Luis Ortiz v Tony Thompson / Sadam Ali v Jessie Vargas double set for March 5 | World Boxing News
What do we think of this fight ?
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Luis Ortiz v Tony Thompson / Sadam Ali v Jessie Vargas double set for March 5 | World Boxing News
What do we think of this fight ?
Thompson wont last long.
Hes just getting paid.
Separate these guys look very old, together it could the oldest looking heavyweight fight ever :S..
Good fill in fight for ortiz before he gets started on the weird wba tournament, he should win this one fairly easily if he is to be a major player, looks to me like thompson is slowing down a lot , to be fair he is 44.
Ortiz quickly became a very avoided HW. Probably the best fight you could get on short notice. Thompson is old and on short notice, it will be easy work for Ortiz.
Got a chuckle out Thompson claiming he's been avoided HIS entire career.
He probably should've avoided getting KTFO'ed twice by Wladimir.
Probably nothing more than a punching bag by now.
Has Thompson slipped that much since twice beating Price?
I think Ortiz is awesome, but Tholpson could test him a bit Id think.
Ortiz should get him outta there though by the middle rounds.
I don't think it's that Thompson has slipped that much since Price, as much as it is Ortiz would have blasted him out of there then as well. He had a similar kind of skillset to Ortiz I guess, maybe better stamina five+ years ago, but today I think he'll just be completely outgunned with no way to deter the big baby. He's way slower, has nowhere near the punch, what's he going to do here? Looked terrible in his last fight against Malik Scott aside from that late rally.
If Ortiz chins him out before half way he'll be doing well. Both of them are drug cheat cunts anyway so fuck um both.
So assuming Ortiz makes short work of Thompson. When does he get a shot and at whom?
THat was the point I forgot to make, this is far to short notice for either of them to switch up their cycles;D If the fight were in 6 months in Texas or something, THompson could get on that A side and have a decent chance.
He's in the car crash of a WBA heavyweight tournament isn't he? He's also already a 'World' champion, albeit interim. He'll get a shot at the winner of Fury Wlad, which ought to make him champ if he can win it, but it wont, to be the champ he'll have to beat Chagaev or Browne or Oquendo. No seriously.
Ortiz keeps it up he'll have more 'interim' title fights than some champs have actual defenses, what is this 5 ???. Thompson looked like a gelatinous dinosaur last out and given short notice, age, questionable drive and King Kong this should be a power punching showcase for Ortiz. Bit of a dud for HBO main event but Ali v Vargas undercard could be decent.
Well he is pretty old now(44) and since his price win he has lost decisions to Pulev, takam and malik scott... I think age is catching up with him now but he is still a smart fighter and is taller than ortiz so he will make ortiz work for the knockout, for the situation ortiz is in(waiting for the weird wba tournament to start) I think it's a really good choice of opponent for him...
Thompson talked his way into the fight. Good on Ortiz for answering the call. Not an ideal opponent but credible enough.
Be disappointing if Ortiz doesn't give that boring old plodder a hiding.
Actually a pretty decent double header on tonight, didn't think there was any boxing going on later. Say's it's a 7:30 PT start on HBO. I think Thompson will be way to slow for Ortiz, hoping to see another good showing from the Cuban. Sadam Ali has looked very good to me as well, expecting him to beat Vargas but could be a solid fight, somehow it's for the WBO title ;D
Really hope Tony shows up to fight here! Don't care for Vargas meh style but could be a good clash with Ali. Went ahead and merged couple of threads for fight night.
Is mini me the ref for this fight :S?
Vargas was hurt at the end
Surprised Vargas has the physicality here, second half that may catch up to Ali
I'm not much of a Vargas fan. Something about him I don't like. And while he's not as good as he thinks he is, he isn't a bad fighter.
Vargas is getting hiim good now, I think he has this .
oh ali down :S
Ohhhh, that was flush!! Ali falling apart
Vargas going for the kill
Ali got a ref in his pocket
must be over soon, the towel must be on it's way unless mini me stops it.
That was a terrible stoppage. Ref fucking sucks
Nice job by Jessie
It all catches up. Vargas over powered him...words that just don't belong together ;D
Good win for Vargas
Vargas really going to be talking now
Jessie Vargas really likes the word sensational :S
Ali blaming the wet mop ffs. Just wear it and walk on man ;D
oh wow ortiz is good.
Thompson clearly doesn't want to be in there.
He's on survive mode already.