5 Heavy Hitting Boxing Fights You Must Watch Before 2020
2. Deontay Wilder Vs. Luis Ortiz II (WBC Heavyweight Title)
Date: November 23, 2019
Location: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, USA
Promotion: Al Haymon’s Showtime
Where to watch: UK - TBC | USA – FOX PPV
The ‘Bronze Bomber’ Deontay Wilder is set to face the Cuban ‘King Kong’ Luis Ortiz in a rematch after their 2018 fight, which was a dramatic, thrilling and hard-hitting affair which displayed the battle and courage of both fighters.
Last time the two warriors faced each other, the Cuban had launched a barrage of damaging blows to the American in the seventh round after suffering a knockdown of his own in the fifth round. However, Wilder was able to survive throughout the eighth and ninth rounds and counter his own barrage in the tenth to knock the Cuban out with a lethal uppercut.
Wilder, now coming off his BRUTAL first-round KO of Dominic Breazeale, has fire in his hands and is ready to unleash the same type of bombs on ‘King Kong’ on November 23.
Luis Ortiz, however, is coming off three straight wins in a row against Razvan Cojanu and Travis Kauffman, and a decision win over Christian Hammer. The 40-year-old Cuban is expected to be the underdog and should fear the fact that the last person to rematch the champion was Bermane Stiverne, who was viciously KO’d within the first round.