Re: Wilder-Ortiz set for March 3
Ortiz fits the mold for Wilder. He's a sitting duck shuffling in the middle of the ring looking for something to counter while Wilder circles on the outside dropping long one twos. The straight right is natural weapon against southpaws and noone has more range with it than wilder. Oritiz doesn't have fast feet, has bad head movement. In the past couple of fights, he hasn't really worked any angles that would allow him to close in on wilder, get within range and land his shots without being pulled in, smothered and leaned on. He's also not the big george type that will cross block his way through a firestorm and club you to death. Ortiz will probably look to parry the jab and loop one over the top and counter as an approach but will (like stiverne arreola and others) find himself about 4-6 inches short of the mark.
There is the odd chance ortiz lands at mid-range and maybe too his favor, Wilder has been filming too much reality tv and has slacked off, but I don't think so at this point. There's too many ways for wilder to win this cleanly and in the same sloppy fashion we've seen before. I see wilder windmilling and flailing his way through a walmart parking lot scrap in less than 6, maybe getting buzzed along the way....
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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