Last week, 42-year-old Cuban heavyweight boxer "King Kong" Luis Ortiz faced an important victory when he reversed the destruction of former IBF boxing champion Charles Martin in the face of two knockouts. After defeating Martin, when asked who you want to play against next? Otiz again called out the name of "Little Fat" Little Andy Ruiz Jr. Ortiz said: "Every heavyweight boxer is in danger and I want to play a match with Ruiz. ”
The potential confrontation between Otiz and Ruiz has been discussed for more than a year, but for various reasons, the game has never really come close. Today, Ruiz seems to have lost interest in playing against Otiz.
As early as 2020, there was news that Otiz and Ruiz might clash. Initially, Ruiz's team said they would choose to play against Ortiz after completing their comeback battle, with the winner forcing the world champion. In May last year, Ruiz completed the comeback battle, but unfortunately the performance was not satisfactory, that is, when facing the elderly "nightmare" Chris Ariaola, he was knocked down by the opponent, although he finally won the points, but many people questioned Ruiz's state.
I don't know if it was because of his lack of confidence in himself, or because of injuries and other reasons, but after the victory over Ariola, Ruiz did not mention the battle against Otiz. Some analysts believe that Ruiz does not have a certainty of victory in the great battle of Otiz, and he is not willing to take risks, so he decided to wait for a greater opportunity. Over the past year, Ruiz has repeatedly mentioned the three battles with Antony Joshua, or the challenge of Orekosander Usik, who hopes to be hit by the pie in the sky and then directly at the forefront of the battle for the title of boxer.
In most people's opinion, if Ruiz can muster up enough courage to face Otiz, as long as he defeats his opponents, he will make up the weight of the world championship, rather than waiting here in vain, not to mention that the current active champions are very busy, and it will not be Ruiz's turn for a while and a half.
When asked if he was willing to fight Joshua or Usik besides Ruiz? Otiz seemed realistic, he said: "I can't call Joshua, Uzik because there is a rematch between them, I would rather play against Dillian White, you see, Tyson Fury has no opponent now, if White can't challenge Fury, I'm willing to play against White." ”
From a realistic point of view, Otiz does not have to fight Ruiz, since defeating Martin is an IBF Boxing Championship Challenge, if the IBF keeps his promise, he should grant Ortiz a mandatory challenge qualification, and then storm the world championship, on the contrary, Ruiz "has nothing", why should Ortiz complete the other side? If Ortiz became a forced challenger and it was only a matter of time before he challenged the Boxer, why would he fight Ruiz in such a situation?