On March 3, 2018, Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against Cuban challenger, Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs).
Deontay Wilder is coming in to the fight on a 39-fight win streak with a 97% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Bermane Stiverne, 3 months and 27 days ago. Luis Ortiz is on a 28-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Daniel Martz, 2 months and 23 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Deontay Wilder at 99-1 winning odds. Luis Ortiz really doesn't have much to present against Wilder.
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.