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By Scott Gilfoid: Dillian Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) says he’ll agree with the WBC’s wishes for him to face #3 WBC Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs) in a secondary WBC heavyweight title eliminator if Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) will agree to give him an immediate title shot. … Read

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says he plans on appealing the World Boxing Council’s decision to order a fight between #1 WBC Dillian Whyte and #3 Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz for the second mandatory position to get a title shot against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder. … Read

By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Council has ordered a heavyweight eliminator between Dillian Whyte 23-1, 17 KOs) and former heavyweight world title challenger Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs) to decide the second mandatory for WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. … Read

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is giving Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn a chance to let his fighter Dillian Whyte get his badly desired title shot against him, but for him to get tha fight, he needs to face recent world title challenger Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs) and beat […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Dillian Whyte and his promoter Eddie Hearn have been calling out WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), saying that the WBC champion should agree to come to the UK, but the fighter they need to be targeting is Cuban Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs). … Read

By Gav Duthie: Some weekends I wait in anticipation for the next big fight, scrolling the news for fights that took place between over the hill Mexicans, regional titles, small hall shows, and some weekends have too much action to watch all in one night. Last weekend was one of those. The UK had boxing […]

By Mohamed Horomtallah (Instagram @mo_horomtallah): The Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz fight answered all the questions it raised. 1. ORTIZ IS THE REAL DEAL: hardcore boxing fans knew it all along but it remained to be seen and most of all proven in the ring.… Read

By Allan Fox: Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs) says he was robbed last Saturday night in his fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) by the referee David Fields. Ortiz says Wilder was given more time to recover at the start of the 8th round by the referee […]

By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder and Luis Ortiz brought in huge ratings for Showtime last Saturday night. Deontay Wilder rallied to stop the 38-year-old Ortiz in the 10th round in a dramatic ending to their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. … Read

By Jeff Aranow: Paulie Malignaggi didn’t like the way WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) fought Luis Ortiz (28-1, 24 KOs) last Saturday night in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. … Read