Is Luis Ortiz the most avoided Heavyweight in the world right now ?

[Evander]

Considering Luis Ortiz's impressive performance against Deontay Wilder is it fair to say the big names in the Heavyweight division will avoid him ?
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Luis Ortiz was boxing in the UK prior to his fight with Wilder.
Tyson Fury just announced his comeback.
Anthony Joshua is currently looking for an opponent.
Does common sense dictate that Fury or Joshua should consider boxing Luis Ortiz ?

Or will they avoid him ?

[Enlightened-One]

Considering Luis Ortiz's impressive performance against Deontay Wilder is it fair to say the big names in the Heavyweight division will avoid him ?
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Luis Ortiz was boxing in the UK prior to his fight with Wilder.
Tyson Fury just announced his comeback.
Anthony Joshua is currently looking for an opponent.
Does common sense dictate that Fury or Joshua should consider boxing Luis Ortiz ?

Or will they avoid him ?

Isn't it a bit of a myth about Luis Ortiz being "DUCKED" by everyone?

How many times has HIS team made offers to other fighters and they've been turned down? I'm sure the answer is NONE.

Luis Ortiz chose to stop working with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom. His performances were very poor when Sky Sports were going to extreme lengths to sell the idea that he was a "MONSTER" to the UK market.

He bought himself out of his contract with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy.

He currently promoted by Dade Promotions. Probably not the most successful promoters in the game.

He also faced multiple self-inflicted periods of inactivity, partially due to testing positive for banned substances on two occasions.

He doesn't speak any English either, yet he competes in almost exclusively English speaking territories. So most fans don't get the chance to know him. He can't sell himself to his target market.

As soon as he signed with Al Haymon last year, he pretty much received multiple immediate opportunities to face Wilder.

At the moment, what does Luis Ortiz have to offer the biggest names in the heavyweight division? I doubt he brings any MONEY to the table.

HIGH risk and ZERO return and ZERO interest for casual boxing observers.

Luis Ortiz will almost certainly fight another Al Haymon fighter in his next outing.

[Evander]

He doesn't speak any English either,

Mate ... When you clock someone with a big shot it doesn't matter if you speak Spanish, Italian or German.
Punch power has it's own language altogether trust me on this one.

[Enlightened-One]

He doesn't speak any English either,

Mate ... When you clock someone with a big shot it doesn't matter if you speak Spanish, Italian or German.
Punch power has it's own language altogether trust me on this one.

It's another myth to claim that Luis Ortiz is a devastating puncher. Prior to the Wilder fight, his most recent performances have been less than impressive.

No one can pretend they have been.

That's the reason why Luis Ortiz never scored success in the UK. He couldn't sell himself, his personality and nor could he talk himself into high profile fights.

When British viewers did see him fight, he kind of made a mackery of the lavish amounts of praise and hype bestowed upon him by Sky Sports, because he performed badly.

If my theory is wrong, then how come most casuals don't know him? That's a serious question.

Exceptions don't undermine the general rule - his performance during the Wilder fight doesn't rewrite the history books.

What about the other points I've raised, are they wrong or irrelevant?

[KiwiRider]

Considering Luis Ortiz's impressive performance against Deontay Wilder is it fair to say the big names in the Heavyweight division will avoid him ?
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Luis Ortiz was boxing in the UK prior to his fight with Wilder.
Tyson Fury just announced his comeback.
Anthony Joshua is currently looking for an opponent.
Does common sense dictate that Fury or Joshua should consider boxing Luis Ortiz ?

Or will they avoid him ?

Isn't it a bit of a myth about Luis Ortiz being "DUCKED" by everyone?

How many times has HIS team made offers to other fighters and they've been turned down? I'm sure the answer is NONE.

Luis Ortiz chose to stop working with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom. His performances were very poor when Sky Sports were going to extreme lengths to sell the idea that he was a "MONSTER" to the UK market.

He bought himself out of his contract with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy.

He currently promoted by Dade Promotions. Probably not the most successful promoters in the game.

He also faced multiple self-inflicted periods of inactivity, partially due to testing positive for banned substances on two occasions.

He doesn't speak any English either, yet he competes in almost exclusively English speaking territories. So most fans don't get the chance to know him. He can't sell himself to his target market.

As soon as he signed with Al Haymon last year, he pretty much received multiple immediate opportunities to face Wilder.

At the moment, what does Luis Ortiz have to offer the biggest names in the heavyweight division? I doubt he brings any MONEY to the table.

HIGH risk and ZERO return and ZERO interest for casual boxing observers.

Luis Ortiz will almost certainly fight another Al Haymon fighter in his next outing.

As usual, nice and succinctly put EO
As you have said, plenty of chances, reputation tarnished by doping and inactivity and then losing to Wilder when he basically had him and couldn't do the job to finish it.
Now age is catching up with him.
And irrelevance will follow.

[asdfjkl]

I think Parker will soon fight him, let's see what happens

[Badhusker]

I have to laugh at some folks that use the excuse of no offers being made to someone like Joshua, or other elite guys at heavyweight. (The few that they are) Team Joshua is obviously the A side and won't have offers dictated to them, they make the offers. Why didn't they have Joshua fight Ortiz when they had him? The answer is obvious.
Wilder gave him a shot, and didn't even have to. Like several here predicted, now that Ortiz lost he is old and past it. I still think he is a top five heavyweight easily. Imo, there is only one guy out there that would beat him, and that is the guy that beat him. I think there is a reason why team Joshua has been waiting for him to get "old"er. He is still the boogeyman.

[Evander]

He doesn't speak any English either,

Mate ... When you clock someone with a big shot it doesn't matter if you speak Spanish, Italian or German.
Punch power has it's own language altogether trust me on this one.

It's another myth to claim that Luis Ortiz is a devastating puncher. Prior to the Wilder fight, his most recent performances have been less than impressive.

No one can pretend they have been.

That's the reason why Luis Ortiz never scored success in the UK. He couldn't sell himself, his personality and nor could he talk himself into high profile fights.

When British viewers did see him fight, he kind of made a mackery of the lavish amounts of praise and hype bestowed upon him by Sky Sports, because he performed badly.

If my theory is wrong, then how come most casuals don't know him? That's a serious question.

Exceptions don't undermine the general rule - his performance during the Wilder fight doesn't rewrite the history books.

What about the other points I've raised, are they wrong or irrelevant?

No they're not irrelevant.
Still ... Ortiz showed he could box punch and take a good shot.
His boxing ability was better than expected.

[Lackeos]

I'm pretty certain that following his KO defeat, the aging Ortiz won't be that avoided as he gets even older and more distant from his prime. You'd have to be a pretty delusional Wilder fanatic to think that this loss is going to make Ortiz more avoided.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Ortiz isn't avoided, it's just that most people aren't interested in him, especially now he's been beaten.

[dickbelden]

yes

[jamamb]

he got fights with jennings, thompson, and wildr. between those he had a bunch of self imposed career problems with drugs and hopping ship several times, as eo says. those really hurt his momentum.

on what basis is he the most avoided ?

[oogiebe]

I have to laugh at some folks that use the excuse of no offers being made to someone like Joshua, or other elite guys at heavyweight. (The few that they are) Team Joshua is obviously the A side and won't have offers dictated to them, they make the offers. Why didn't they have Joshua fight Ortiz when they had him? The answer is obvious.
Wilder gave him a shot, and didn't even have to. Like several here predicted, now that Ortiz lost he is old and past it. I still think he is a top five heavyweight easily. Imo, there is only one guy out there that would beat him, and that is the guy that beat him. I think there is a reason why team Joshua has been waiting for him to get "old"er. He is still the boogeyman.

100%...I'm getting tired of the hypocritical posts in the entire forum. No one is going to run to sign to fight Ortiz. He still scary. Until I see a top 5 HW sign to fight him, he's still the bogeyman! And don't think Wilder's brutal KO of Ortiz didn't scare off other HW's. (Pussy AJ for one)

[jamamb]

hes good but hes not a boogeyman at all, he looked poor vs scott and allen and just got kod, and hes almost 40

hes been his own worst enemy killing his momentum and not getting many fights. the ped failures and constant team changes can do that

and pussy aj? lol, hes been moved way more ambitiously then pretty much any other hw in decades

[wesshaw1985]

vs. Parker would be a good fight to make.
Both men coming off losses in World Title fights...

[Stuarty]

Ortiz is well schooled and talented! He's a good fighter but he's a lot older than his stats suggest! Wilder isn't a very good boxer! Ortiz got to him after a god awful fight (up to that point). He couldn't finish him coz he shot his bolt! Wilder came back, much to his credit, and won the fight! Well done! But have a bit of perspective ffs!

[asdfjkl]

I don't think so, he's just not that good in English, so it's hard to hype a fight with him, but I think he'll soon get another few chances.

[SenorPipino]

No, Ortiz will be avoided by top heavyweights.

That's common sense. He has no title. He just lost. But he's a well schooled Cuban with boxing smarts and a hell of a dangerous punch.

Throw in that he's a southpaw and every heavyweight with something to gain---or something to lose---will stay clear of him.

[Ilya Muromets]

Ortiz is well schooled and talented! He's a good fighter but he's a lot older than his stats suggest! Wilder isn't a very good boxer! Ortiz got to him after a god awful fight (up to that point). He couldn't finish him coz he shot his bolt! Wilder came back, much to his credit, and won the fight! Well done! But have a bit of perspective ffs!

The complicit ringside doctor and referee have already been memory holed, airbrushed out of the picture, huh?

[oogiebe]

Ortiz is well schooled and talented! He's a good fighter but he's a lot older than his stats suggest! Wilder isn't a very good boxer! Ortiz got to him after a god awful fight (up to that point). He couldn't finish him coz he shot his bolt! Wilder came back, much to his credit, and won the fight! Well done! But have a bit of perspective ffs!

The complicit ringside doctor and referee have already been memory holed, airbrushed out of the picture, huh?

LMAO! You still on that? I think there's several other threads to re-make your case. Sheesh!

[SenorPipino]

Ortiz is well schooled and talented! He's a good fighter but he's a lot older than his stats suggest! Wilder isn't a very good boxer! Ortiz got to him after a god awful fight (up to that point). He couldn't finish him coz he shot his bolt! Wilder came back, much to his credit, and won the fight! Well done! But have a bit of perspective ffs!

The complicit ringside doctor and referee have already been memory holed, airbrushed out of the picture, huh?

Sounds again like the now predictable conspiracy theories that you and your alter ego asdjfkl constantly spout.

[oogiebe]

Ortiz is well schooled and talented! He's a good fighter but he's a lot older than his stats suggest! Wilder isn't a very good boxer! Ortiz got to him after a god awful fight (up to that point). He couldn't finish him coz he shot his bolt! Wilder came back, much to his credit, and won the fight! Well done! But have a bit of perspective ffs!

The complicit ringside doctor and referee have already been memory holed, airbrushed out of the picture, huh?

Sounds again like the now predictable conspiracy theories that you and your alter ego asdjfkl constantly spout.

Senor! Don't forget the beard protection! LMFAO!

[Ilya Muromets]

Ortiz is well schooled and talented! He's a good fighter but he's a lot older than his stats suggest! Wilder isn't a very good boxer! Ortiz got to him after a god awful fight (up to that point). He couldn't finish him coz he shot his bolt! Wilder came back, much to his credit, and won the fight! Well done! But have a bit of perspective ffs!

The complicit ringside doctor and referee have already been memory holed, airbrushed out of the picture, huh?

LMAO! You still on that? I think there's several other threads to re-make your case. Sheesh!

Yep still on it. I have a bad habit of remembering things the powers that be don't want remembered - boxing being the least of it.

What other threads are you referring to?

[Ilya Muromets]

The complicit ringside doctor and referee have already been memory holed, airbrushed out of the picture, huh?

Sounds again like the now predictable conspiracy theories that you and your alter ego asdjfkl constantly spout.

Senor! Don't forget the beard protection! LMFAO!

Do you want to bump up the thread and continue to discuss my opposition to facial hair on boxers some more? Fine.

[oogiebe]

Sounds again like the now predictable conspiracy theories that you and your alter ego asdjfkl constantly spout.

Senor! Don't forget the beard protection! LMFAO!

Do you want to bump up the thread and continue to discuss my opposition to facial hair on boxers some more? Fine.

Go right ahead. I can use a laugh!