| Fight Name: | Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II |
| Fight Date: | November 23, 2019 |
| Location: | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Titles: | WBC Heavyweight Championship |
| Fighter1: |  Deontay Wilder |
| Nickname1: | "The Bronze Bomber" |
| Hometown1: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S |
| Record1: | 41–0–1 (40 KO) |
| Height1: | 6 ft 7 in |
| Weight1: | 219+1/2 lb |
| Style1: | Orthodox |
| Recognition1: | WBC Heavyweight Champion The Ring/TBRB No. 3 Ranked Heavyweight |
| Fighter2: |  Luis Ortiz |
| Nickname2: | "The Real King Kong" |
| Hometown2: | Camaguey, Cuba |
| Record2: | 31–1 (2) (26 KO) |
| Height2: | 6 ft 4 in |
| Weight2: | 236+1/2 lb |
| Style2: | Southpaw |
| Recognition2: | WBC No. 3 Ranked Heavyweight The Ring/TBRB No. 6 Ranked Heavyweight |
| Result: | Wilder wins via 7th-round knockout |
Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II was a professional boxing match contested on November 23, 2019,[1] for the WBC heavyweight championship.[2] [3]
After his first round knockout of Dominic Breazeale in May 2019, Deontay Wilder was linked with both a rematch with Lineal champion Tyson Fury and an undisputed bout with Anthony Joshua. However he opted for a rematch with Luis Ortiz who he had stopped in March 2018.[4] [5] This was criticised by Dillian 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 correspondent Mike 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 the AP and The 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 with Tyson Fury was confirmed.[12]
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main card | ||||||||
| Heavyweight | Deontay Wilder (c) | def. | Luis Ortiz | 7(12) | 2:51 | |||
| Super featherweight |  Léo Santa Cruz (c) | def. | Miguel Flores | 12 | ||||
| Super bantamweight | Brandon Figueroa (c) | draw | Julio Ceja | 12 | ||||
| Bantamweight | Luis Nery | canceled | Emmanuel Rodríguez | -/12 | ||||
| Undercard | ||||||||
| Super featherweight | Eduardo Ramírez | def. | Leduan Barthelemy | 4(10) | 2:59 | |||
| Super featherweight | Viktor Slavinskyi | def. | Rigoberto Hermosillo | 6 | ||||
| Lightweight | John Gemino | def. | Arnold Alejandro | 5(6) | 1:45 | |||
| Super lightweight | Omar Juarez | def. | Kevin Shacks | 6 | 1:59 | |||
| Super featherweight | José Manuel Gomez | def. | Daniel Placeres | 3(6) | ||||
| Cruiserweight | Dustin Long | def. | Marsellos Wilder | 4(6) | 1:51 | |||
| Featherweight | Angel Alejandro | def. | Francisco Rodríguez | 6 | ||||
| Super bantamweight | Shon Mondragon | def. | Juan Centeno | UD | 4 | |||
| Welterweight | Vito Mielnicki Jr. | def. | Marklin Bailey | 2(4) | 2:31 | |||
The fight was televised on PPV's Fox in the United States.[14]
| Country | Broadcaster | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-to-air | Cable/pay television | PPV | Stream | |
| (host) | Fox Sports | Fox Sports Go | ||
| Fox Deportes | ||||
| International (unsold markets) | FITE TV[15] | |||
| [16] | Main Event | |||
| DAZN[17] | ||||
| [18] | Fox Sports | Fox Play | ||
| Sportsnet PPV | ||||
| [19] | Canal+ Sport | My Canal | ||
| Mola TV[20] | Mola TV On Demand | |||
| Sky Sports[21] | Sky Go | |||
| [22] | WOWOW | WOWOW | ||
| [23] | Khabar | Khabar | ||
| ESPN[24] | WatchESPN | |||
| Azteca 7 | Azteca En Vivo | |||
| [25] | RPC-TV | Medcom Go | ||
| [26] | TVP Sport | TVP Stream | ||
| [27] | Match TV | |||
| [28] | DMAX | DMAX | ||