Luis Ortiz was beating Deontay Wilder on Saturday night in their heavyweight fight. It was the seventh round, and for a lot of boxing experts, Ortiz had won the first six … and was on his way to winning the seventh.
Wilder looked out of sorts, uncomfortable, not able to handle the technique of Ortiz.
Then Wilder punched him so hard it ended the fight.
This is what Deontay Wilder is really good at doing! And people can knock him for not having any boxing talent, but punching someone extremely hard is a talent.
It also makes the heavyweight division, long irrelevant and now getting back in the spotlight finally, such an interesting one. To hang with Wilder, you can’t just be a good boxer, as Ortiz showed he was on Saturday night. You have to be able to take a Wilder punch.
Here’s a clip of the knockout:
The end. #WilderOrtiz2 #BombZquad pic.twitter.com/jNnv80vDXx
— Ryan Maquiñana (@RMaq28) November 24, 2019
And here was how the boxing world reacted to the fight.
ERASER!!!!!
— _jrosales13. (@J_rosales13) November 24, 2019
I read a lot on here that wilder is rubbish and has no talent but he has his attributes abd he uses them well yes he has freakish power but it’s not as easy as just throwing them and landing he knows how to set them shots up expertly like no other in the division
— Enzo Maccarinelli (@theRealEnzoMac) November 24, 2019
I really need to start betting on my knowledge 🙂 Ortiz was a live opponent, but Deontay’s equalizer is the best in division. The 7th was the 1st rd Ortiz slowed down & that was it … he fought a great fight. Deontay knew it was just a matter of time. He’s now on to a big 2020🥊 pic.twitter.com/6GyVriZGzY
— Audley Harrison MBE (@audleyharrison) November 24, 2019
The one thing Wilder has that is an intangible, is his self-belief. He never thinks he's ever out of a fight.
And with that right handed bomb of his — he isn't#boxing #WilderOrtiz
— Steve Kim (@StevESPNKim) November 24, 2019
I don’t work with the dude anymore, but the “Wilder has no talent” narrative is trash. The ability to destroy an “A” level opponent, with a single punch, at any SECOND of a fight, is a singular, awesome TALENT. Give @BronzeBomber the credit he deserves. He is a scary man. #boxing
— Lou DiBella (@loudibella) November 24, 2019
Ortiz stayed right there at the end of Wilder's jab while looking for a KO thinking he had Wilder hurt. Right hand came after it with surprising speed and that was it. Wilder has the kind of power you can't play against, even if you think you have him hurt
— Patrick Connor (@PatrickMConnor) November 24, 2019
Good finish from Wilder, good fight from Ortiz until that last punch landed. I hope Ortiz is ok. That being said, it’s time for the rematch !
— Andre S.O.G. Ward (@andreward) November 24, 2019
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