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Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz II Betting Odds

Boxing betting odds surrounding the Wilder vs. Ortiz WBC title rematch.

Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz II takes place on Saturday, November 23 and will air on Pay-Per-View which begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

In the main event, we will see boxing’s longest-reigning heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder defending his WBC title in a rematch against once-beaten Cuban slugger Luis “King Kong” Ortiz.

In the co-main event, we will see three-division champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz who seeks a title in another division when he takes on Miguel “El Michoacan” Flores for the WBA Super Featherweight Championship.

The fight card also features undefeated rising star Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa making the first defense of his WBA Super Bantamweight Title against former champion Julio Ceja while undefeated Mexican power-puncher Luis Nery battles Puerto Rico’s Emmanuel Rodríguez in a matchup of former bantamweight champions.

Per BetMGM, “The Bronze Bomber” is sitting at -500 while his opponent “King Kong” is at +333. The oddsmakers have “El Terremoto” at -10000 and his opponent “El Michoacan” at +1400. Also on the betting lines, we have “The Heartbreaker” at -358 and his opponent “El Michoacan” at +275. Are you new to sports betting? Then these numbers can help you out to make that crucial decision.

Wilder vs. Ortiz II Fight Card

Main Card

(Pay-Per-View, 9 p.m. ET)

  • Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz (heavyweight)
  • Leo Santa Cruz vs Miguel Flores (super featherweight)
  • Brandon Figueroa vs Julio Ceja (super bantamweight)

Undercard

(PBC on FOX Youtube, 4:10 p.m. ET)

  • Luis Nery vs Emmanuel Rodriguez (bantamweight)
  • Leduan Barthelemy vs Eduardo Ramirez (super featherweight)
  • Jerry Perez vs Mark John Yap (super featherweight)
  • Viktor Slavinskyi vs Rigoberto Hermosillo (super featherweight)
  • Arnold Alejandro vs TBA (lightweight)
  • Omar Juarez vs Kevin Shacks (super lightweight)
  • Jose Manuel Gomesz vs Daniel Placeres (super featherweight)
  • Angel Alejanadro vs TBA (featherweight)
  • Shon Mondragon vs TBA (super bantamweight)
  • Vito Mielnicki Jr vs Marklin Bailey (welterweight)
  • Marsellos Wilder vs Dustin Long (cruiserweight)

*The fight card is subject to change without notice

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Paulie Malignaggi open to boxing match vs. MMA fighter Jason Knight

Paulie Malignaggi is open to the idea of fighting Jason Knight, so long as it is a boxing match.

Paulie Malignaggi might come out of retirement for one more fight – if the price is right and it’s a strict boxing match.

Mixed martial artist Jason Knight challenged Malignaggi, the former two-division titleholder, to a boxing match on social media Monday. Knight was coming off a fifth-round stoppage of Artem Lobov in a bare knuckle boxing bout on Saturday promoted by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships. Malignaggi had dropped a controversial decision to Lobov, also in a BKFC match, over the summer.

Malignaggi claimed he broke his hands in that fight and recently swore off making a return. He has had to deal with brittle hands nearly his entire career.

Cognizant of Malignaggi’s hand issues, Knight offered a different possibility.

“I know u don’t want to fight BKFC again but what would u say to a boxing fight??” Knight wrote on Instagram. “I have no prior boxing but I bet I can school you at your own game!!”

Malignaggi responded on Instagram shortly thereafter:

“Well done Jason, solid adjustments Saturday night. I have not yet seen the fight but saw (highlights) and your sense of timing and disciplined game plan was very impressive to notice. You def caught onto a few tactics from my fight and fought smarter.

“I wish my hands could survive the impact again (because) truthfully I enjoyed the experience and wouldn’t have minded facing you after your display. However I have a career history of hand problems and I cannot keep risking them or I’m gonna wind up with permanent damage to them.

“If there are interested parties that are willing to put up enough money I am not against regular boxing though where some protection for my hands is there. Maybe David (BKFC promoter) can do a card where you and I glove up but instead of a ring we can fight in the BKFC squared circle with our undercard consisting of bare knuckle fights.

“Again it’s (dependent) on the compensation. After all, we are prizefighters. Once again though, well done and congrats on an impressive display.”

 

 

 

Marcos Maidana to face ex-kickboxer Jorge Acero Cali in April?

Marcos Maidana is reportedly coming out of retirement to face former kickboxer Jorge Acero Cali in a five-rounder at 187 pounds.

Evidently, not even Marcos Maidana, the recipient of two Floyd Mayweather windfalls, can ward off the boxing bug.

The hard-hitting Argentine, who hasn’t fought since his second bout against Mayweather in 2014, is planning a comeback fight against 47-year-old kickboxer Jorge Acero Cali in early April, according to reports. The fight will be set for five three-minute rounds at a catch weight of 85 kilograms (roughly 187 pounds), or more than 40 pounds over his last fighting weight. An announcement is planned for this Friday.

Maidana’s manager, Ernesto Ricci told the Argentine media outlet Telam, according to BoxingScene.com, that the fight is the former welterweight titleholder’s way of saying goodbye to his fans.

“Maidana returns to boxing because he accepted the challenge of ‘Acero’ Cali,” Ricci said. “They have been trading messages and videos since January of this year, before Marcos left for the United States to prepare for the return that did not happen. This is serious. … (The fight) “is a way to say goodbye to the fans of Argentina, something he could not do. With Marcos, nothing is ever final. Perhaps when dusting off the gloves he gets bitten by the bug and goes for a world-class opponent. Offers (for high profile fights) are not lacking.”

It was reported in February that he would end his retirement to sign a contract with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions in a bid to face the top welterweights. But Maidana backtracked a few months later as be started training in Las Vegas, citing his “lost hunger” for the sport.

Maidana last fought on Sept. 13, 2014, when he lost a unanimous decision to Mayweather in their rematch.