“This is the fight I wanted, I picked him,” said Scott. “I told my promoter Tom Brown one of the three, either Anthony Joshua, David Haye or Luis Ortiz.”
“After Ortiz beat Bryant Jennings the media starting talking about his invincibility and that he was the most feared heavyweight and I immediately wanted to fight him. There’s no such thing as unbeatable and I welcome the challenge to prove it.”
“If I’m on my game on November 12, I’ll shut him out. He’s going to gas out early and I’ll put on a boxing clinic,” continued Scott. “Ortiz is my pathway towards a world title opportunity, this is my time to shine and slay ‘King Kong’.”
“Because of his rep this fight will get a lot of international attention and I’ll be looking for full credit when I beat him, no excuses.”
Im really happy to see ortiz fighting I thought he was going to fizzle away. Lots of Brits now get to see him and hes exciting I cant wait even if it is a washout
Guess what?
The stage is now set for a big upset to occur, one that is going to have many fight fans here struggling with their concepts of reality.
Coming off of a rather lengthy layoff, probably the last thing Ortiz wants to see across the ring from him is a quick, highly skilled boxer/mover w/an educated jab. Luckily for Ortiz, Scott isn't much of a banger, but he is capable of taking other heavyweights into deep waters & drowning them. Something that I could def see happening w/Ortiz.
Take "Kong"'s last fight as an example. Ortiz had Tony Thompson ready to go in rounds one & two, but couldn't finish the job & Thompson was able to stick around & harass "Kong" for another four rounds. Landing many good shots on Ortiz before Ortiz's superior power finally spelled doom for TT.
In contrast, Malik Scott is a younger, fresher opponent that was Thompson. One whose legs are in much better shape, which will allow him to keep moving.
Which, could lead to an overeager Ortiz burning himself out & leaving himself vulnerable to Malik's sharp combos down the stretch.
My pick was going to be ScottW12TT, but I feel a bit extra adventurous. Thus, my pick is Malik Scott to win via an 11th round TKO.
Guess what?
The stage is now set for a big upset to occur, one that is going to have many fight fans here struggling with their concepts of reality.
Coming off of a rather lengthy layoff, probably the last thing Ortiz wants to see across the ring from him is a quick, highly skilled boxer/mover w/an educated jab. Luckily for Ortiz, Scott isn't much of a banger, but he is capable of taking other heavyweights into deep waters & drowning them. Something that I could def see happening w/Ortiz.
Take "Kong"'s last fight as an example. Ortiz had Tony Thompson ready to go in rounds one & two, but couldn't finish the job & Thompson was able to stick around & harass "Kong" for another four rounds. Landing many good shots on Ortiz before Ortiz's superior power finally spelled doom for TT.
In contrast, Malik Scott is a younger, fresher opponent that was Thompson. One whose legs are in much better shape, which will allow him to keep moving.
Which, could lead to an overeager Ortiz burning himself out & leaving himself vulnerable to Malik's sharp combos down the stretch.
My pick was going to be ScottW12TT, but I feel a bit extra adventurous. Thus, my pick is Malik Scott to win via an 11th round TKO.
Scott wad also stopped in 1 by a grazing blow that hardly moved his head, broken in 6 by Chisora, and down hard against the same old Thompson you're talking about.
Scott may not be another Thompson (though he's clearly more fragile) , but Ortiz is no Thompson, Glazkov, or Leapai and I doubt it will take him more than a couple rounds to start finding the mark with shots that bother Scott.
Scott may win an early round or two, but I will be very surprised if he does much better than that, and shocked if he scores a stoppage (who is the best guy he's stopped or even hurt?).
I'm always keen to watch Ortiz and it will be interesting to watch him trying to corner Scott as he sprints around the outside of the ropes. His feet aren't quick so i'm hoping to see some sweet ring cutting skills.
I don't believe that Scott stepped down from his throne and decreed 'Bring me Ortiz' though. But that doesn't matter to me.
Tony1244 wrote:I defended the Wilder-Scott fight as being legitimate, even though there are many contributors here that I respect who flagrantly disagreed with that.
Now I am hoping that I was wrong. Because if Wilder-Scott was a dive, than Scott may have a chance against Ortiz.
If Wilder-Scott was real, not so much.
I don't agree with this logic.
Had Scott not taken a dive against Wilder it doesn't alter the fact that he's a dull and very average fighter who's best result is a lacklustre draw against equally over-hyped Glazkov. Scott would almost certainly have lost to Wilder by Ko.....but we'll never know.
I'm sure that Scott can dodge a lot of Ortiz's blows and frustrate him. But he better bring a pillow, because the first time Ortiz lands something, Scott is gonna take a nap in the middle of the ring.
I think Scott will give a good account of himself, as he is a decent boxer. It will be interesting if it goes late, to see what kind of stamina Ortiz has.
Tony1244 wrote:I defended the Wilder-Scott fight as being legitimate, even though there are many contributors here that I respect who flagrantly disagreed with that.
Now I am hoping that I was wrong. Because if Wilder-Scott was a dive, than Scott may have a chance against Ortiz.
If Wilder-Scott was real, not so much.
I don't agree with this logic.
Had Scott not taken a dive against Wilder it doesn't alter the fact that he's a dull and very average fighter who's best result is a lacklustre draw against equally over-hyped Glazkov. Scott would almost certainly have lost to Wilder by Ko.....but we'll never know.
I'm not picking Scott to win by any stretch of the imagination. Malik would have to have a flawless fight and I don't see that happening. Just saying if Wilder-Scott wasn't on the up and up, and I think it probably was, but if it wasn't than maybe Scott has an 8% chance as opposed to near nil.
