Via Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn is discussing setting up heavyweight Dereck Chisora’s next bout against former title challengers Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz or the next Chisora Arreola.
Ortiz is ranked #4 WBC, #7 WBO, #10 IBF, and there will be a lot to win for Chisora in a match against him. Besides the fact that Ortiz-Chisora is a battle that is of interest to DAZN, it will likely sell out Wembley Arena.
If Chisora defeats Ortiz, he will have a spot for a lucrative fight with Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk.
Unless there’s money, Ortiz should aim higher than fighting 38-year-old ‘Warrior’ Chisora at this point in his career.
However, if Hearn makes Ortiz financially worthwhile, he should probably head in that direction.
Interestingly, Luiz Ortiz’s net worth is 8 million dollars, according to Celebrity Net Worth. ‘King Kong’ Ortiz made a lot of money in two challenges to former WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
In contrast, Chisora’s net worth is estimated to be $5 million. In the eyes of some boxing fans, Chisora is already a longtime heavyweight in the profession, but it shows that there is money to be made in the UK for recreational fighters.
UK heavyweight Johnny Fisher could be the next type of Chisora-esque entertainer to take his place after he retires. Like Chisora, Fisher could have made millions if he hadn’t won the world championship.
Hearn says that he and Chisora (32-12, 23 KOs) don’t like the idea of going up against a next nampaw like Ortiz, but it’s a bigger fight than Arreola ‘The Nightmare’ at this stage of the game. play.
Perhaps not many British boxing fans are interested in seeing Chisora and Arreola put it together, as both fighters have lost in consecutive bouts.
If this is what Chisora is down to for him to try to regain his three-game losing streak, that sucks. The thing is, Arreola will probably be the favorite in the match against Chisora.
Two-time former world champion champion Ortiz (33-2, 28 KOs) will have an exciting sixth-round knockout win over former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin on January 1 in Hollywood, Florida.
Despite turning 42, the talented Cuban ‘King Kong’ Ortiz is still very strong and dangerous, especially for 12th place contenders like WBC Chisora, who have lost their last three matches.
“I talked to Del [Chisora] last night. It was a great fight but he was not a fan of Southpaws,” Eddie Hearn told Social boxing about Chisora who doesn’t like fighting guys who take an unorthodox stance like ‘King Kong’ Ortiz.
“We both like it [Chris] The war between Arreola, but understand the war with Ortiz is a much bigger war,” Hearn continued about Chisora. “Then we will see.
Hearn said after Chisora’s final loss to Joseph Parker on December 18 that he wanted to fight him against fighters he had a better chance of beating. However, if Hearn brought him in with Ortiz, it would go in the opposite direction. Ortiz is said to be a better boxer than Parker.
“We are in talks with Luis DeCubis of PBC about Arreola and we’ll see what’s next for Delboy,” Hearn said.
There’s no way Ortiz would plunge into his first fight with Chisora in May 2021, looking as timid as Parker did and winning a controversial 12-round split.
Even in the Parker-Chisora rematch last December, Parker seemed scared to finish Chisora after knocking him down three times.
If the idea is to have Chisora go up against someone he has a pretty good chance of beating, then three-time world champion former three-time world champion Arreola, 40, is the way to go.
Arreola (38-7-1, 33 KOs) hasn’t won a single match since 2019 and has lost 3 of the last 5. In Arreola’s final match, he was defeated by Andy Ruiz Jr by a unanimous decision in the 12th round in May 2021. Arreola has been inactive since.
