"Deontay Wilder is back and I'm always looking for great exciting fights for the fans,” said Wilder. I'm hungry and I want to be champion again and bring that belt back to Mexico.” "If Deontay Wins in October, me and him are with the same management and we can make this fight happen,” said Ruiz Jr. Wilder, who was seated ringside, matched Ruiz’s enthusiasm for the potential matchup. After hurting Ortiz again in round 11 and winning the round on all three cards, Ruiz was able to hold off a late charge from Ortiz to edge the fight on the judges cards by scores of 114-111 twice, and 113-112.Īfter the fight, Ruiz stated his willingness to meet former WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder in a possible blockbuster showdown, if Wilder is successful in his ring return October 15 against Robert Helenius on FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View. Ortiz even owned a slight 78-76 edge in punches landed according to CompuBox, but it was Ruiz’s 67 power punches to Ortiz’s 56 that made the difference. It was a blessing we were able to be successful.”ĭespite Ruiz pushing forward, Ortiz again used his excellent boxing acumen to remain in the fight. “I was waiting for him to load up and countering him when he did. ![]() In round seven however, Ruiz struck again, backing his opponent up with a straight right before moving close and dropping Ortiz with an overhand right. Ortiz got himself back in the fight over the subsequent rounds with impressive boxing as he relied on his jab and movement to keep Ruiz from inflicting further damage. There are always surprises in boxing, and that's what you got if you didn't think I'd give it my all.” This is what I live for. To everyone who said that I'm old, I gave you a war today. "I told you I was going to be a warrior and that's what I did,” said Ortiz. Ortiz (33-3, 28 KOs) would hit the canvas a second time in the round, but got to his feet again and delivered several strong left hands to keep himself in the fight and make it through the round. The first fighter of Mexican descent to become heavyweight world champion, Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) got his hometown crowd on its feet early, as he delivered a clean right hand to score his first knockdown in round two. I showed more class than I usually do just coming forward.” Rooney said if he was there and knew Mike was out of shape he would have just told him to go at him and empty the tank for the first few rounds and se if he could knock him out."Everyone was doubting me, but I worked so hard for this fight,” said Ruiz. Yeah he beat Tyson to the punch every time and did not give him respect. It looks easy when you watch Mayweather but even he said once while he was on camera on the way to the gym in his Rolls Royce that he did not feel like going but he went because he is a disciplined professional. Yeah it takes a certain mindset to maintain that discipline for years. If Tyson came in looking like Buster did everyone would have said he was completely out of shape. But Tyson's former trainer Kevin Rooney said when he saw him he immediately knew he was out of shape which he was he had to cut weight and did not lose it through training. People say Tyson weighed almost the same as his last fight and was cut and Buster looked at his best. Buster basically had a taste of Mike's lifestyle as a teen for a short period of time. Yeah consistency is the most important and most difficult thing. Fight threads are made by mods unless specified.Mods will remove reposts and low-effort posts. ![]()
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