According to the latest media news, the IBF (International Boxing Federation) has invited former WBA heavyweight transition boxing champion "Cuban King Kong" Luis Ortiz (33-2, 28KO) and Croatian heavyweight rookie Philippe Helgović (14-0, 12KO) to play the IBF Heavyweight Champion Qualifying Knockout Finals, and the winner will become the IBF legal challenger. The IBF gave the two a 3-day time limit to consider, and Helgović had agreed to the match.
Helgovich co-promoter Sauerland said: "Helgovich has agreed to accept the challenge, it depends on whether Luis Ortiz nods. Helgovich said: "My fist will beat Luis Ortiz into ice cubes and make him feel cold. ”
Philipp Helgović, 29, currently has a 14-game career record and 12 KO opponents, and is now 37th in the BOXREC-heavyweight composite rankings. Helgović is 1.98 meters tall and is currently the IBF heavyweight international boxing champion, after he had called Zhang Zhilei (23-0-1, 18KO) of our country to play the IBF boxing championship, but Zhang Zhilei seems to have no intention of this, and he does not dare to take risks at this age. Helgović won a bronze medal in super heavyweight boxing at the 2016 Olympics, losing to that year's champion Tony Yuka.
The 42-year-old Luis Ortiz currently has a professional record of 33 wins and 2 losses, 28 ko opponents, and is now 10th in the boxrec - heavyweight composite rankings. Compared with Helgovich, Luis Ortiz is 13 years older and physically inferior to that of young people, but he is more experienced and there is still suspense in winning or losing.
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