01-13-2018, 12:13 PM
WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder to face unbeaten Luis Ortiz
WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder is set to meet unbeaten Luis Ortiz on March 3 at the Barclays Center in New York.
Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is coming off a first-round knockout of Bermane Stiverne in November. He and Ortiz were initially supposed to fight on that card, but the Cuban was scratched because of a positive drug test.
This will be Wilder's seventh title defence. Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs) is being billed as his toughest opponent.
Wilder has had impressive wins at at the US venue in the NYC borough of Brooklyn, including the knockout of Stiverne and a 2016 knockout of Artur Szpilka.
Before the first scheduled bout, Ortiz was found to have taken two banned diuretics that are often used as masking agents for steroids.
WBC heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder is set to meet unbeaten Luis Ortiz on March 3 at the Barclays Center in New York.
Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is coming off a first-round knockout of Bermane Stiverne in November. He and Ortiz were initially supposed to fight on that card, but the Cuban was scratched because of a positive drug test.
This will be Wilder's seventh title defence. Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs) is being billed as his toughest opponent.
Wilder has had impressive wins at at the US venue in the NYC borough of Brooklyn, including the knockout of Stiverne and a 2016 knockout of Artur Szpilka.
Before the first scheduled bout, Ortiz was found to have taken two banned diuretics that are often used as masking agents for steroids.