Boxing news: Deontay Wilder ‘a COWARD’, Anthony Joshua next fight, Kell Brook makes change
Luis Ortiz has slammed Deontay Wilder and branded him a “coward” as they close in on their rearranged WBC heavyweight title fight.
The pair had been due to meet on November 4 but the bout was cancelled after Ortiz failed a drugs test.
The unbeaten Cuban has since been cleared by the WBC and Wilder told him he would “bless him again” with the chance to face him.
But Ortiz was unimpressed by the American’s apparent grace.
"He's a coward, I saw the fear in his eyes, but I think now this fight is going to happen," Ortiz said.
"He knows that he has nowhere to hide, that there is nothing out there worthy of my talent, that the fans and the experts will not let him continue to face minor opponents."
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