Low ball.. please no way in hell Al Haymon was letting him fight AJ on DAZN.
Low ball.. please no way in hell Al Haymon was letting him fight AJ on DAZN.
Luis Ortiz has had his name in the hat for facing several heavyweights, including world champions. So, while he doesn’t expect it to happen, he says he’ll have no problem stepping in and facing Joshua — even if it meant moving the fight back to April and back to London.
“Listen [Joshua], I heard you mention my name two weeks ago and I didn’t feel like responding because maybe like Whyte and [Joe] Joyce, you were just using my name to show you got some cojones which I believe you do,” Ortiz said. “But just in case, maybe Eddie hasn’t informed you that my manager has already reached out to him. It was last month before you made that comment about me and advised him I’m available. So look, if you want to fight I’m here and stop saying I priced myself out because I’ve never had no offers to fight you.
“The only reason I am trying to reach out to you like this is because maybe just maybe your people don’t relay you the truth so here it is papa,” Ortiz said. “Now the ball is in your court. In my world I’m the boss. Don’t get me wrong I listen to my advisers and promoters but at the end everyone knows we make the last call so just let me know ASAP. Your people know how to get a hold of my people.”
With all respect to you for all you have done, I’ll fight you for just about any money you offer me so if you can’t work out the Miller fight, I’m here and ready. I’ll fight you in the USA or UK. It’s on you and if you think you’re that good and want to test yourself who better than me? Wilder and Fury are not available and I believe in my heart to be the best you must face the best.
Lomachenko also said he’d fight Getvonta Davis for free a few weeks ago.A few months ago
https://www.fightsports.tv/ortiz-ill-fight-joshua-if-miller-pulls-out/
Now today the reason they can't fight is because of a Low ball offer.. lol Ok cool.
Who is up next. Michael Hunter or Andy Ruiz Jr?
Lomachenko also said he’d fight Getvonta Davis for free a few weeks ago.
That means nothing because we all know that’s not remotely possible.
It’s not Ortiz job to save a card by accepting a “verbal” offer of peanuts.
He was never going to get the fight.
It’s likely Hunter, but Ruiz would be the more exciting matchup.
That number was never confirmed."Peanuts"
I wonder what you called that 500k to fight Wilder if a fight with AJ is peanuts.
That number was never confirmed.
Nobody knows what he made.
All speculation.
Now you don't like speculation lol
Ok 500k is what was reported by multiple sites / reporters.
"Hours before the WBC title fight is set to go down in Brooklyn, the fight purses were revealed
and Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) will be coming away with significantly more than the challenger Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs). The champion has been guaranteed a purse of $2.1 million to show Saturday, while Ortiz will net himself $500,000 for stepping into the ring against one of the best boxers in the game. Of course, should Ortiz pull off the upset and become WBC champion, more money will certainly be in his near future. "
https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/ne...t-are-the-purses-for-heavyweight-title-fight/
https://www.boxingnews24.com/2018/03/purses-deontay-wilder-2-1-million-luis-ortiz-500000/
Multiple sources have informed BoxingScene.com that Ortiz’s representatives turned down Hearn’s $5 million offer for Ortiz to step in on what’s now five weeks’ notice for Miller. They asked for $10 million, $3.5 million more than what would’ve been Miller’s package for the fight had the boisterous Brooklyn contender not tested positive for multiple performance-enhancing drugs late in March.
Hearn is expected to make a counter-offer to Ortiz before finalizing a deal for Miller’s replacement.
Not crazy...probably just taking some shit without the right amount of time to cycle off it...only thing that makes sense to meOrtiz is crazy to turn down 5-7M even on short notice. He will never make that money again, at his age. Shit I don't think boxing as a heavyweight is the smartest thing to do at 40 years old.
Is there any particular reason why you constantly try to crowbar the MMA>Boxing argument into every boxing thread you respond to?As a life long fan of boxing I gotta say, this is why I only fuck with the UFC now.
nit argument. It kills me that boxing is dropping the call the way it is. They need to be more like mma is more what I’m trying to get at. I’m sure I sound like I’m shitting on boxing but that’s def not the case. Boxing was my first love and I still respect the fuck out of it and of course the fighters. But Promoters are running it into the ground with this bullshit.Is there any particular reason why you constantly try to crowbar the MMA>Boxing argument into every boxing thread you respond to?
Every single thread pertaining to boxing you say the same shit.