Luis Ortiz has started to look his age, but “King Kong” remains dangerous, as he got off the canvas twice tonight and rallied to stop Charles Martin in the sixth round of a heavyweight slugfest main event on FOX pay-per-view. The 42-year-old Ortiz (33-2, 28 KO) hadn’t fought at all in 14 months, and really
Month: January 2022
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MMA veteran and combat sports analyst Chael Sonnen believes a lot of boxers are jealous of Jake Paul’s ongoing success in their sport. Paul, who possesses a massive following on social media, has headlined several high-profile boxing pay-per-views – with only a record of 5-0 with four knockouts. One of the biggest criticisms that Paul
Posted on 01/02/2022 By: Sean Crose Luis Ortiz returned to the ring on Saturday night, facing off against Charles Martin in a scheduled 12 round heavyweight affair. The 32-2 Ortiz looked to be in very good shape, and was performing well against the 28-2-1 Martin, when he was briefly sent to the mat in the
12:32 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Luis Ortiz survived two knockdowns to score a sixth-round stoppage of Charles Martin in a heavyweight fight Saturday night at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida. Ortiz (33-2, 28 KOs) badly buckled Martin with an overhand left that left him dazed in the corner, and then Ortiz unloaded with a
Feature So far we have: Frazier-Ali I (seventies); Hagler-Hearns (eighties); Chavez-Taylor (nineties)… Matt Christie went back to the 2000s to reveal the fight you voted as your favourite THE premise for Desert Island Fights is simple: You will soon be stranded on a desert island. To ease the boredom, you can take along one –
Boxing gets going for 2022 here on night one, as Premier Boxing Champions present an all-heavyweight pay-per-view headlined by veterans Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin. The main card PPV action will start at 8 pm ET, and prelim fights and plenty of hype will air starting at 5 pm ET on FOX. The PPV is
The one thing on which Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin agree is there being little chance of their fight going the distance. Miami’s Ortiz enjoys a home game for the first major boxing card of the New Year, taking on a former IBF titlist in Martin (28-2-1, 25KOs) atop an all-heavyweight Fox Sports Pay-Per-View card
Posted on 01/01/2022 By: Sean Crose Frank Sanchez will be on tonight’s Luis Ortiz-Charles Martin undercard facing fellow heavyweight Christian Hammer in a scheduled 10 rounder. The 19-0 Sanchez last saw action in October when he bested Efe Ajagba via unanimous decision. As for Hammer, the 26-8-0 German fighter – by way of Romania –
Mikaela Mayer has established herself as one of the top names in women’s boxing today, winning a pair of fights in 2021 including a thrilling slugfest with Maiva Hamadouche in November, where Mayer unified the WBO and IBF titles at 130 lbs. Now, like everyone, Mayer (16-0, 5 KO) looks ahead to what’s coming in
Charles Martin has reached a point in his career where he feels it’s big fights or bust. The bulk of the past two years has been the latter, though a necessary investment into his future. “I’ve just got big plans and big expectations for myself,” Martin told reporters during a Zoom media conference call of
Posted on 01/01/2022 By: Hans Themistode Following Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition bout against Logan Paul on June 6th at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, in 2021, the newly inducted Hall of Famer believed he reached the end of his rope. Having already retired from the ring in 2017 after scoring a tenth-round stoppage victory
Order #OrtizMartin on FOX Sports PPV for $39.99: https://pbcham.ps/OrtizMartinPPV-5 Watch live as fighters on our New Year’s Day Heavyweight Extravaganza, headlined by a IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator between Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin, weigh-in ahead of their respective bouts, live on FOX Sports PPV from the Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &
He had to work for it, but WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka kept his dreams of unification alive this morning with a unanimous decision over late replacement Ryoji Fukunaga. Ioka (28-2, 15 KO) was initially slated to meet IBF titlist Jerwin Ancajas, who was forced out earlier this month due to Japan’s tightened travel
According to Din Thomas, the trainer of former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, his fighter had no idea that Jake Paul had just knocked him out cold. Last month, Woodley and Paul collided in a rematch in the main event of Showtime Pay-Per-View card in Tampa, Florida. In the first meeting, in August, Paul won a
Posted on 12/31/2021 By: Sean Crose Okay, the whole thing may not be entirely pay per view worthy, but tomorrow night’s Luis Ortiz-Charles Martin heavyweight scrap looks to at least be an entertaining way to celebrate the new year. While they might not be at the level of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, or Oleksandr Usyk
Feature BN readers voted Frazier-Ali I as their favourite fight of the seventies and Hagler-Hearns from the eighties. What’s their choice for best fights from the nineties? THE premise for Desert Island Fights is simple: You will soon be stranded on a desert island. To ease the boredom, you can take along one – and
Top heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz and former world champion Charles Martin went face-to-face at the official weigh-in Friday before they meet in an IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator headlining a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View this Saturday, January 1 from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. (photos by Ryan