The next British Heavyweight World Champion

[itsnoteasy]

At least Ortiz will come to fight. AJ has only fought two fighters that stood up to him in DW and VK and both of them had him in trouble, he was one punch away from possibly losing both of those.

[Byrom]

Yeah this is true.. Ortiz is a killer - best in the division for me and I think this is were AJ could get found out - hope I am wrong.

[itsnoteasy]

Got to give AJ some credit, he isn't ducking anyone.

[Triedandtested]

Yeah this is true.. Ortiz is a killer - best in the division for me and I think this is were AJ could get found out - hope I am wrong.

I remember the hype around Ortiz last year & I thought this guy is a beast, until I see him box Dave Allen & remember saying to myself oh dear he wouldn't stand a chance against Whyte, Joshua, Wilder etc.

[Byrom]

I did not watch that one but did he not win by knock out?

[Triedandtested]

I did not watch that one but did he not win by knock out?

The referee stopped it , no KO though.

[GeordieDS]

Ortiz has decent fundamentals but he's old and fat now so unless he's back on the roids he's going to have to seriously up his game from his last few fights.

[itsnoteasy]

I have to agree with T&T and Geordie, AJ is fighting him at the right time, not his fault of course but Ortiz is not the fighter you see on his YouTube films.

[Byrom]

well I see similarities

[gavpowell]

I did not watch that one but did he not win by knock out?

Going more than about three rounds with David Allen disqualifies anyone from a serious claim to being the best in the division - Ortiz was awful that night, as he was against Malik Scott, as he is generally. He's got a puncher's chance, but I'm expecting nothing special from the drug cheating antique, and I fully expect Joshua to smash him to bits.

[gavpowell]

o org will sanction it.

Au contraire - the WBC has excelled itself and provided a belt for the occasion. The gate for this circus is currently hovering around 70 million dollars, so I have finally lost hope for boxing's salvation - I'll stick around for Joshua's next few fights, Lomachenko, Chocolatito and Frampton,but in about 18 months or so, I fully expect to have abandoned boxing altogether.

[Byrom]

Thought Conner put up a decent fight.

[throtts]

Connor puffing after 3 rounds was disappointing. His had ample time to condition himself for more boxing rounds, I was shocked tbh. There was only one winner after 4 rounds, imo, and that obviously was Mayweather.

Thought the 40 yr old embarrassed the much younger Conor..

[Byrom]

It was a lot of hype but I think he did better than I expected him to do. Anyway they earned a lot of money for that - I would have took em both on for 100 k

Sadly Cleverly looks finished now ... promised so much that kid - thought at one point he was on his way to becoming the new Calzagie but the wheels came off ...never quite delivered.

[itsnoteasy]

Well I watched it on YouTube, embarrassing exhibition bout is where I would rank it. CM has no power at all, to me his weight is all wrong when he throws most of his punches. When have you ever seen FM just stick his guard up and walk through whatever his opponent threw at him, he had zero respect for what was coming back, that's why he had so little head movement, he just wasn't bothered by anything .CM was 11 ? years younger and a stone and a half heavier, got to wear the lighter gloves and couldn't stop a defensive fighter from walking right through him. It was fought at an exhibition pace, FM wasn't cutting the ring off or pressuring him at all, which really surprised me that CM was done in around three rounds it's not like he threw loads of power punches most were just jabs and arm shots ,or top of the head things from MMA.
There isn't a current fighter he could beat, he wouldn't win an area title shot if he had to come up through the ranks, imagine him with 12oz gloves on, and having to fight someone at his own weight,real boxers would think he was tickling them.