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| Date | November 23, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena,Las Vegas,Nevada, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wilder wins via 7th-roundknockout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deontay Wilder vs.Luis Ortiz II was a professional boxing match contested on November 23, 2019,[1] for theWBCheavyweight championship.[2][3]
After his first round knockout ofDominic Breazeale in May 2019,Deontay Wilder was linked with both a rematch withLineal championTyson Fury and an undisputed bout withAnthony Joshua. However he opted for a rematch withLuis Ortiz who he had stopped in March 2018.[4][5] This was criticised byDillian Whyte who had been the top ranked contender with the WBC for more than 600 days, without getting a title shot.[6]
It was expected that Ortiz would push Wilder with the BBC Sport boxing correspondentMike Costello saying "I see not necessarily a similar fight to last time but I do see Ortiz again giving Wilder plenty to think about"[7]
Wilder was 7-1 favorite going into the bout.[8]
Ortiz clearly outboxed Wilder for the first six rounds. However in the 7th round Wilder landed a straight right that knocked Ortiz down and he failed to beat the count.[9][10]
At the time of the stoppage Ortiz led on all three scorecards with two scores of 55–59 and one of 56–58. Both theAP andThe Guardian had it a shutout of 54–60 to Ortiz.[11]
“Next we have Tyson Fury in the rematch,” Wilder said in the ring after the bout “Then I want unification. I want one champion, one face and one heavyweight champion – Deontay Wilder.”
A month after the bout the rematch withTyson Fury was confirmed.[12]
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main card | |||||||
| Heavyweight |  Deontay Wilder(c) | def. |  Luis Ortiz | KO | 7(12) | 2:51 | Note 1 |
| Super featherweight |  Léo Santa Cruz(c) | def. | Miguel Flores | UD | 12 | Note 2 | |
| Super bantamweight | Brandon Figueroa(c) | draw | Julio Ceja | SD | 12 | Note 3 | |
| Bantamweight | Luis Nery | canceled |  Emmanuel Rodríguez | -/12 | Note 4 | ||
| Undercard | |||||||
| Super featherweight | Eduardo Ramírez | def. | Leduan Barthelemy | TKO | 4(10) | 2:59 | |
| Super featherweight |  Viktor Slavinskyi | def. | Rigoberto Hermosillo | UD | 6 | ||
| Lightweight |  John Gemino | def. | Arnold Alejandro | KO | 5(6) | 1:45 | |
| Super lightweight | Omar Juarez | def. | Kevin Shacks | KO | 6 | 1:59 | |
| Super featherweight | José Manuel Gomez | def. | Daniel Placeres | RTD | 3(6) | ||
| Cruiserweight | Dustin Long | def. | Marsellos Wilder | KO | 4(6) | 1:51 | |
| Featherweight | Angel Alejandro | def. | Francisco Rodríguez | UD | 6 | ||
| Super bantamweight | Shon Mondragon | def. |  Juan Centeno | UD | 4 | ||
| Welterweight | Vito Mielnicki Jr. | def. | Marklin Bailey | TKO | 2(4) | 2:31 | |
^Note 1 ForWBC heavyweight title
^Note 2 For vacantWBA (Super) super featherweight title
^Note 3 ForWBA (Regular) super bantamweight title
^Note 4 ForWBC Silverbantamweight title
The fight was televised on PPV'sFox in the United States.[14]
| Country | Broadcaster | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-to-air | Cable/pay television | PPV | Stream | |
 United States(host) | N/a | Fox Sports | Fox Sports Go | |
| Fox Deportes | ||||
| International (unsold markets) | N/a | FITE TV[15] | ||
 Australia[16] | N/a | Main Event | N/a | |
 Austria | N/a | DAZN[17] | ||
 Germany | ||||
 Spain | ||||
 Switzerland | ||||
 Brazil[18] | N/a | Fox Sports | N/a | Fox Play |
 Canada[19] | N/a | Sportsnet PPV | ||
 France[20] | N/a | Canal+ Sport | N/a | My Canal |
 Indonesia | Mola TV[21] | N/a | Mola TV On Demand | |
 Timor-Leste | ||||
 Ireland | N/a | Sky Sports[22] | N/a | Sky Go |
 United Kingdom | ||||
 Japan[23] | N/a | WOWOW | N/a | WOWOW |
 Kazakhstan[24] | Khabar | N/a | Khabar | |
| N/a | ESPN[25] | N/a | WatchESPN | |
| Mexico | Azteca 7 | N/a | Azteca En Vivo | |
 Panama[26] | RPC-TV | N/a | Medcom Go | |
 Poland[27] | TVP Sport | N/a | TVP Stream | |
 Russia[28] | Match TV | |||
 Turkey[29] | DMAX | N/a | DMAX | |
| Preceded by | Deontay Wilder's bouts November 23, 2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Luis Ortiz's bouts November 23, 2019 | Succeeded by |
| Awards | ||
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| Previous: Naoya Inoue vs.Juan Carlos Payano | The RingKnockout of the Year 2019 | Next: Léo Santa Cruz vs.Gervonta Davis |
