The other day, WBC President Mauricio Suleiman officially confirmed what had long been understood. The mandatory challenger status for the heavyweight title will be contested between the winners of the two eliminator semi-finals.
The first one already took place last weekend in Los Angeles (USA) – the local ex-unified world champion Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) snatched a victory from the age ex-applicant Cuban Luis Ortiz (33-3, 28 KOs). In the second semi-final, former WBC belt holder American Deontay Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) will fight with Robert Helenius (31-3, 20 KOs) from Finland – they will fight on October 15 in New York (USA).
Expert columnist Teddy Atlas
reasoning about this duel in his outrageous style: “Oh! I would like to see this fight. But it seems to me that the fans are not talking about the one when discussing this fight. They speculate about whether Ruiz can stay away from Wilder for the full 12 rounds. For example, I will be shocked if Wilder never hits him in 12 rounds. And he probably doesn’t need more. But all this talk about one hit and the strength of Ruiz’s beard … It’s all wrong … “
“We are missing the most important thing,” says Atlas. “The fact that Ruiz knows something himself. Why all this talk about whether he will be able to withstand the blow? What if he gets to Wilder’s jaw first? What if he bets on getting ahead of the knockout? Then all these arguments are down the drain. Then he won’t have to take the hit from Wilder. There is a lot of talk on the topic that getting into Ruiz is not so difficult. But when I last watched Wilder’s fight, he didn’t seem to me either. Claude Raines (actor who played in the 1933 film “The Invisible Man”)“.
Atlas recalls that “Wilder certainly doesn’t look like a ghost. And getting on it is not a problem at all. He is not the author of a book about the basics of the boxing school. He just knows how to throw out his right hand. That’s all!”
Wilder lost his title in a trilogy with Tyson Fury. He suddenly spoke about the fourth fight the other day. He also talked about whether Usyk could beat Deontay.
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