To keep himself in position for a shot against Joshua or Wilder, Ortiz needs to defeat the 31-year-old Hammer this Saturday on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing and look good in doing so. Ortiz had a chance to fight Joshua if he’d looked good in his fights against David Allen and Malik Scott in 2016. Hearn decided against putting Ortiz in with Joshua and having the British boxing public turned off by the dull fight. That’s another reason why Wilder likely won’t get Ortiz a rematch unless he absolutely has to. If he tries to slug with Ortiz, he’s going to wind up getting planted.

Source: News 24 February 25, 2019 15:45 UTC