11-07-2020, 02:30 PM
Yep, this fight is on from this Sunday (NZ time) at 2PM til 6PM on Channel 54 SKY SPORT 55. Free.
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Ortiz/Flores Sunday NZ time. Free.
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11-07-2020, 02:33 PM
Luis Ortiz Warns the Heavyweight Division
NOV 06, 2020 BY JOSEPH SANTOLIQUITO The former world title challenger plans to make a statement to the rest of the heavyweight division when he faces Alexander Flores Saturday night on FOX PBC Fight Night. Top heavyweight contender Luis "King Kong" Ortiz will headline a stacked night of heavyweight action when he takes on Alexander "The Great" Flores in the 10-round main event of FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes, Saturday, November 7, 2020. He’ll reach over and turn the light off, then back in, a hand cupped over his mouth to prevent any outburst, and somehow fold his massive 6-foot-4, 240-pound frame in the tiny area behind the men’s bathroom door each day at the Caicedo Sports Training Center. Then, out of nowhere, Luis Ortiz will burst out with a grizzly growl, scaring the living hell of the poor, unsuspecting guy that just walked in, almost to the point where they piss themselves. Then, the Cuban expatriate will let out his infectious bellowing laugh, that echoes throughout the Miami, Florida, facility because he’s pranked another one. This Saturday, November 7, Ortiz (31-2, 26 KOs) doesn’t plan on springing out against Alexander Flores (18-2-1, 16 KOs) in their 10-round heavyweight main event on FOX PBC Fight Night (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) from the Microsoft Theater, in Los Angeles, California. Ortiz plans on coming straight at Flores, as the same destructive force he’s been throughout his career. He also plans to keep the heavyweight division on notice that he’s not going to hide behind any doors in letting them know he’s still a viable contender, despite his setback to then-WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder in November 2019. “I haven’t watched a replay of the Wilder fight to this day, or even the first fight,” said Ortiz, through his trainer, German Caicedo. “That’s because it’s in my head. It’s better than high-definition (TV), it’s better than watching it, because I lived it punch-by-punch. “I had a unique point of view of both fights, so I don’t need to watch it and I haven’t watched it. I don’t have nightmares about it (laughs). The past is the past, but I was very upset over (the second fight). I never saw (Wilder’s) right hand. My issues have been with losing the (second Wilder) fight, because people forget, I was winning that fight.” Ortiz was beating Wilder with :09 left in the seventh round. At the time, judges Eric Cheek, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld all had the 41-year-old southpaw known as “King Kong” leading. Moretti and Weisfeld actually had it 5-1 after six in favor of Ortiz. “I didn’t hide after I lost,” Ortiz said. “I spent time with my family and kids, and I took about a week off, and then I came right back. I knew I had to do something different. It bothered me, because I let my left hand down for a second, and that’s what happened to me.” Ortiz says he knows Flores is about his height (6-4), he says he knows Flores is right-handed, and he says he knows Flores is in his way of winning a heavyweight title. Ortiz stressed his attitude has not changed. But he will be physically different. “ I don’t care whoever they put in front of me..I’ll continue to knock them down. ” The years’ time off has helped him. The COVID-19 pandemic forced him to stay away from the gym, so the little things that ached him have healed. Caicedo and Team Ortiz has instituted a new physical-conditioning trainer, Jukka Toivola, who has reshaped Ortiz, who came in at 236½ pounds for Wilder, the lightest Ortiz had been in five years. Caicedo promised Ortiz will be around 240 pounds, though he’ll look much leaner and have greater endurance. Toivola had Ortiz doing balance work, doing drills like closing his eyes while standing on one leg. Ortiz gave Toivola the one-raised eyebrow crazy look, wondering what he was doing. It took some time for Ortiz to trust Toivola, and through time, he began demanding the balance drills in every session. “I think his greater balance makes Luis that much more dangerous,” Caicedo said. “Luis has great punching power, but he’s much more well centered than he’s ever been. It makes his punching power that much more impactful. Luis will buy into anything, if he sees something works. “He’s better underneath himself, with is a dangerous combination for a power-puncher like Luis. We’re really looking forward to this fight. Luis has been dialed since the Wilder loss. He’s been dialed in with his nutrition and his conditioning. He never did two- or three-a-days. He does now.” Ortiz himself feels different. “I feel lighter on my feet,” Ortiz said. “I’m still coming for blood. But I do feel more refreshed. I’ve been someone committed to the gym for the last seven years. I didn’t miss a day. I don’t remember too much from the March to June shutdown (laughs). I have three crazy, little kids running around, and that’s a lot to keep up with. “I loved every second of it. It’s been hard, but I’m very grateful for being able to come back. I’ve lived worse. I came to the United States when I was 29, 30, when no one knew anything about me, or was willing to give me a chance. I slept in the back of abandoned cars with rain and mosquitos. I know what it’s like to be out there with nothing. “My daughter is sick (she has a rare skin condition called epidermolysis bullosa). That’s the worst, and I live it every day. So, just getting back and fighting again, knowing it helps my daughter, motivates me.” Then, Ortiz stopped in mid-sentence for a moment. Then, from a distance, you hear laughter. King Kong just leapt out on a Fed-Ex delivery guy with the grizzly growl. The delivery man laughed, but Ortiz noted that he is not joking anymore with the heavyweight division. “The doubters and the haters can laugh, I don’t care,” Ortiz said. “I don’t care whoever they put in front of me, I’ll continue to fight them and I’ll continue to knock them down. I don’t need to prove myself anymore.”
11-07-2020, 02:37 PM
Saturday 7, November 2020
Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA heavy Frank Sanchez 15 0 0 S Brian Howard 15 3 0 pro boxing World Boxing Organisation NABO Heavy Title heavy Luis Ortiz 31 2 0 S Alexander Flores 18 2 1 pro boxing heavy Michael Polite Coffie 10 0 0 S Joey Abell 35 10 0 pro boxing heavy Carlos Negron 21 3 0 S Rafael Rios 11 2 0 pro boxing heavy Steven Torres 3 0 0 S Joshua Tuani 2 1 0
11-08-2020, 05:37 PM
Results from Los Angeles
WBO #9, WBA #15 heavyweight Frank “The Cuban Flash” Sánchez (16-0, 12 KOs) won by fourth round TKO over Brian Howard (15-4, 12 KOs). Sanchez dropped Howard at the end of round three, then floored him twice in round four. The bout was halted by the referee after Sanchez dished out more punishment. Time was 2:07. Heavyweight Michael Coffie (11-0, 8 KOs) scored a brutal second round KO over Joey “Minnesota Ice” Abell (35-11, 33 KOs). A hook to the body followed by a right to the head finished Abell, who suffered a torn right bicep during the bout. Heavyweight Carlos Negron (22-3, 18 KOs) stopped Rafael Rios (11-3, 8 KOs) in round two when the referee stepped in to save Rios from further punishment.
11-08-2020, 05:59 PM
Luis Ortiz Stops Injured Alexander Flores 45 Seconds Into FOX Main Event
By Keith Idec Published On Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:09 PM EST A disgusted Luis Ortiz walked away from Alexander Flores in disbelief after stopping an injured Flores early in the first round Saturday night. Ortiz landed a right hand to Flores’ body, but Flores fell awkwardly to the canvas. Flores reached his feet, but he seemed to favor his right leg. Referee Thomas Taylor quickly put his arms around Flores and stopped their scheduled 10-rounder just 45 seconds into it. FOX aired Ortiz’s weird win as the main event of a four-fight telecast from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Flores told FOX’s Heidi Androl following his first-round, technical-knockout defeat that he injured his eye while colliding with Ortiz. That caused him to “go black,” according to what he told Androl, and caused numbness in his leg. The 41-year-old Ortiz (32-2, 27 KOs, 2 NC), who has lost only to Deontay Wilder, fought for the first time since Wilder knocked him out in the seventh round of their rematch 11½ months ago in Las Vegas. Ortiz led Wilder on all three scorecards when Wilder drilled Ortiz with a right hand that knocked him out late in the seventh round of their FOX Sports Pay-Per-View main event at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Ortiz originally was scheduled to face Scott Alexander, but Flores replaced Alexander once Alexander (16-3-2, 8 KOs) tested positive for COVID-19. The 30-year-old Flores (18-3-1, 16 KOs), of Howland Heights, California, lost by knockout for the third time in his 10-year pro career.
11-09-2020, 10:59 AM
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