On November 23, 2019, Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against Cuban challenger, Luis Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs).
Deontay Wilder is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Dominic Breazeale, 6 months and 5 days ago. Luis Ortiz is on a 3-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Christian Hammer, 8 months and 21 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.
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.