The November 23 Ortiz vs Wilder rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz will land on Fox PPV. Showtime has invested heavily in Wilder, carrying the Bronze Bomber’s last four fights and seven of his ten world championship fights overall. But Fox PPV, which is also distributing this weekend’s Spence-Porter PPV, locked up Wilder-Ortiz 2 online tv when Showtime pulled out of negotiations.
Wilder-Ortiz live tv slated for Nov. 23 in Vegas
Heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder and Luis “King Kong” Ortiz made their long-expected rematch official on Saturday, formally announcing that they will meet again on Nov. 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The fight will headline a Ortiz vs Wilder Fox pay-per-view card. The fighters and their teams gathered to meet the media at Staples Center hours before the Errol Spence Jr.-Shawn Porter welterweight title unification bout at the arena.
Premier Boxing Champions also announced the co-feature, in which featherweight world titlist Leo Santa Cruz will go for a belt in a fourth weight division when he moves up to junior lightweight to face Miguel Flores for a vacant 130-pound title.
For Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs), 33, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who will be making his 10th title defense, retaining his belt is the final hurdle to a much-anticipated rematch with lineal champion Tyson Fury, whom he fought to a disputed draw in December at Staples Center.
On Sept. 14 in Las Vegas, Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs), 31, of England, survived two horrendous cuts over his right eye in a unanimous decision win against Otto Wallin in Fury’s final interim bout before the rematch that has been planned since the spring — but with each man having to win two interim bouts to get to the sequel.
If Wilder comes through against Ortiz Wilder II live stream is slated to take place on Feb. 22 in a joint ESPN/Fox pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.
On paper, at least, Ortiz looms as a far greater risk to Wilder than Wallin was supposed to be to Fury.
