before 5
Decent undercard that should be regular tv. 9th PBC PPV in like 14 months.
No telling what will happen. The last scrap was one of the most exciting hw fights in history!
Im excited for this fight. Im one of the few that thought he was doing very well in that fight before he got caught. He got lazy and Wilder caught him and he never really did recover from it. Kudos to Wilder for staying on him. Ortiz knows he has to win this fight to stay relevant n keep making money and that right there is its own motivation.
It’s not lazy it’s an aged fighter with a fading fire under his belly. Similar to wlad Klitschko when slowing down after hurting AJ
Ortiz is really between 50-53. Check out the video (with evidence) that Rick Glaser did.
Bullship how ridiculous can you be?
Same with Charles Liston who was 49 when he fought Cassius Clay. Check out the book by Paul Gallender. He has evidence! Even tho nobody ever cared about Liston’s side of things.
More bull
Sonny was 39 or40 when he died
I feel ya Clyde. Ortiz is definitely aging fast at 40 hes close to done. But on the other hand, lets not let Age be an excuse for laziness. Those r two different things.There are alot of older fighters that can still go for example Hopkins, mayweather, foreman, pacman, etc. All of those guys learned to fight smarter as they aged. U can lose a step and still be on top jus based of experience and sharp on ur game . Ortiz shld know hes lost a step and shld have been more careful. He has more than enough experience to get thru it. This is why i say he got lazy or maybe even over confident. I do think u hit it right on though when u said the fire is fading. That cld be another reason for sure.
You tend to lose a step when your testosterone goes from 4000 to 4. That’s usually the end result of rigorous use of nandrolone.
Unfortunately true.
No one will ever beat wilder
Hahahah Fury already did!!!
The very last fight Fury was in he looked stagnant and did more dancing than boxing. Fury, like some fighters, have to re-catch that magical moment like he did against Wilder. I am not convinced that will happen again since Fury put so much work into training and losing a lot of time from his personal family. The paycheck complemented his sacrifices much like it did for Wilder. Some of those wars take a lot out of fighters and that peak is very difficult to climb again when life gets in the way. Fury has a lot to think about since he is off recovering from a bad cut above the eye.
Your all experts..
We are not experts. Simply keen observers who have the right to opinions just like everyone else. However, those who claim to be an expert, should re-examine himself for real credentials that govern that right for the claim. I think a lot of people are simply keyboard warriors who enjoy a lot of boxing entertainment.
PPV I think not! Like all fights, I’ll be saving the cash for things that matter and streaming this for free.
Well said. It amazes me how boxing promoters and networks get so greedy and want to rape fans of their hard earned cash for a fight that will eventually creep onto main stream media for free. Hollywood movies are no different. Why waste money at the movie theaters when websites will upload it in HD in the coming weeks or a few months.
Half the time, if you can’t find a bootleg feed in a minute or two, you can watch the whole fight on youtube (or similar) within an hour. It’s just not possible for the stasi to police every video-based website. Unfortunately, this hasn’t led to a new business model based on gate receipts and adverstising and we’re still stuck with boatloads of PPVs.
PPV for this fight? Wilder is gonna smoke this old Cuban again in the first round. We need heavyweights of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s back again.