Wilder-Ortiz set for March 3

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Interesting and entertaining fight. Wilder is certainly fun to watch and is much more charismatic than AJ.

We learned a few things;

- Wlder is very fit with a good engine and excellent stamina. Only a guy at prime fitness would have recovered so quickly after his torrid round when he was bashed from pillar to post for over a minute by a very heavy handed puncher.

- he has an excellent jab, good hand speed and a very awkward style. If you were preparing to fight him, where would you get sparring partners who fight like that??

- Wilder showed good composure, a good chin and a really really good heart. He closed the show when he ne did to.

- a solid fighter with decent, if unspectacular technique, can outbox Wilde handily. Especially if he has enough power to keep Wilder respectful. Ironically, if Ortiz had not hurt Wilder and shot his bolt trying to finish him, he might have continued to outbox Wilder ...... and the joke scorecards would have been a black eye to the sport yet again. There was no way Wilder was in front so clearly at the time of the stoppage.

- Wilder is a magnificent athlete, but he is very light for a modern heavyweight. AJ is about two or three stone heavier, and I think that would be too much for Wilder. Mike Tyson was about the same weight in his prime ..... and (in my view), prime Tyson wrecks Wilder.

- Ortiz' age caught up with him. If he was ten years younger in there he would likely have won that fight. He couldn't muster up the energy to be really explosive when Wilder was hurt and it looks to me that it was also exhaustion that beat him. 38 (or older) is an old man in the boxing ring. Looks like the years of being frozen and out and avoided have succeeded in denying King Kong a legitimate heavyweigh title shot. He started too late at age 30, and when he was 33 the top two heavyweights were the Klitschko brothers. Not sure he would ever have beaten Vitali, but he could have hurt Wlad.

[powerpuncher]

I won’t be surprised on any outcome for a Wilder and AJ fight. I can easily see a KO for either guy or I can see both guys being very cautious and either one winning a decision

That covers everything but the draw.

I think that's what he was getting at.

Don’t waste your time explaining things to master. Just smile and nod

[Master]

I won’t be surprised on any outcome for a Wilder and AJ fight. I can easily see a KO for either guy or I can see both guys being very cautious and either one winning a decision

That covers everything but the draw.

I think that's what he was getting at.

Don’t waste your time explaining things to master. Just smile and nod

You did forget the no contest if they clashed heads.

[Master]

Promoter Lou DiBella has confirmed that Las Vegas would be the most likely location for a potential lucrative heavyweight unification showdown between Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua, while former champion Evander Holyfield has encouraged the duo to fight "while the money's there".

Undefeated WBC title-holder Wilder came through comfortably the toughest test of his 40-fight professional career to date on Saturday night [3 March], when he survived a real scare before stopping Cuban Luis "King Kong" Ortiz in the 10th round of his brutal and explosive seventh defence at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

It was a performance that further emphasised the concussive punching power possessed by 'The Bronze Bomber', while highlighting his heart and formidable durability. Nevertheless, the display also raised further questions regarding his highly unorthodox fighting style and technical abilities.
Talk of a much-anticipated meeting with WBA, IBF and IBO champion Joshua dominated the build-up to that bout - one which drew plenty of comparisons with the latter's memorable defeat of Wladimir Klitschko in April 2017 - and predictably remained the hot topic of conversation in the ring afterwards, with the self-styled "baddest man on the planet" reiterating that he was ready to unify boxing's blue-riband division.

"How many times do I got to call him [Joshua] out? How many times? They hiding," Wilder said, as relayed by ESPN. "His promoter [Matchroom Boxing's Eddie Hearn] don't want that fight and after tonight they definitely won't want it. I've done enough, I've spoken enough."

Though Joshua has significantly pulling power in the United Kingdom, as evidenced by him selling out both Wembley and Cardiff's Principality Stadium after outgrowing the O2 Arena, a meeting with Wilder would likely happen across the Atlantic due to the more lucrative financial sums on offer.
And while DiBella admits that New York is a potential option and that Wilder would be willing to travel to the United Kingdom for big money, boxing's spiritual home in Las Vegas - specifically the 20,000-seater T-Mobile Arena - definitely appears to be the front-runner.
"It could happen here in New York, there is no question it would sell out here and that we'd set a record gate for the Barclays with that fight," he said, per the Mail. "With that being said, it could also go to a soccer stadium in Great Britain but they can't charge that much per ticket over there.

"So the likelihood would be probably, from an economic standpoint, because there are no expenses, because of the gambling, high-rollers and the whole bit, that Vegas would be most likely. Also Brits love to come to Vegas for a huge fight and make a holiday of it I think economically, the most likely venue would still be Las Vegas.

"Wilder was williig to go to Russia to fight Alexander Povetkin so if the money was crazy enough he'd go to Great Britain but I believe the money will be best in Las Vegas."

Boxers past and present in addition to fans and scribes are eager for Wilder and Joshua to lock horns, provided the 2012 Olympic gold medalist overcomes WBO titlist Joseph Parker in his next unification clash in Cardiff on 31 March.

That number includes former undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight world champion Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield, who has urged them to do so while the economic rewards are so high - potentially as much as $250m [£181m, €203.1m].

"All three of them have got the mindset and all three are youngish too," he told BBC Sport. "If Joshua wins [against Parker], I think he and Wilder can both make about $250m so why not make the money while the money's there?

"In being a great fighter you make money because you have proven to the people you are the best out there."

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/news...cid=spartandhp

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Perhaps Evander has also been busy advising Canelo how to take PEDs and get away with it?

[Batman]

Perhaps Evander has also been busy advising Canelo how to take PEDs and get away with it?

You really are an idiot, Canelo did not take PEDS...he just a a Mexican Super cow

You remember Desperate Dan from the Dandy comics, he got that strong through Eating Mexican Super Cow pies