Surprise!

[davie]

Ortiz fails drug test ahead of Wilder fight

I can't wait to see what kind of weak-ass late replacement they drag out

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/4573371/ ... ay-wilder/

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/luis-or ... tle-fight/

[SaadOffTheDeck]

[KiwiRider]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
You wouldn't read about it.
Except I just did.
Please set forth all the conspiracy theorys. I shall believe anything right now.

[whiskey]

Contaminated Cuban horse stew again ?

[nitro5912]

Ortiz is blaming it on a blood pressure tablet.

Seems that when wilder steps up, his oppoenent fails VADA testing.

Replacement wise, from the top 15 wbc rankings. I will stab at adam kownacki

[SaadOffTheDeck]

fornicate that, he should just fight stiverne now and get it over with. Then aj in the spring.

[ILikeBeer]

Derek McAfferty is planning to come out of retirement, as a late replacement against Wilder.

[Noxy]

Flamin' Nora

[Evander]

They didn't screen Ortiz in the UK when he was there I don't believe it.

[Evander]

My first thought is they're trying to fast track Wilder v Joshua.

[KiwiRider]

My first thought is they're trying to fast track Wilder v Joshua.

Joshua is booked and Wilder needs to face the winner of Breazeale/Stiverne first from what I understand?
If you were AJ, would you have reservations about signing a fight with Wilder given this reoccurring theme?
I'd be wary.

[Evander]

Reason prolly is to make the quick money rather than invest in the division as a whole which takes time.
Wilder is doing no one any favours because out here he is still an unknown for the most part.
You could prolly do Wilder v Joshua in 2 years and do it proper as long as they both win and they're legit.
They would make a waterfall of money were they to do it that way.

[rossij8]

Wilder has no interest in fighting AJ at least until he has to or its time to cash out and lose his title

He will fight relatively non punchers and non threats for a while yet

[Evander]

My first thought is they're trying to fast track Wilder v Joshua.

Joshua is booked and Wilder needs to face the winner of Breazeale/Stiverne first from what I understand?
If you were AJ, would you have reservations about signing a fight with Wilder given this reoccurring theme?
I'd be wary.

I'd be wary of everyone with the potential coin, people go full on mental and abandon principles when that sort of money is kicking about they're weird I don't get it.

[tobyh5]

Guy is so old it was probably just his Alzheimer's tablets

[chinarich]

Tested positive for Fray Bentosine, apparently....

[forcefraser]

Wheel out Chuck Gardner, he's about par for Wilder's course.

[mickey1975]

Camp Edddie spikes everyone he's scared of beating AJ. Povetkin, Fury, Ortiz...

[Stuarty]

Right where's this Dutch maniac? I'm due a laugh!

[Counter-puncher]

[Stuarty]

Was Whyte not chasing this fight? Anyone reckon he'll get a late call up?

[Nightmare Roy]

Was Whyte not chasing this fight? Anyone reckon he'll get a late call up?

I hope so

[Nightmare Roy]

Wilder has no interest in fighting AJ at least until he has to or its time to cash out and lose his title

He will fight relatively non punchers and non threats for a while yet

Ordinarily I'd agree but the fact is he would make more money for fighting AJ than he would for 10 of the run of the mill defences he's been making recently

[nmhz]

Was Ortiz drug tested before his last fights with Allen or Scott?

[stujones]

Was Ortiz drug tested before his last fights with Allen or Scott?

He was on Diazepam for those fights surely.