On September 4, 2022, a 43-year-old Luis Ortiz (33-2, 28 KOs) and a 32-year-old American boxer Andy Ruiz (34-2, 22 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Ortiz came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 3 days. Ruiz Jr. was on a 1-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 4 months, and 3 days.
Andy Ruiz Jr. defeated Luis Ortiz via unanimous decision in the 12-round heavyweight fight. Ruiz Jr. improves his record to 35-2, while Ortiz adds a loss to his record at 33-3.
On November 23, 2019, Luis Ortiz and Deontay Wilder met again in a rematch.
Ortiz came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 21 days. Wilder was on a 1-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 5 days.
In the rematch, Deontay Wilder stopped Luis Ortiz via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Wilder improves his record to 42-0-1 (41 KOs), while Ortiz adds a loss to his record at 31-2.
On March 3, 2018, a 38-year-old Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC title held by 32-year-old American boxer Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs).
Ortiz came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days. Wilder was on a 39-fight win streak with a 97% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Deontay Wilder stopped Luis Ortiz via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Wilder improves his record to 40-0 (39 KOs), while Ortiz adds a loss to his record at 28-1.