Ortiz vs. Scott

Luis Ortiz vs. Malik Scott on HBO on Nov.12

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By Scott Gilfoid: HBO Boxing After Dark will be televising next month’s heavyweight match-up between #1 WBA Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) and unranked Malik Scotto (38-2-2-1, 13 KOs) on November 12 from the Salle des Etoiles, Sporting Monte-Carlo. HBO will be televising the Ortiz-Scott fight live starting at 4:00 p.m. ET/PT. Ortiz and Scott will be fighting for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title.

The fight will be shown very early on Saturday, and it’ll likely be missed by a lot of the boxing fans who aren’t accustomed to watching events at that time of the day. It’s not expected to be a competitive fight, so it’s a wonder that HBO is televising the fight at all.

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Luis Ortiz vs. Malik Scott on November 12

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By Scott Gilfoid: New Matchroom Sport signee heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (25-0, 20 KOs) will have an easy first fight with his new promoter Eddie Hearn in facing #9 WBC Malik Scott (38-2-1, 13 KOs) on November 12 at the Salle des Étoiles, in Monte Carlo. Ortiz and Scott will be fighting for the vacant World Boxing Association Inter-Continental heavyweight title. It’s not a great fight though.

Scott, 35, has lost two out of his last four fights in knockout losses to Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder and Dereck Chisora. I’m not sure why Scott is still ranked in the top 10 after losing those fights. You would think that the losses would have knocked Scott out of the top 15 altogether.

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